Biography

Nick Canfield is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer from New York City. He got his start as camera assistant to legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles, developing an intimate vérité style as a cinematographer and archivist for Maysles Films. His first film, the feature music documentary The Reverend, streamed on The Criterion Channel. Distributed theatrically by Factory 25, it won the Audience Award at DOC NYC and Best Domestic Feature at Thin Line Festival. Working on the camera teams for a range of projects, Nick has enjoyed the opportunity to learn from a diverse group of subjects and filmmakers. His camera work can be seen in documentaries such as Iris (NYFF premiere, distributed by Magnolia Pictures), The Fifty Year Argument (HBO, directed by Martin Scorsese), Born to Fly (SxSW premiere), In Transit (Tribeca Special Jury Mention), Quitting Time (True/False premiere) and Making a Murderer (Netflix). His films have been covered in media including The New York Times and Rolling Stone. Nick is a member of the Documentary Cinematographer’s Alliance, serves on the board of the Maysles Documentary Center, was named one of DOC NYC’s 40 Filmmakers Under 40 in 2022, and was a member of their Short Films Jury in 2023. His latest film, the short documentary My Back Pages, premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival in 2024 and was selected for the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.