Bio
Nicholas Monsour is a film and television editor from Los Angeles. His work includes the films Nickel Boys, Nope, Next Goal Wins, Us and Keanu, and the television shows Key & Peele, The Twilight Zone, The Last O.G., Cobra Kai, Colin in Black & White, Jean Claude Van Johnson, Whiskey Cavalier, Brockmire, Comrade Detective, Drunk History, and HBO’s Witness. He was nominated for an Emmy for Key & Peele (2016). He has also worked extensively in non-profit media production and education.
Monsour received a BFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His films, video art, sculptures, installations, performance and theater pieces have been exhibited in multiple cities in the United States and abroad. The feature film he wrote and directed, Oh My Soul, was an official selection at the 2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival. He has also worked as a graphic designer, theatrical set designer and book designer.
Nicholas Monsour is the son of poet/author Leslie Monsour and playback engineer and documentary cinematographer Karem John Monsour. His brother Jesse Monsour is a creative director at the media production and visual effects company, A52.
Awards / Nominations / Recognitions
2019 Winner - INOCA Halfway Award - Best Film Editing - ‘Us’
2009 Official Selection - IFFR ‘Bright Future’ Category - Director - ‘Oh My Soul’
2005 Selection - VERSION - Director - ‘The Machine Age’
2005 Selection - PAC/Edge Festival - Set Designer/Creative Director ‘Discarded Landscape’ by Weather Talking
2004 Selection - PAC/Edge Festival - Set Designer ‘Air Tact Light’ by Brian Torrey Scott