Nicole Docta

Nicole Docta (she/her) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has focused her career on socially impactful projects and BIPOC stories. She is energized by projects with the potential to create change. Her last projects include Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated THE JUDGE (TIFF 2017), Emmy Award-winning BELLY OF THE BEAST (HRWFF 2020), and duPont Award-winner THROUGH THE NIGHT (Tribeca 2021). Not only does Nicole work to improve outcomes for the communities in her films, she strives to enhance the documentary industry. Nicole worked as the Special Initiatives Producer at Firelight Media for three years co-curating the Beyond Resilience Series and helping to implement new artist programs to support BIPOC filmmakers. She’s currently the Conversations Program Lead at the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc). Nicole also volunteers on the Documentary Producers Alliance’s (DPA) Equity & Inclusion Committee and the Utah Documentary Association Steering Committee. Nicole is a PGA Create alum, DOC NYC 40 Under 40, Sundance Producer Fellow, Impact Partners Producer Fellow, and Sundance Asian American Fellow. In her spare time, she likes to be in nature, play beach volleyball, and eat good food.