Directing

Christian Nilsson

Born 1987-12-31 · Long Island, New York, USA

Christian Nilsson is an Emmy Award-winning video journalist, filmmaker, and creative director whose work spans narrative film, documentary, and branded storytelling. He’s the writer/director behind Dashcam and Unsubscribe—the $0-budget short that unexpectedly topped the U.S. box office in 2020. His second feature, Westhampton, is World Premiering at the 2025 Tribeca Festival and stars Finn Wittrock, RJ Mitte, Jake Weary, and Amy Forsyth. His latest screenplay, Paparazzo, appeared on the 2024 Black List and is currently in development with Passage Pictures. Christian has produced editorial and branded video content for The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, Esquire, HuffPost, MTV, and others—blending cinematic craft with sharp journalistic instinct. His short documentary The Fight To Be The Oldest Bar In NYC earned him a New York Emmy Award in 2017. He is a member of the Producers Guild of America and lives in New York City.

Acting credits

5.3

When a fall down a steep rock face separates her from her friends, Caroline finds herself stranded. Now, alone and with a dislocated shoulder, she must make her way out of the woods — and contend with how she got there.

Distress Signals

2022

Ten years after a killing a demon, five friends grapple with adulthood, existence, and the demon's family, looking for revenge.

Graves

2016

Behind the camera

7.5

Haunted by an accident he caused in high school, a damaged filmmaker is forced to go back to the scene of the tragedy and face the friends whose lives he ruined and a town that disdains him. Jumping between the present and an indie film he made about the accident reveals how the true events played out far differently than depicted in his movie.