Person
Nathan Truesdell
Directing · Born 1979-05-30 · Clark, Missouri
Biography
Nathan Truesdell is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker who has been nominated for an Academy Award, a PGA Award, an IDA Award, was selected for the inaugural “DOC NYC 40 Under 40” list, and won a Cinema Eye Honor for Cinematography. His directorial work includes the award-winning shorts BALLOONFEST, THE WATER SLIDE, THE ART OF MAKING MONEY, IT’S COMING!, WHEN THE LAPD BLOWS UP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, and MYSTERY SEEDS. He was the Camera Department Head and a Cinematographer for the HBO series HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON and produced and co-DP’ed Jessica Kingdon’s ASCENSION登楼叹 (2021).
Known for
You're Next
Art Direction
A Derailment
Director
Ascension
Producer
Academy of Doom
Creature
Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy
Paperboy
Mystery Seeds
Producer
Balloon Boy
Producer
Balloonfest
Director
The Water Slide
Director
It's Coming!
Director
Filmography
- 2026A DerailmentDirector
- 2025Mystery SeedsProducer
- 2023Balloon BoyProducer
- 2022When the LAPD Blows Up Your NeighborhoodDirector
- 2021AscensionProducer
- 2020It's Coming!Director
- 20198:08 - How We RespondProducer
- 2018The Water SlideDirector
- 2017BalloonfestDirector
- 2015DeprogrammedDirector of Photography
- 2013You're NextArt Direction
- 2013Dear Valued GuestsDirector of Photography
- 2008Academy of DoomCreature
- 2007Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec MummyPaperboy
- —The Art of Making Money - This Guy Has BallsDirector
- —The Art of Making Money - A Very Thin LineDirector
- —The Art of Making Money - The World's Greatest CounterfeiterDirector
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