Filmmakers

About the Filmmakers

Nicholas Bruckman: Director/Producer

Nicholas Bruckman is the Director & Producer of La Americana, which has screened at over 25 international film festivals, winning multiple awards including best documentary at the New York, Austin, Orlando, and Los Angeles Latino film festivals. Nicholas has worked on independent, corporate, and nonprofit documentary projects in South America, Asia, and the Middle East, for clients including Cisco and Time Inc. His work has been supported by foundations including the New York State Council of the Arts, Cinereach, and the Fledgling Fund.

John Mattiuzzi: Co-Director

Prior to working in film, John Mattiuzzi, a NY graffitti artist, could be found scaling building tops and cruising train yards in search of the perfect canvas. In 2005, after receiving his BFA at SUNY Purchase, John moved to Mexico for a year and volunteered as an English Professor at the Universidad Tecnologica Tula-Tepeji. In the summer of 2006, he joined the People’s Television team in Bolivia as Writer, Director of Photography, and Supervising Editor of La Americana. Recently, John’s mural “A City of Heroes” was on exhibition in “9/11: A Nation Remembers” in Philadelphia. He is the Director of Photography on the upcoming People’s Television documentary “The Grey Movie”.

Jesse Thomas: Co-Producer

Prior to La Americana, Jesse Thomas traveled to Kashmir with Nicholas Bruckman where he shot over 100 hours of footage in the heart of the largest military occupation on the planet. He graduated from Purchase College magna cum laude, where he studied Political Science and Economics and worked for the school’s television network, PTV. Upon graduation, Jesse co-founded People’s Television and worked for Seed Magazine developing their on-line video channel. A long time political activist, he is currently a staffer with Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

Full Credits

Photography By:  Nicholas Bruckman, John Mattiuzzi, Jesse Thomas

Edited By:  Nicholas Bruckman, John Mattiuzzi

Executive Producer:  Alexander B. Miller

Additional Editing: David Jaramillo, Jesse Thomas

Associate Producer: David Jaramillo

Translation Assistant:  Erin Moore

Music By:  Los Kjarkas, Savia Andina, Yara

Original Music By: Eric Liebman, Richard Martinez

Story Consultant:  Fernanda Rossi

Outreach Consulting:  Active Voice, Working Films, Gail Silva

Outreach Coordinator:  Dora Leticia

Web Design:  Krystle Mobayeni

Sound Mixing:  Matt Polis, Sound Space Studio

Color Correction:  Patrick Inhofer, Fini Finishing

Fiscal Sponsor:  IFP

Made with support from the IFP Market, IFP Documentary Rough Cut Lab, and a distribution grant from the New York State Council of the Arts and The Fledgling Fund.