Amy Nicholson is a commercial director and documentary filmmaker based in New York City. In a previous career as an advertising creative director, she helmed campaigns for Got Milk? and Nike. Happy Campers is her third documentary feature. It premiere at DOCNYC in 2023 and won a Special Jury Award. Nicholson's doc short, Pickle, won audience awards at multiple film festivals including Aspen Shorts and Full Frame. Pickle was nominated for an IDA Award and Cinema Eye Honors, selected for New York Times' Op Docs and featured on the Criterion Channel. Nicholson has produced and directed two previous feature projects. Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride won a special jury prize at DOC NYC and was held over twice at the IFC Center. Muskrat Lovely premiered at The Hamptons and was broadcast on the Emmy Award-winning Independent Lens. Nicholson also wrote and directed Irony, a narrative short comedy that was chosen to be a Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere. Nicholson's films have been selected to screen at Sheffield, Hot Docs, Full Frame, DOK Leipzig, BFI London, Florida, Hot Springs, Camden, Montclair, Traverse City, Rooftop Films, and the MoMA.

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