Nicole Lucas Haimes

Nicole Lucas Haimes is an award-winning documentary filmmaker known for her richly observed character portrayals and incisive exploration of little-known worlds. Her television credits include CBS, BET, and the ABC News flagship documentary series, Turning Point. For PBS, Haimes produced and directed the Emmy-nominated Cracking The Code. She directed and Co-Executive Produced for A&E, Confessions of the DC Sniper, featuring the first exclusive interview with Lee Boyd Malvo. Her feature documentaries include the New York Times Critic pick Chicken People, which opened at SXSW before its 2016 theatrical release. It received nominations for SXSW’s Gamechanger Award and Nashville’s Grand Jury prize. Her critically acclaimed film, The Good, The Bad, The Hungry, for ESPN Films 30 for 30, premiered at Tribeca in 2019. Her most recent effort, the doc short Outsider which she produced, will premiere at Montclair Film Festival 2023.

Nicole’s investigation, Who Killed Julian Pierce? for Mel magazine, was selected as a Notable Narrative by the Neiman Storyboard and a Longform top ten crime article for 2017.