Nicolas Rossier

Nicolas Rossier is an American filmmaker best known for his biographical documentaries profiling the lives and work of controversial characters including American academic Norman Finkelstein and the former Haitian President, Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Filmmaking career
Rossier’s feature about ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertran Aristide, Aristide and the Endless Revolution has been called 'vital' by Variety and 'taut, well-balanced and insightful' by the New York Times. His follow up film, American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein, profiling the life and work of the disgraced Jewish academic and author received many positive reviews.

His films have aired on television networks around the world, including PBS, Al Jazeera English, and the Hallmark Channel and the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York, IDFA in Amsterdam, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, and Hot Docs. His work has been reviewed by Michael Moore, Albert Maysles and Mark Achbar. He has collaborated with many professionals in the industry, among them veteran CBC News reporter David Ridgen and Emmy Award-winning producer Jon Alpert.

Early career and biography
Rossier's first film, Life is a Dream: a Street Poet in New York was released in 2000 and won him the Audience Award at the New York Independent Film Festival. He followed up with Brothers and Others in 2003 which exposed the impact and backlash of the events of 9/11 on Arab and Muslim communities within the United States which aired primetime on the Hallmark Channel several times.

Nicolas Rossier was born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland. He pursued a career in the financial sector in Europe before relocating to New York City in 1998 to transition into a career in film and journalism. He has studied at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, the School of Visual Arts and the New York Film Academy. He works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Awards
Aristide and the Endless Revolution took the Best Documentary prize at the Pan-African Film Festival and was selected for the Amnesty International Doen Award at IDFA in Amsterdam. American Radical won the Audience Choice award at IFP/Chicago Underground Film Festival, the Cinema Politica Audience Award, the Jean Renoir Award for Best Anti- War Film and was named one of the 'top ten best political documentaries' by ScreenJunkies.

Filmography

 * Life is a Dream: A Street Poet in New York (2000)
 * Brothers and Others (2003)
 * Leila (2003)
 * The Bridge (2006)
 * Aristide and the Endless Revolution (2005)
 * American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein (2009)
 * " One Breath - The Story of William Trubridge (2012)
 * " Good People go to Hell, Saved People go to Heaven (2012)