Nesa Azimi

2024 Princess Grace Honoraria
Nominated by: Firelight Media

 

Nesa Azimi is a director, producer, and editor living in New York City. She started out at The Maysles Documentary Center and has since been on staff as a producer for Rain Media, PBS FRONTLINE, Fault Lines on Al Jazeera, National Geographic, and the Ciné Institute of Haiti. Three films she helped produce for FRONTLINE were recognized with Emmy Awards. Nesa has been a fellow with the Sundance Institute, NYSCA/NYFA, the Firelight Documentary Lab, and the Points North Institute. DRIVER, her first feature film, premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Festival.