Nina Rosenblum (born September 20, 1950) is an American, Academy Award nominated, documentary film and television producer and director. Italian Fotoleggendo magazine said Rosenblum “is known in the United States as one of the most important directors of the investigative documentary”.Her works as director and producer include Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in WWII, PBS, (nominated in 1992 for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature); The Untold West: The Black West , TBS, (1993 Best Screenwriting Emmy Award); America and Lewis Hine, PBS, (broadcast nationwide in 1984 on PBS and winner of Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival); The Skin I’m In (broadcast in 2000 on Showtime/NY Times Television) and Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League’s New York (released theatrically in New York and Los Angeles in 2013).
Daughter of Walter Rosenblum, photographer and World War II Signal Corps cameraman, and Naomi Rosenblum, photographic historian, and daughter-in-law of actress Maureen Stapleton.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York
2012
Documentary
In the Name of Democracy: America's Conscience, a Soldier's Sacrifice,
2009
Documentary
Zahira: 'la que florece'
2004
Documentary
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002
Documentary
The Skin I'm In
2000
TV Movie documentary
Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street
1999
Documentary
A History of Women Photographers
1996
Documentary short
Slave Ship: The Testimony of the Henrietta Marie
1995
Documentary short
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
1994
Documentary
Beat-Down: The Case of Raymond Alvarez
1994
Short documentary
The Untold West
1993
TV Series 1 episode
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
TV Movie documentary
Through the Wire
1990
Documentary
America Undercover
1985
TV Series documentary episode "Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island"
America and Lewis Hine
1984
Documentary
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ordinary Miracles: The Photo League's New York
2012
Documentary producer
In the Name of Democracy: America's Conscience, a Soldier's Sacrifice,
2009
Documentary producer
Zahira: 'la que florece'
2004
Documentary producer
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002
Documentary producer
The Skin I'm In
2000
TV Movie documentary producer
Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street
1999
Documentary producer
A History of Women Photographers
1996
Documentary short producer
Slave Ship: The Testimony of the Henrietta Marie
1995
Documentary short producer
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
1994
Documentary producer: Daedalus Productions
Beat-Down: The Case of Raymond Alvarez
1994
Short documentary producer
The Untold West
1993
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
1992
TV Movie documentary producer
Through the Wire
1990
Documentary producer
America and Lewis Hine
1984
Documentary co-producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002
Documentary
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island
1994
Documentary creator
Through the Wire
1990
Documentary
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Walter Rosenblum: In Search of Pitt Street
1999
Documentary additional camera operator
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
2004
Video documentary special thanks
Shooting War
2000
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
Golden Unicorn
Amiens International Film Festival
Best Documentary
Lock-Up: The Prisoners of Rikers Island (1994)
1992
IDA Award
International Documentary Association
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992)
1985
IDA Award
International Documentary Association
America and Lewis Hine (1984)
1985
Special Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival
Documentary
America and Lewis Hine (1984)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
CableACE
CableACE Awards
Entertainment/Cultural Documentary or Informational Special
The Untold West (1993)
1993
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Documentary, Features
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II (1992)