Draft:Nick Canfield

Nick Canfield is an award-winning 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, premiered at DOC NYC where it won the 2021 Audience Award. Distributed theatrically by Factory 25, it is now streaming on The Criterion Channel.

Nick's camera work can be seen in documentaries such as Iris (NYFF premiere, distributed by Magnolia Pictures), The Fifty Year Argument (HBO, directed by Martin Scorsese), Born to Fly (SxSW premiere), In Transit (Tribeca Special Jury Mention), and Making a Murderer (Netflix).

His films have been covered in publications including The New York Times and Rolling Stone. Nick is a member of the Documentary Cinematographer’s Alliance, was named one of DOC NYC’s 40 Filmmakers Under 40 in 2022, and was a member of their Short Films Jury in 2023.