(2024 bio) Nesa 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, which premiered in competition at Tribeca Festival, is her first feature film. (older) Nesa Azimi is a New York-based filmmaker with a decade of experience in long-form broadcast production, having worked on over a dozen socially-driven, current affairs documentaries. Her subjects have ranged from an investigation of Firestone’s dealings with war criminal Charles Taylor, to Resignation Syndrome—an inexplicable medical condition affecting the children of asylum seekers in Sweden. She’s reported widely on politics—from the Middle East to rural America—and has been a staff producer for FRONTLINE on PBS, Fault Lines on Al Jazeera, and National Geographic. Her freelance work has appeared on Art21, among other outlets. Over the years, she’s worked with the Maysles Documentary Center and the Cine Institute of Haiti. Her work for FRONTLINE was recognized with two Emmys, an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, and a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. DRIVER, a film about a community of women long-haul truckers, will be her first feature-length film.