Nina Maria is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, producer and an acclaimed Greek journalist. She is also the founder of Forest Troop, an independent documentary and multimedia group.
Since 2007, she has been a producer for “Exandas” Documentary Series», a multi-awarded documentary group (www.smallplanet.gr). Her productions «Digital Cemeteries» exploring e-waste recycling in China and «Dying in abundance» a film about the food crisis filmed in India and the USA, have won many international awards.
She has also produced and directed independent documentaries, such as “Spirited Paths: the life of Human Rights Heroes” and “Boxing Cuba”. She is also the author of “Kanun: A child’ s Play”, a documentary book on blood feud in Albania, and “From Chaos to Harmony: The Life of Mikis Theodorakis”, a film about the life of the Greek composer.
She has received her undergraduate degree in Mass Communications at Boston University and her graduate degree in Entrepreneurship at Bentley University. She has studied film at La Femis in Paris and at the NYU in New York. She is also a Fellow in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, in Washington D.C.
Works at:
Forest Troop
Based in:
Athens, Greece
