Andrea Nix Fine is an American documentary film director whose film '' Inocente'' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) in 2013. She directs her films with her husband,

Sean Fine Sean Fine is an American cinematographer, producer and film director whose film '' Inocente'' won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). He directs his films with his wife, Andrea Nix Fine. The Fines' first feature-length ...

. The Fines were also nominated for the

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in 2007 for '' War/Dance,'' a story about the power of music to heal and transform the lives of children living in Uganda's war zone, and their 2013 HBO documentary '' Life According to Sam'' was honored with a Peabody and Emmy award. Nix is a 1991 graduate of

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. The Fines launched a boutique film studio Change Content to develop documentaries that affect way audiences feel about critical issues. Change Content's first film LFG (film) premiered at the

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and was instrumental in the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team achieving

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Life and career

Nix grew up in

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and later attended

. Nix made her first film in a college class where the professor required the making of a documentary in place of a written term paper at the end. After her first day of shooting, she realized that filmmaking was what she wanted to pursue in life. She sought out numerous jobs after college where she could learn more about filmmaking, and went on to National Geographic in

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, where she met her husband,

. Nix went on to direct films around the world for National Geographic, notably in Naples, Costa Rica, and the Arctic Circle. She has stated that she loves that "making documentaries opens a rare and privileged door into the lives of others." In 2004, the Fines left National Geographic and began their own production company Fine Films. After being contacted by the non-profit, Shine Global, the Fines went on to make a documentary film about the twenty-year-old

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called War/Dance. Nix was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for War/Dance, which she produced with her husband, Sean Fine. The Fines went on to collaborate on the 2013 documentary film Life According to Sam, produced by HBO which went on to win a Peabody Award. In 2021 the Fines launched an impact studio Change Content. Change Content's first film LFG (film) was about the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team fight for equal pay.

Filmography

* '' War/Dance'' (2007) * '' Lindsey Vonn: In the Moment'' (2011) * '' Inocente'' (2012) * '' Life According to Sam'' (2013) * '' LFG'' (2021)

References

External links

* American documentary film directors Living people Colby College alumni Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-bio-stub