Nomi Talisman

Nomi Talisman is an American film director, producer, cinematographer and animator. She is best known for co-producing and co-directing short-documentary Last Day of Freedom for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nomination at 88th Academy Awards, with Dee Hibbert-Jones. In April 2016, Hibbert-Jones and Talisman were awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

Filmography

• Last Day of Freedom (2015)

Awards and nominations

Nomi shared following awards and nominations with Hibbert-Jones:

• 2016 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 2016 California Public Defenders Association, Gideon Award (film), for Last Day of Freedom (with Dee Hibbert-Jones and Bill Babbitt)
• 2016 The 45th Annual Northern California Area EMMY® Award Nomination, Documentary-Topical
• 2015: Academy Awards nomination:
  • Best Documentary - Short Subject
• 2015: International Documentary Association
  • Best Short Documentary Award.
• 2015: Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
  • Best Short Film - Jury Award
  • Duke University, The Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award
• 2015: Hamptons International Film Festival
  • Golden Starfish Award - Best Documentary Short Film sponsored by ID Films.
  • Other Festivals (partial list):
    • Tallgrass Film Festival – Golden Strands Award, Outstanding Documentary Short Film.⁸
    • Dok Leipzig – International Competition Animated Documentary – Honorary Mention^[9]
    • Bar Harbor Film Festival – Best Animated Documentary Short^[10]
    • SF Doc Fest- Best Short Audience Award^[11]
    • (In)Justice For All Film Festival – Justice Impact Award
    • Atlanta Docufest – Best Experimental Documentary Short^[12]
    • DC Independent Film Festival - Best Short Documentary ^[13]

External links

• Official website
• Talisman and Jones official website
• Nomi Talisman at the Internet Movie Database