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| name = Nickolas Rossi |
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Nickolas Rossi | |
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Born | Nickolas Dylan Rossi June 4, 1974 |
Alma mater | Portland State University (BA) |
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Years active | 2000–present |
Spouse | Laura Hofrichter |
Nickolas Rossi is an American film director and cinematographer, best known for his work in documentary. He directed the 2014 documentary about the life and music of Elliott Smith Heaven Adores You.[1]
Early life & education
Rossi was born in Chicago, Illinois. He enrolled at Columbia College Chicago to study fine art photography but ultimately graduated from Portland State University with a degree in sociology[2] after moving to Portland, Oregon in the early 1990s.[3] Following university he lived and worked in Montréal, London, Prague, and Los Angeles.[4]
Career
Rossi began his film career as a camera assistant before becoming a cinematographer.[5] His work has appeared on PBS's Independent Lens[6], at AFI Docs[7], and Doc NYC.[8] He photographed the The Fear of 13, Mercury 13, and Netflix's ''Captive. In 2013, contributed additional cinematography to the Academy Award nominated Finding Vivian Maier.[9]
In 2014, he made his feature directorial debut with Heaven Adores You. The film received wide distribution and favorable reviews. It holds an approval rating of 82% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 6.22/10 on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.[10] The San Francisco Bay Guardian praised the film as "an artfully crafted study of a unique talent."[11] While Art Forum called it "a sweet, generous film, as sweet and generous as its subject was known to be".[12]
Filmography
Director
Year | Title | Notes |
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2014 | Heaven Adores You | Also producer, cinematographer, & editor |
Cinematographer
Year | Title | Director |
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2008 | Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene | Loren Mendell |
2009 | Independent Lens | Loren Mendell |
2013 | Southern Baptist Sissies | Del Shores |
2014 | Heaven Adores You | Himself |
2015 | The Fear of 13 | David Sington |
2015 | Mercury 13 | David Sington |
2016 | Captive | David Sington |
Additional photography
Year | Title | Director of Photography |
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2015 | Upstairs Inferno | Nick Morr |
2013 | Finding Vivian Maier | John Maloof |
References
- ^ https://www.artforum.com/columns/andrew-hultkrans-on-the-elliott-smith-documentary-heaven-adores-you-221000/
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744274/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
- ^ https://www.vice.com/en/article/6vgvjx/heaven-adores-you-elliott-smith-documentary-director-interview
- ^ https://nofilmschool.com/2014/05/director-nickolas-rossi-film-about-life-music-of-elliott-smith
- ^ https://nofilmschool.com/2014/05/director-nickolas-rossi-film-about-life-music-of-elliott-smith
- ^ https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/adjust-your-color/
- ^ https://www.stereogum.com/1686980/watch-the-first-few-minutes-of-elliott-smith-documentary-heaven-adores-you/news/
- ^ https://www.docnyc.net/film/heaven-adores-you/
- ^ https://www.tvguide.com/movies/finding-vivian-maier/cast/2030091014/
- ^ https://rottentomatoes.com/m/heaven_adores_you/
- ^ https://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2014/04/22/reel-ality/
- ^ https://www.artforum.com/columns/andrew-hultkrans-on-the-elliott-smith-documentary-heaven-adores-you-221000/