Nadia Hallgren is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer from The Bronx, New York. Most recently Nadia directed and shot Becoming a documentary about former First Lady Michelle Obama that was released on Netflix in 2020. Prior to that she directed and shot After Maria, a short documentary that tells the story of three mothers displaced by Hurricane Maria. It was shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2019. 

Nadia won the special jury prize at SXSW 2018 for an independent episodic series She's the Ticket about women running for office in response to Trump’s election and a Webby for Public Service and Activism (2018) for her film Gavin Grimm vs. about a transgender teen from Virginia headed to the Supreme Court. 

With a focus on the craft of vérité storytelling, Nadia has also become one of the leading cinematographers in documentary filmmaking. Her credits include the Sundance award-winner Motherland (2017), Academy Award-nominated and Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Trouble the Water (2008), and Sundance award-winner Trapped (2016). Nadia is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and an alum of International Center of Photography. Most recently, her work on Becoming landed her a nomination for both Outstanding Directing for a Documentary and Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program at the 2020 Primetime Emmys.