
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).
movieA Derailment
2026 · Director, Editor
movieMystery Seeds
2025 · Producer, Director, Editor
movieBalloon Boy
2023 · Producer
movieWhen the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood
2022 · Director, Editor
movieAscension
2021 · Producer, Director of Photography
movieIt's Coming!
2020 · Director, Producer, Editor
movie8:08 - How We Respond
2019 · Producer
movieThe Water Slide
2018 · Director
movieBalloonfest
2017 · Director, Editor, Producer
movieDeprogrammed
2015 · Director of Photography
movieYou're Next
2013 · Art Direction
Dear Valued Guests
2013 · Director of Photography
movieAcademy of Doom
2008 · Creature, Art Direction
movieMil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy
2007 · Paperboy
The Art of Making Money - This Guy Has Balls
— · Director
The Art of Making Money - A Very Thin Line
— · Director
The Art of Making Money - The World's Greatest Counterfeiter
— · Director