Biography

Nickolas Rossi was born in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Columbia College Chicago for fine art photography and graduated from Portland State University with a degree in Sociology. Following university he lived and worked in Montréal, London, Prague and Los Angeles.

As a cinematographer he has worked extensively across the United States & Canada, Asia, Europe and Mexico. His work has screened in numerous film festivals across the globe, as well as PBS Independent Lens, CNN, MTV/LOGO and Fuel TV.

His feature narrative work includes "Southern Baptist Sissies" with Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan ("Will & Grace") and Dale Dickey ("Winter's Bone"), "Do Not Disturb" with Stephen Geoffreys ("Fright Night"), and Corey Haim ("Lost Boys"), and "Breath of Hate" with Jason Mewes ("Clerks") and Ezra Buzzington ("The Hills Have Eyes").

His documentary film work includes the award winning feature documentary, "The Power of Two", the directorial debut of Academy Award® nominated producer, Marc Smolowitz. His camera work has also been featured in John Maloof's Oscar nominated documentary, "Finding Vivian Maier", "The Fear of 13" by David Sington, and Jennifer Siebel Newsom's Sundance premiere, "The Mask You Live In"

His directorial debut, "Heaven Adores You," about musician Elliott Smith, made it's premiere in May 2014 and has screened at over 40 festivals across 5 continents.
- IMDb mini biography by: Heaven Adores You