Nigel
Noble
Nigel
Noble
Producer / Director
Oscar & Emmy winner
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Nigel Noble is an accomplished Producer of a wide range of cable, theatrical, network and public broadcasting documentaries and films for industry, with 20 years expertise in all forms of film and video production, including High Definition, DV, 16mm, 35mm and super-16mm film, computer graphics and special projection installations.
| Select awards include : | ||
| An Academy Award | 2 Emmy Awards | DGA Directing Nomination |
| An Academy Award nomination | 2 Cable Aces | Christopher Award |
| 2 Iris Awards | ||
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and accolades from the Montreal, Banff, Telluride, Amsterdam, Sundance and The Cannes Film Festivals amongst others. |
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SELECTED DOCUMENTARY CREDITS
Producer The Beauty Academy of Kabul
Discovery Channel / BBC
This feature release documentary is the story of the opening of Afghanistan’s first post-Taliban beauty academy. The documentary weaves stories of the Afghan students and their American teachers into a sisterhood of opportunity and oppression, desire and guilt and suggests that even in the world’s most devastated corners a good haircut is priceless. Produced by Magic Lantern Media/Noble Enterprises, in association with Wellspring Media. FOR RELEASE IN 2004. TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2004
Producer Drag Kings on Tour
Discovery Channel
5 Drag Kings (women dressed as men) tour small clubs and bars in North America in a Winnebago performing skits about gender. Produced by Magic Lantern Media in association with Allinace Atlantis. FOR RELEASE IN 2004. SAN FRANCISCO GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL. Toronto Gay and Lesbian Film Festival 2004; Outfest Los Angeles 2004.
creative Consultant Farmingville
Public Broadcasting
Farmingville, a small town in Long Island, deals with the presence of a large influx of undocumented workers from Mexico. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2004
Invited to represent Brazil in the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, this feature documentary looks at the complex problem of sustainability and deforestation in Brazil. The film profiles several workers whose job it is to cut down trees in the Amazon and burn the wood for use as charcoal, a vital ingredient in the making of pig iron and steel production.
2000 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL - BEST DOCUMENTARY, LOS ANGELES LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 1999 SAO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL - PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL IN THE NATION’S CAPITAL - AMSTERDAM FILM FESTIVAL - CUBAN FILM FESTIVAL.
Producer / Director Close Harmony
A 30-minute film that illustrates how children’s misconceptions about older people can change into positive expressions of care and respect when the two generations join in song.
ACADEMY AWARD - EMMY AWARD - CHRISTOPHER AWARD
Director Porgy & Bess: An American Voice
This 90-minute documentary, which traces the history of Porgy & Bess from the writing of the original novel in 1925 to the television production in 1993, features interviews with Leontyne Price, William Warfield, Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Maya Angelou & Diahann Carroll. Produced by Charles Hobson for The National Endowment of the Humanities.
DGA DIRECTING NOMINATION 1999 - BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM, MONTREAL FILM FESTIVAL - SILVER AWARD, U.S. INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL
Producer / Director Portraits of Grief
This one-hour documentary based on The New York Times award-winning column of the same name pays tribute to 22 individuals who died on Sept. 11, 2001. Produced by New York Times Television, this commercial free program headlined an evening of commemorative films on Sept. 11, 2002.
Producer / Director Gangs Escaping the Life
Set in Los Angeles, this one-hour documentary embraces the struggles young people face as they try to leave neighborhood gangs. The film uses a variety of cinematic styles including music videos, dramatic footage and cinema verite and surprises us with the honesty, intelligence and creativity of four ex-gang members. Produced by New York Times Television and broadcast in prime time on Sept. 29, 2002. 2003 DIRECTORS VIEW FILM FESTIVAL
Director Cowboys of the Pantenal
A one-hour film about survivors of an ancient culture, Brazilian cowboys who breed and herd cattle in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth, the Brazilian Pantenal. Produced by Rio de Janeiro’s Zazen Productions.
SILVER WORLD MEDAL NEW YORK FESTIVALS 2004
Producer / Director Voices of Sarafina!
PBS - NBC (national broadcasts)
Starring Miriam Makeba and the South African teenage cast of the Broadway musical "Sarafina!," this 90-minute film explores the spirit that drives young black South Africans in their struggle for freedom. Produced in association with Lincoln Center Theater and distributed by New Yorker Films.
CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - EMMY AWARD - TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL - BEST ARTS DOCUMENTARY, BANFF FILM FESTIVAL - OHIO STATE AWARD - SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AWARD
Oversaw the production of 10, one-hour cinema verite documentaries about the doctors and nurses of a hospital emergency room. Produced by New York Times Television.
Producer / Director Trauma: Life in the ER
Produced 4, one-hour cinema verite programs about life in a hospital emergency room for The Learning Channel’s highest rated series. Produced by New York Times Television.
2001 & 2000 EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Director Martha Stewart's 1996 Christmas Special
Produced by Cherie Fortis.
Senior Producer Declarations: Essays on American Ideals / The Pursuit of Happiness
A three-part series of documentaries exploring what the Declaration of Independence means in contemporary life. Produced in association with ITVS.
Director A Stitch for Time
A 50-minute film about The National Peace Quilt Project, an attempt by a group of women from Boise, Idaho, and a group from the Soviet Women's Committee to influence the arms negotiations in Geneva.
ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION
Director Big Apple Circus
Directed this 30-minute family entertainment special about members of the Big Apple Circus. Produced by The Entertainment Group.
CABLE ACE AWARD
Director A Little Curious
Directed reality segments for HBO’s animated series for children. Produced by John Hoffman.
Producer / Director The Man Who Loves Sharks
This 90-minute profile of underwater pioneer and filmmaker Stan Waterman takes viewers on a worldwide expedition to photograph sharks.
CABLE ACE NOMINATION
Producer / Director / Writer The Test of Time: from HIV to AIDS
Lifetime Television
This one-hour informational special about families with HIV was designed to increase general awareness about the disease and shatter unfounded fears and stereotypes.
CABLE ACE AWARD
Producer / Director / Writer Shoot the Clock: Fitting Your Life into Your Life
A documentary on the frustrations confronted by women as they strive to balance the conflicting demands of work, family and personal time. Produced by Linda Ellerbee’s Lucky Duck Productions.
Director Divorce: Caught in the Middle
This documentary uses dramatic inserts to reveal productive ways in which children handle their parents’ divorce. Produced by Linda Ellerbee’s Lucky Duck Productions for Nick News.
EMMY NOMINATION
Producer / Director Upstate, Downtown
WCBS, New York
A one-hour film on American values as seen through the eyes of teenagers from disparate areas of New York State: Downtown Brooklyn and rural, upstate.
2 IRIS AWARDS, OHIO STATE AWARD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
From 1965 to 1985, sound recordist and multi-track music recording engineer for many feature films and music films including Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Rockers, Closing of the Fillmore, Between tFrhe Lines, A Christmas Without Snow, Rockabye, Over the Brooklyn Bridge, Deadly Hero, and The Lords of Flatbush. Head of the sound department for Wolper Productions in Los Angeles 1n 1965 - 1967. Stage Manager of A Comedy of Errors, Richard 111, and King Lear 1962 - 1964 for The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon and London, England.
AWARDS & CITATIONS:
Academy Award (Oscar) - 1982 - Close Harmony
Academy Award (Oscar) Nomination - 1987- A Stitch for Time
2 Emmy Awards - 1981 - Close Harmony, 1898 - Voices of Sarafina!
2 Emmy Award Nominations – 2001, 2000 – Trauma Life in the ER
DGA Nomination Directorial Achievement in Documentary - 1998 - Porgy & Bess
Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival - 1989 - Voices of Sarafina!
Best Arts Documentary - Banff TV Festival - 1989 - Voices of Sarafina!
National Headliners Award - 1989 - Voices of Sarafina!
Prix Amnesty - Amnesty International Peoples Award - 1989 - Voices of Sarafina!
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Award - 1989 - Voices of Sarafina!
2 ACE Awards - 1991 - Test of Time, 1993 - Big Apple Circus
2 ACE Award Nominations - 1987 - Castaways, 1993 - The Man Who Loves Sharks
2 NATPE Iris Awards including Best of Festival - 1990 - Upstate Downtown
Silver & Bronze Cindy Awards - 1991 - Infiniti
Golden Camera - US Film & Video Festival - 1991 - Infiniti
Best Educational Film - Montreal Festival Internationale du Film Sur L’Art 1998 - Porgy & Bess
Best Documentary Los Angeles Latino Int’l Film Festival- 2000 - The Charcoal People