Nich L. Perez
Nich L. Perez is a Filipino-American filmmaker, educator, and collaborator. He creates film grain and pixels through personal human connections, carving narratives with the lens of empathy and community. As the founder and director of the Nonprofit Film Collective, a grassroots group of storytellers, “Nick” transcends traditional boundaries by collaborating with nonprofits, communities, students, and institutions to tell meaningful stories with tangible, real-world, positive impacts.
Nich participated in the Human Rights and Photography Program at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University with the Magnum Foundation. He collaborated with the Coalition for the Homeless and the unhoused clients of Wards Island in New York City in 2014.
Directing students while filming a scene for BRO.
Collaborations across time zones
Nich’s latest feature-length film, 'letters to eleanore,' offers a poignant exploration of disability and hope. This award-winning documentary, like most of his films, was produced jointly with his university students and is currently in film festivals. He has taught in various universities, including Grinnell College and St. Mary’s University as a Visiting Assistant Professor, where he worked on media projects that tackle complex subjects with sensitivity and insight, utilizing media arts and practice as a powerful tool for advocacy and storytelling.
He has filmed in more than 50 countries: experiencing a breadth of humanity, interacting through multiple languages, connecting with people from varied cultures and economic backgrounds, and living these experiences with students.
The Communications Professors, with Professors Ann Baldinger and Bob Williams, 2015.
Before doing his academic fellowship in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, Nich has been teaching as an Assistant Professor in Film, Media, and Communication Studies in various institutions, including Holy Cross College at Notre Dame, IN, Grinnell College, and St. Mary's University, TX.
With Amidani, one of the children from Guadalupe in Monterrey, Mexico, while filming a documentary.
With multiple films in the pipeline, Nich continues to push boundaries and challenge perceptions through his work in an ever-evolving media landscape and in both fiction and nonfiction, producing media that captures beauty, inspiration, and authenticity.
Austin, Texas on 35mm film.
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I live, therefore I make films.
I make films, therefore I live.
Life.
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~ Jonas Mekas