Director
Nathan Truesdell
47 years · Clark, Missouri · 12 films
Nathan Truesdell is a multi-hyphenate filmmaker who has been nominated for an Academy Award, a PGA Award, an IDA Award, was selected for the inaugural “DOC NYC 40 Under 40” list, and won a Cinema Eye Honor for Cinematography. His directorial work includes the award-winning shorts BALLOONFEST, THE WATER SLIDE, THE ART OF MAKING MONEY, IT’S COMING!, WHEN THE LAPD BLOWS UP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, and MYSTERY SEEDS. He was the Camera Department Head and a Cinematographer for the HBO series HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON and produced and co-DP’ed Jessica Kingdon’s ASCENSION登楼叹 (2021).
Best known for
Filmography 12
A Derailment
2026 · Director, Editor
Mystery Seeds
2025 · Producer, Director
Balloon Boy
2023 · Producer
When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood
2022 · Director, Editor
Ascension
2021 · Producer, Cinematography
It's Coming!
2020 · Director, Producer
8:08 - How We Respond
2019 · Producer
The Water Slide
2018 · Director
Balloonfest
2017 · Director, Producer
Deprogrammed
2015 · Cinematography
Academy of Doom
2008 · Creature
Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy
2007 · Paperboy