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Nicholas Schrunk
Nicholas Schrunk (born June 13, 1985) is an American film director, producer and creative director.

His work has been featured in numerous publications, including American Cinematographer, The Los Angeles Times and Huffington Post. He is best known for his feature film Blood Road which was awarded a News & Documentary Emmy in 2017.

Early life and education
Schrunk was raised in Spirit Lake, IA where he learned the basics of photography. After graduating the University of Northern Iowa with degrees in both Graphic Design and Biology he started working with Red Bull, producing his first film project as a junior in college. of Barack Obama taken the day he announced his candidacy for President was published widely, starting his career.

Career
Schrunk has shot and produced in over 20 different countries, focusing on documenting action and adventure sports.

He's been recognized for his online film work in the 2010's including Perspective (2014) which won a Webby award for best online sports film. Kluge (2013) an athlete Rube Goldberg machine piece which won an AdWeek award, and a 2019 retirement film for ski racer Lindsey Vonn which was awarded "best ads of 2019".

His debut feature film Blood Road (2017) chronicled the journey of Rebecca Rusch traversing over 1,200 miles (1,900 km) on bicycle along the Ho Chi Minh trail to the site where her father, a US Air Force fighter pilot, was shot down in Laos 40 years earlier. The film received several best of festival and audience awards and was nominated for a Sports Emmy Award in 2017 and two News & Documentary Emmy Awards in 2017, winning the later for Outstanding Graphic Design & Art Direction. Additionally, it won a Shorty Award for social good citing the films coverage of the ongoing demining efforts in Laos.

As a producer he's worked on several feature films, most notably sports documentaries: The Fourth Phase (2016) and On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter (2014) the re-imagined sequel to the original Bruce Brown cult classic On Any Sunday (1971).