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Nanette Burstein
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![]() Nanette Burstein, 2020
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Born | Buffalo, New York, U.S.
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May 23, 1970
Alma mater | Tisch School of the Arts |
Occupation | Director, producer, screenwriter |
Years active | 1997–present |
Spouse(s) | Scott Anderson (?-present) |
Children | 1 |
Nanette Burstein, born on May 23, 1970, is an American director. She makes movies and TV shows. She is known for directing and producing many documentaries. Documentaries are films that tell true stories about real people and events. Her film On the Ropes was even nominated for an Academy Award, which is a very important movie award!
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Life and Career Highlights
Nanette studied filmmaking at a famous school called NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Early Films and Awards
In 1997, she made her first film, On the Ropes, with Brett Morgen. This documentary followed the lives of three young boxers and their coach. The film won a special award at the Sundance Film Festival. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. This film also won an award from the Directors Guild of America.
In 2002, Nanette and Brett Morgen worked together again. They made a film called The Kid Stays in the Picture. This movie was about a famous film producer named Robert Evans. Many people liked this film, and it won awards for Best Documentary.
Television Work and Documentaries
In 2004, Nanette produced a TV show for IFC called Film School. It followed four film students at her old school, Tisch. In 2007, she helped create a documentary for VH1 called NY77: The Coolest Year In Hell. This show explored the rise of hip hop, punk, and disco music in New York City in 1977. She also helped produce another documentary called American Shopper.
Her documentary American Teen was nominated for a big award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. For this project, she lived in a small town in Indiana for 10 months. She filmed every day and gathered many hours of video. It took a whole year to edit all the footage into the final movie.
Nanette has one daughter. She lives in New York City. She used to own a bar in Manhattan with Scott Anderson and Sebastian Junger.
Filmography
- On the Ropes (1999)
- Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America (2001, TV mini-series)
- The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
- Film School (2004, TV series)
- Autobiography (2005, TV series)
- American Shopper (2007)
- NY77: The Coolest Year in Hell (2007, TV series) (producer only)
- American Teen (2008)
- Going the Distance (2010)
- New Girl (2012)
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012)
- The Price of Gold (2014)
- Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee (2016)
- Hillary (2020)
- Killer Sally (2022)
- Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes (2024)