Nick Canfield Filmmaker

Nick Canfield is a Director and Cinematographer from New York City. He got his start as camera assistant to legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, developing an intimate vérité style as a cinematographer and archivist for Maysles Films. His first film, the feature music documentary The Reverend, won the Audience Award at DOC NYC, was distributed theatrically by Factory 25, and streamed on The Criterion Channel. His short doc My Back Pages premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival, won Best Short Documentary at Thin Line Festival, and will also stream on The Criterion Channel. His latest film OH YEAH! premiered at the Tribeca Festival, was selected for DOC NYC’s Short List, and will be released by Rolling Stone Films and Documentary+. Nick serves on the board of the Maysles Documentary Center, is a member of the Documentary Cinematographer’s Alliance, and was named one of DOC NYC’s 40 Filmmakers Under 40.