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Nate Dorr is Brooklyn-based filmmaker, editor and photographer, based in Brooklyn. In his own work, he studies the city landscape and invents new ways of seeing and understanding the world. His films have shown in over 80 film festivals around the world, while he has also contributed to others' projects as an editor, animator, cinematographer, sound designer, and compositor. He served as Director of Programming at the Science New Wave Festival 2013 - 2020, and again in 2024 and 2025.…Nate Dorr is Brooklyn-based filmmaker, editor and photographer, based in Brooklyn. In his own work, he studies the city landscape and invents new ways of seeing and understanding the world. His films have shown in over 80 film festivals around the world, while he has also contributed to others' projects as an editor, animator, cinematographer, sound designer, and compositor. He served as Director of Programming at the Science New Wave Festival 2013 - 2020, and again in 2024 and 2025.

Nate Dorr

Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Director of Photography, +2

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Nate Dorr is Brooklyn-based filmmaker, editor and photographer, based in Brooklyn. In his own work, he studies the city landscape and invents new ways of seeing and understanding the world. His films have shown in over 80 film festivals around the world, while he has also contributed to others' projects as an editor, animator, cinematographer, sound designer, and compositor. He served as Director of Programming at the Science New Wave Festival 2013 - 2020, and again in 2024 and 2025.…Nate Dorr is Brooklyn-based filmmaker, editor and photographer, based in Brooklyn. In his own work, he studies the city landscape and invents new ways of seeing and understanding the world. His films have shown in over 80 film festivals around the world, while he has also contributed to others' projects as an editor, animator, cinematographer, sound designer, and compositor. He served as Director of Programming at the Science New Wave Festival 2013 - 2020, and again in 2024 and 2025.

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Nate Dorr is Brooklyn-based filmmaker, editor and photographer, based in Brooklyn. In his own work, he studies the city landscape and invents new ways of seeing and understanding the world. His films have shown in over 80 film festivals around the world, while he has also contributed to others’ projects as an editor, animator, cinematographer, sound designer, and compositor. He served as Director of Programming at the Science New Wave Festival 2013 - 2020, and again in 2024 and 2025.

Skills

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Work Experience

Filmmaker at Self-employed / Freelance

March 1, 2013 - Present

Freelance documentary cinematography, editing, and compositing. Films in over 80 festivals. Seven archival documentaries for the Regional Plan Association (2022-2025). Music videos for Drop Stages, Questa, BenBen, Glockabelle, and others (2013-2026). Concert projection animation for Human Person (2021-2024). Other clients include: TedMed, NYU, MoMI, East New York Community Land Trust.

Director of Programming at Imagine Science / Science New Wave

January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2020

Film curation and organization of annual film festivals (New York and Abu Dhabi) and satellite events (Berlin, Paris, Warsaw, Singapore, Boulder). Coordination and communication with filmmakers, venues and partners. Festival production, organization, print traffic, copywriting, design, and bookkeeping.

Director of Programming at Imagine Science / Science New Wave

January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025

Adjunct Professor of Film at Hunter College

August 1, 2023 - May 31, 2024

Instructed undergraduate students in cinematography, sound, editing, and theory.

Associate Researcher at Mount Sinai School of Medicine

March 1, 2005 - January 31, 2013

Setup, experimental design, and test execution for a new rodent behavior lab. From 2009: oversight of all operations, introduction of new assays, communication with collaborators, submission of publications and research proposals.

Associate Editor at Impose Magazine

June 1, 2007 - July 31, 2013

Concert and city photography and journalism, film column. Documentary film direction, cinematography, and editing.

Photographer at Self-employed

January 1, 2006 - Present

Selected print and web clients: Gothamist, NYC Health + Hospitals, Flavorpill, Sounds, The Wire, LX Collection, the Journal of Light Construction. Exhibition and event photography for: Socrates Sculpture Park, MoMI, City Reliquary Museum, Women in Theater Festival, Bitforms, NYU Gallatin, and many more.