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Nick Hector

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Nick Hector

EN, FR, RW cinema · 40 credits

Nick Hector CCE BFE ACE is a filmmaker and an associate professor in cinema arts at the University of Windsor. He has edited or produced more than 150 documentary films and programs across North & Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Nick began his career in television journalism and soon specialized in long-form documentary, particularly cinéma-vérité. Some of his best-known work stems from his long creative relationship with legendary Canadian filmmakers Allan King, Matt Gallagher, Yvan Patry, and Sturla Gunnarsson. Nick's work has been screened at most major international festivals and includes two films on Criterion, three Top Ten Canadian films, five films at MoMA, 11 at TIFF, and 15 at HotDocs. Nick has been nominated for 36 national film awards and is the winner of thirteen; including Canadian Screen, HotDocs, Directors Guild of Canada, Canadian Cinema Editors, and Gemini Awards. His creative works have won 48 national and international awards.

Known for

Filmography

Shamed poster

Shamed

EN · 2025Not rated

Editor

The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain poster

The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

EN · 2023Not rated

Editor

The Perfect Story poster

The Perfect Story

EN · 2022Not rated

Editor, Story Editor, Co-Producer

Fight to the Finish poster

Fight to the Finish

EN · 2020Not rated

Editor, Co-Producer

Prey poster

Prey

EN · 20197.5

Co-Producer, Editor

Sharkwater Extinction poster

Sharkwater Extinction

EN · 20187.0

Co-Producer, Editor

The Way Out poster

The Way Out

EN · 2018Not rated

Editor

Unfractured poster

Unfractured

EN · 2017Not rated

Editor

Canada in a Day poster

Canada in a Day

EN · 2017Not rated

Editor

How to Prepare for Prison poster

How to Prepare for Prison

EN · 2016Not rated

Editor

This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything

EN · 20156.1

Editor

Monsoon poster

Monsoon

FR · 2014Not rated

Editor

Sector Sarajevo poster

Sector Sarajevo

EN · 2013Not rated

Editor

Echoes poster

Echoes

EN · 2012Not rated

Editor

Payback poster

Payback

EN · 20125.8

Editor

Wiebo's War poster

Wiebo's War

EN · 2011Not rated

Editor, Producer

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie poster

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

EN · 2011Not rated

Editor

Grinders poster

Grinders

EN · 20115.9

Editor

Badge of Pride poster

Badge of Pride

EN · 20101.0

Editor

The Experimental Eskimos poster

The Experimental Eskimos

EN · 20096.0

Editor

Air India 182 poster

Air India 182

EN · 20087.0

Editor

The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger poster

The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger

EN · 2008Not rated

Editor

My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner poster

My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner

EN · 2007Not rated

Editor

EMPz 4 Life poster

EMPz 4 Life

EN · 2006Not rated

Editor

Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King poster

Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King

EN · 2006Not rated

Producer, Editor

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company poster

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company

EN · 20057.2

Editor

Hogtown poster

Hogtown

EN · 200510.0

Editor

Dying at Grace poster

Dying at Grace

EN · 20037.9

Editor

Crimes Of The Heart poster

Crimes Of The Heart

EN · 20033.3

Editor

Western Eyes poster

Western Eyes

EN · 200010.0

Editor

Saint Jude poster

Saint Jude

EN · 20003.0

Editor

The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman poster

The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman

EN · 19998.0

Additional Editing

Hand of Fate poster

Hand of Fate

EN · 199910.0

Editor

The Dragon's Egg: Making Peace on the Wreckage of the Twentieth Century poster

The Dragon's Egg: Making Peace on the Wreckage of the Twentieth Century

EN · 19997.0

Editor

It Takes a Child poster

It Takes a Child

EN · 1998Not rated

Editor

Drowning In Dreams poster

Drowning In Dreams

EN · 19976.5

Editor

My Feminism poster

My Feminism

EN · 199710.0

Editor

Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold poster

Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold

RW · 19969.0

Editor

Sitting on a Volcano poster

Sitting on a Volcano

EN · 1996Not rated

Editor

Hand of God, Hand of the Devil poster

Hand of God, Hand of the Devil

FR · 19957.0

Editor