Person
Nicole Otero
Directing
Biography
Nicole Otero is a writer, director and editor. Her directorial debut, Slip, screened in the shorts program at the 2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival. In 2016, Nicole shot and edited an experimental documentary on artist Noah Davis. Untitled: In Process was exhibited at the Frye Museum in Seattle and the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Nicole was also 2nd Unit Director for the Emmy and Grammy nominated album film, Beyonce’s Lemonade, Kenzo’s Music is My Mistress, and Sampha’s album film, Process. She has also edited several works for major museum exhibitions including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the New Museum in New York, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, and more.
Known for
Slip
Director
Civic
Screenplay
Cleopatra at the Mall
Editor
Who Will Start Another Fire
Director
Lemonade
Second Unit Director
She Mad: Bitch Zone
Editor
The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire
Additional Editing
When There Was Water
Director
The African Desperate
Editor
Filmography
- 2025The Ballad of Suzanne CésaireAdditional Editing
- 2024Cleopatra at the MallEditor
- 2022The African DesperateEditor
- 2022When There Was WaterDirector
- 2022CivicScreenplay
- 2021Who Will Start Another FireDirector
- 2020She Mad: Bitch ZoneEditor
- 2019SlipDirector
- 2016LemonadeSecond Unit Director
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