11 Facts About Alysa Nahmias

Alysa Nahmias is an American filmmaker and the founder of Ajna Films.

Alysa Nahmias holds degrees from The Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and Princeton University.

Alysa Nahmias is married to graphic designer Rob Carmichael of SEEN Studio.

In 2011, Nahmias directed and produced the feature documentary Unfinished Spaces, about the Cuban National Art Schools, with Benjamin Murray.

Alysa Nahmias directed and produced the 2019 documentary The New Bauhaus chronicling the art and design icon, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy.

Alysa Nahmias's producing credits include Unrest, by director Jennifer Brea, which won the Special Jury Award for Best Editing at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, No Light and No Land Anywhere, by director Amber Sealey with creative advisor Miranda July; Shield and Spear, by director Petter Ringbom; What We Left Unfinished, by director Mariam Ghani; and Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq by director Nancy Buirski with creative advisor Martin Scorsese.

Alysa Nahmias served as executive producer for I Didn't See You There directed by Reid Davenport, which won the 2022 Sundance Film Festival US Documentary Directing Award.

Alysa Nahmias has been featured in Filmmaker Magazine as an independent film innovator.

Alysa Nahmias is a 2019 Sundance Institute Momentum Fellow and a 2020 Film Independent Fellow.

Alysa Nahmias co-authored a Sundance Creative Distribution Case Study on Unrest and has written about documentary grant writing for MovieMaker Magazine.

Alysa Nahmias is a co-founder of FWD-Doc, a non-profit organization which supports disabled filmmakers and entertainment industry workers.