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.
Awards / Nominations / Recognitions
2024 Winner - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Winner - St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - Online Film Critics Society - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards - Best Film Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - Utah Film Critics Association Awards - Best Film Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - North Carolina Film Critics Association Awards - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2024 Nominee - Online Association of Female Film Critics - Best Editing - ‘Nickel Boys’
2023 Nominee - Minnesota Film Critics Alliance Awards - Best Editing - ‘Nope’
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