NICOLE is a cinematographer who was raised in Germany but has spent most of her adult life in London and Los Angeles. She received her BSc and a Masters in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, worked for Reuters News and on independent films during her time in London. Nicole then spent a year as a camera operator on a German TV Series on location in Spain before coming to the States.

She completed her MFA in Cinematography at the UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television where she took Master classes with Conrad Hall, Owen Roizman, Laszlo Kovacs, Roger Deakins, Joan Churchill and Johnny Simmons. She was the recipient of numerous film awards and grants, including the Motion Picture Association of America Award, the Edie & Lew Wasserman Grant and the Technicolor Thesis Grant; which was the basis for her thesis paper on the Digital Intermediate she created for the film The Death Strip at Technicolor’s facilities in Burbank, California.

Her documentaries and shorts have aired on US and British television and in Festivals internationally. Voices of War aired on Showtime to outstanding reviews.