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Nick Aquilino

(he/him)
Editor
Los Angeles, CA US
Independent Documentary Filmmaker, with 5 credits as Producer/Director or Co-Producer, and one ultra-low budget feature film Producer, and Editor and Co-Editor of two projects (one feature, one documentary) on Amazon Prime.

About

Nick has Produced an independent feature entitled "Nutcracker: An American Nightmare," made for a shoestring budget and sold worldwide, as well as on Amazon and Netflix, and independently Produced and Directed two documentaries, “Takashi’s Dream,” and “The Brokaw Hoax.” Nick's background began with one year as Assistant to the Producer for Michael Pack, on the PBS Documentary, “America’s Political Parties,” followed by two years as an Assistant to Alexandra Rose, the Oscar-nominated Producer of “Norma Rae.” He attended the American Film Institute in the Graduate Producing Program, and was the Producer of two short 35mm films, using Panavision cameras under the New Filmmaker's Program. The following year, Nick was Assistant Production Coordinator for a feature film produced by Spectacor Films. He switched gears to Editing and became a Certified Avid Editor and was Editorial Assistant on the PBS documentary by Connie Field, “Have You Heard From Johannesburg?” He was hired as a Cameraman, Editor, and Graphic Artist for an Internet company, and later was a Cinematographer for a low-budget feature. He taught Editing, Film History, Documentary and Guerrilla Filmmaking to students from all over the world at the International Academy of Film and Television. He was co-Producer and Editor of the documentary “Steel Drums, Not Guns,” and the documentary “On Borrowed Time” and the doc "Genghis Heroes." His films have shown in a number of international film festivals, and have aired on Link TV.