Laura Nix

Laura Nix is a director, writer, and producer working in non-fiction and fiction. Most recently she directed the feature documentary Democracy Under Siege for European television in 2024. Made in collaboration with Ann Telnaes, the editorial cartoonist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, it won the RIAS Berlin Commission Grand Prize in 2025, proving “satire and journalism can combine to achieve tremendous impact.”

Her short film, Walk Run Cha-Cha, was nominated for a 2020 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, and the New York Times series, From Here to Home, in which the film appears, was nominated for a 2020 News and Documentary Emmy. Her feature documentary, Inventing Tomorrow, won a 2019 Peabody Award. Laura also directed the feature documentaries The Yes Men Are Revolting, The Light in Her Eyes and Whether You Like It Or Not: The Story of Hedwig, as well as the award-winning fiction feature The Politics of Fur. 

In addition to her directing credits, she has served as Executive Producer on several award-winning documentaries including Yanuni, Sea of Shadows, and Delikado, and is a sought-after non-fiction story consultant. She was named a 2018 Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker and was awarded the Sundance Institute/Discovery Impact Fellowship in 2017. Raised in Western New York state, she is based in Los Angeles. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.