Nicole Newnham is a documentary filmmaker and writer. She recently co-produced and directed THE RAPE OF EUROPA, a documentary about the fate of Europe’s cultural treasures during the Third Reigh and Second World War. The award-winning film, currently in wide theatrical release, was recently shortlisted for the 2008 Academy Award nominations.
Nicole also co-produced and directed SENTENCED HOME (72 min., 2006), an award-winning documentary that follows three Cambodian refugees in Seattle who are deported back to Cambodia after 9/11. She field-produced the Emmy-nominated SKIN (53 min., 2004), a documentary for PBS and National Geographic about the science and culture of human skin. Nicole co-produced THEY DREW FIRE (1998, 56 minutes), a widely-acclaimed special for PBS about the combat artists of World War II, and authored the companion book distributed by Harper Collins. She was associate producer of EYE OF THE STORM (1999, 55 minutes), a verite profile of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan that was broadcast worldwide by the BBC. Nicole has been field producer and associate producer on several US/UK co-productions for Discovery and The Learning Channel, including SURVIVOR (1996), a four-part series on the art of survival science and the Emmy-nominated THE HUMAN SEXES (1996). Her film, UNFORGETTABLE FACE (1994) screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Ms. Newnham earned a Masters degree in Documentary Film from Stanford University in 1994. She lives in Oakland with her husband Thomas Malarkey and sons Finn and Blaine.
