Draft:Nickolas Rossi

Nickolas Rossi
Nickolas Rossi
Born	Nickolas Dylan Rossi; June 4, 1974 (age 49); Chicago, Illinois
Alma mater	Portland State University (BA)
Occupations	cinematographer; film director; producer; film editor;
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Laura Hofrichter

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Nickolas Rossi is an American film director and cinematographer, best known for his work in documentary. He directed the 2014 documentary about the life and music of Elliott Smith Heaven Adores You.^[1]

Early life & education

Rossi was born in Chicago, Illinois. He enrolled at Columbia College Chicago to study fine art photography but ultimately graduated from Portland State University with a degree in sociology^[2] after moving to Portland, Oregon in the early 1990s.^[3] Following university he lived and worked in Montréal, London, Prague, and Los Angeles.^[4]

Career

Rossi began his film career as a camera assistant before becoming a cinematographer.^[5] His work has appeared on PBS's Independent Lens^[6], at AFI Docs^[7], and Doc NYC.^[8] He photographed the The Fear of 13, Mercury 13, and Netflix's Captive. In 2013, he contributed additional cinematography to the Academy Award nominated Finding Vivian Maier.^[9]

In 2014, he made his feature directorial debut with Heaven Adores You. The film received wide distribution and favorable reviews. It holds an approval rating of 82% based on 17 reviews, with an average rating of 6.22/10 on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.^[10] The San Francisco Bay Guardian praised the film as "an artfully crafted study of a unique talent."^[11] While Art Forum called it "a sweet, generous film, as sweet and generous as its subject was known to be".^[12]

Filmography

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2014	Heaven Adores You	Also producer, cinematographer, & editor

Cinematographer

Year	Title	Director
2008	Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene	Loren Mendell
2009	Independent Lens	Loren Mendell
2013	Southern Baptist Sissies	Del Shores
2014	Heaven Adores You	Himself
2015	The Fear of 13	David Sington
2015	Mercury 13	David Sington
2016	Captive	David Sington

Additional photography

Year	Title	Director of Photography
2015	Upstairs Inferno	Nick Morr
2013	Finding Vivian Maier	John Maloof

References

[1] ttps://www.artforum.com/columns/andrew-hultkrans-on-the-elliott-smith-documentary-heaven-adores-you-221000/

[2] ttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744274/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

[3] ttps://www.vice.com/en/article/6vgvjx/heaven-adores-you-elliott-smith-documentary-director-interview

[4] ttps://nofilmschool.com/2014/05/director-nickolas-rossi-film-about-life-music-of-elliott-smith

[5] ttps://nofilmschool.com/2014/05/director-nickolas-rossi-film-about-life-music-of-elliott-smith

[6] ttps://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/adjust-your-color/

[7] ttps://www.stereogum.com/1686980/watch-the-first-few-minutes-of-elliott-smith-documentary-heaven-adores-you/news/

[8] ttps://www.docnyc.net/film/heaven-adores-you/

[9] ttps://www.tvguide.com/movies/finding-vivian-maier/cast/2030091014/

[10] ttps://rottentomatoes.com/m/heaven_adores_you/

[11] ttps://sfbgarchive.48hills.org/sfbgarchive/2014/04/22/reel-ality/

[12] ttps://www.artforum.com/columns/andrew-hultkrans-on-the-elliott-smith-documentary-heaven-adores-you-221000/

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