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{{short description|American documentary filmmaker (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Nathaniel Hansen
| image         = Nathaniel-Hansen-Documentary-Filmmaker.jpg
| alt           = Nathaniel Hansen - documentary filmmaker
| caption       = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth year and age|1977}}
| birth_place   = [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), US
| occupation    = Documentary filmmaker, producer, director, editor
| years_active  = 
| known_for     = ''The Elders'' (2013); ''Spearhunter'' (2015); ''Expired? Food Waste in America'' (2016); ''Weed & Wine'' (2020); ''The Recall: Reframed'' (2023)
}}

'''Nathaniel Hansen''' is an American [documentary film](/source/documentary_film)maker based in Boston, Massachusetts. His work has screened at international festivals including [South by Southwest](/source/South_by_Southwest) and the [Independent Film Festival Boston](/source/Independent_Film_Festival_Boston) and has been covered in outlets such as ''[The Boston Globe](/source/The_Boston_Globe)'', ''[The Atlantic](/source/The_Atlantic)'', [RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com), ''Variety'', and ''Jacobin''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Keough |first=Peter |title=A documentarian ready to learn from his 'Elders.' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/04/27/emerson-grad-nathaniel-hansen-documentarian-ready-learn-from-elders/1Nz7QIn7wvDJOzxzlkus4K/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Documentary Shorts 2 — ''Spearhunter'' |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_FS18657 |website=South by Southwest |date=March 2015 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Inside America's First Spear-Hunting Museum |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/421044/inside-americas-first-spear-hunting-museum/ |website=The Atlantic |date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Souter |first=Collin |title=Short Films in Focus: "Spearhunter" |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/short-films-in-focus-spearhunter |website=RogerEbert.com |date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Hot Docs Announces 2020 Lineup |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/hot-docs-2020-lineup-1203546508/ |work=Variety |date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Press |first=Alex N. |title=When a Fight Against Sexual Assault Bolstered Mass Incarceration |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/03/the-recall-reframed-documentary-review-brock-turner-sexual-assault-carceral-feminism/ |website=Jacobin |date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

==Education==
Hansen was born in [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon), attended [Tigard High School](/source/Tigard_High_School), and graduated from [BYU–Hawaii](/source/Brigham_Young_University%E2%80%93Hawaii) in 2001 with a bachelor's degree in cultural studies and humanities, and an associate degree in theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://nathanielhansen.com/about/ |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=Nathaniel Hansen |language=en-US}}</ref> He completed a master’s degree in Visual Media Art at [Emerson College](/source/Emerson_College) in 2004 and returned to earn a Master of Fine Arts in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Emerson-made films screening throughout IFFBoston |url=https://www.emerson.edu/news-events/emerson-college-today/emerson-made-films-screening-throughout-iff-boston |website=Emerson College |date=April 27, 2017 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

==Career==

===Early work and ''The Elders''===
Hansen’s early short documentaries profiled “familiar strangers” in Boston and led to his first feature, ''The Elders'' (2013). After a successful Kickstarter campaign,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Elders – a coming of age documentary portrait series |url=https://theeldersfilm.com/kickstarter/the-elders-documentary-project-lands-on-kickstarters-2010-award-list/ |website=The Elders |date=2010 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> the project received support from Take Action Hollywood!, the nonprofit founded by [Maria Menounos](/source/Maria_Menounos), which contributed both funds and in-kind equipment support. Menounos is credited as a producer in the film’s titles.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Elders (2012) - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853696/fullcredits |website=IMDb |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> The film premiered at the [Independent Film Festival Boston](/source/Independent_Film_Festival_Boston), where ''The Boston Globe'' profiled Hansen as “a documentarian ready to learn from his Elders.”<ref>{{cite news |last=Keough |first=Peter |title=Emerson grad Nathaniel Hansen: Documentarian ready to learn from "Elders" |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/04/27/emerson-grad-nathaniel-hansen-documentarian-ready-learn-from-elders/1Nz7QIn7wvDJOzxzlkus4K/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

''The Elders'' was later reviewed in the peer-reviewed journal ''The Gerontologist'', which noted its interview-driven approach to portraying later life,<ref>{{cite journal |last=Scheidt |first=Rick J. |title=The Elders: Everyone Is a Story |journal=The Gerontologist |volume=55 |issue=2 |pages=330–331 |date=April 2015 |doi=10.1093/geront/gnv049 |pmid=26035611 |publisher=Oxford University Press on behalf of the Gerontological Society of America |url=https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/55/2/330/659614 |url-access=limited}}</ref> and it has also been featured by Terra Nova Films in its “Movies About Aging” review series.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Elders: Everyone Is a Story |url=https://terranova.org/the-elders-everyone-is-a-story/ |website=Terra Nova Films |date=February 21, 2020 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

Hansen collaborated as a producer alongside fellow [Emerson College](/source/Emerson_College) MFA colleague [Elaine McMillion Sheldon](/source/Elaine_McMillion_Sheldon) on her project ''[Hollow: An Interactive Documentary](/source/Hollow%3A_An_Interactive_Documentary)'', which won a [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Award) in 2013<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollow |url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/hollow-www-hollowdocumentary-com/ |website=The Peabody Awards |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> and was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy the following year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominees Announced for the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards |url=https://emmyonline.tv/news_35th_nominations/ |website=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

In the health policy space, Hansen created a number of short documentary films for Health Catalyst, investigating innovative health care practices around the world, profiling leaders such as [Devi Shetty](/source/Devi_Shetty), [Michael Porter](/source/Michael_Porter), [Jeffrey Brenner](/source/Jeffrey_Brenner), [Donald Berwick](/source/Donald_Berwick), [David Nash (physician)](/source/David_Nash_(physician)), ... Penny Wheeler, and Professor Hartwig Huland.<ref>{{cite news |title=Health City featured in marketing documentary |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2014/10/29/health-city-featured-in-marketing-documentary/ |work=Cayman Compass |date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New Heart of New Ulm video available online |url=https://apnews.com/article/technology-entertainment-new-ulm-9616d2814f42440b90d4e206b369f903 |work=AP News |date=September 2016 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Value-Based Healthcare |url=https://healthmanagement.org/pdf/print-issue/2180/hm-v17-i1-web-4.pdf |journal=HealthManagement |volume=17 |issue=1 |date=2017 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Martini-Klinik: Prof. Dr. Hartwig Huland |url=https://www.martini-klinik.de/en/klinik/team/faculty/prof-huland |website=Martini-Klinik |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Measured Outcomes: A Future View of Value-Based Healthcare (credits) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMoRd4xg1zc |website=YouTube |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref>

===Collaborations with Adam Roffman===
In 2015 Hansen served as cinematographer and editor on ''Spearhunter'', directed by [Adam Roffman](/source/Adam_Roffman) and Luke Poling. The film premiered at [South by Southwest](/source/South_by_Southwest) and was featured in ''The Atlantic'' and on [RogerEbert.com](/source/RogerEbert.com).<ref>{{cite web |title=Documentary Shorts 2 — ''Spearhunter'' |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_FS18657 |website=South by Southwest |date=March 2015 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Inside America's First Spear-Hunting Museum |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/421044/inside-americas-first-spear-hunting-museum/ |website=The Atlantic |date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Souter |first=Collin |title=Short Films in Focus: "Spearhunter" |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/short-films-in-focus-spearhunter |website=RogerEbert.com |date=January 4, 2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

He later worked as cinematographer and editor on ''All the Presidents’ Heads'' (2016), which screened at the [New Hampshire Film Festival](/source/New_Hampshire_Film_Festival).<ref>{{cite web |title=All The Presidents' Heads |url=https://nhfilmfestival.com/films/all-the-presidents-heads/ |website=New Hampshire Film Festival |date=October 2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

In 2017 Hansen collaborated again with Adam Roffman on ''The Collection'', a short documentary about a massive archive of letterpress blocks once used to print film advertisements. The film premiered at [South by Southwest](/source/South_by_Southwest)<ref>{{cite web |title=SXSW 2017 Schedule: The Collection |url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2017/films/13299 |website=SXSW |date=March 2017 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref> and screened at other festivals including the Independent Film Festival Boston.<ref>{{cite news |last=Trahan |first=Erin |title=The 3 Best Short Film Programs To Catch At IFFBoston This Year |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2017/04/26/iffboston-short-films-preview |work=WBUR (NPR) |date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref> The short was later featured by outlets such as ''Short of the Week'', ''FirstShowing'', and ''Atlas Obscura''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kander |first=Ivan |title=The Collection |url=https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2018/01/03/the-collection/ |website=Short of the Week |date=January 3, 2018 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Billington |first=Alex |title=Watch: 'The Collection' Short Doc About Movie Ads Letterpress Plates |url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2018/watch-the-collection-short-doc-about-movie-ads-letterpress-plates/ |website=FirstShowing |date=January 7, 2018 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Laskow |first=Sarah |title=Rescuing the Letterpress Art Made for Movie Ads |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/letterpress-printing-movie-advertising-preservation-documentary |website=Atlas Obscura |date=January 8, 2018 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref> The film also drew the attention of [Tim League](/source/Tim_League), founder of [Alamo Drafthouse Cinema](/source/Alamo_Drafthouse_Cinema), who purchased the entire collection and incorporated the blocks into the design of Alamo-affiliated bars in Boston, Manhattan, and Austin.<ref>{{cite news |last=Estrada |first=John-Carlos |title=#TBT: Alamo Drafthouse buys the 'mother lode of movie memorabilia' to share with the world |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/tbt-alamo-drafthouse-buys-the-motherload-of-movie-memorabilia-to-share-with-the-world |work=CBS Austin |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

===Collaborations with Rebecca Richman Cohen===
In 2016 Hansen collaborated with filmmaker [Rebecca Richman Cohen](/source/Rebecca_Richman_Cohen) and her company Racing Horse Productions, along with the [Harvard Law School](/source/Harvard_Law_School) Food Law and Policy Clinic, on ''Expired? Food Waste in America'', a short documentary about food waste and date labels. The film profiled Montana’s restrictive milk sell-by law and was covered by ''Harvard Law Today'', Food Tank, and ''Perishable News''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Food Law and Policy Clinic releases short film on food waste in America |url=https://hls.harvard.edu/today/food-law-and-policy-clinic-releases-short-film-on-food-waste-in-america/ |work=Harvard Law Today |date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Edelson |first=Sarah |title=New Film Reveals the Ugly Truth Behind Expired Food |url=https://foodtank.com/news/2016/04/new-film-reveals-expired-food/ |website=Food Tank |date=April 2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Harvard Food Law And Policy Clinic Spotlights Milk Labeling In Short Film On Food Waste |url=https://perishablenews.com/dairy/harvard-food-law-and-policy-clinic-spotlights-milk-labeling-in-short-film-on-food-waste/ |website=Perishable News |date=February 12, 2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

He went on to co-produce and edit Cohen’s feature ''Weed & Wine'' (2020), which premiered at [Hot Docs](/source/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival) and screened at [DOC NYC](/source/DOC_NYC), the [Napa Valley Film Festival](/source/Napa_Valley_Film_Festival), the [Deauville American Film Festival](/source/Deauville_American_Film_Festival), and the Mill Valley Film Festival’s DocLands section. The film was praised for its structure and editing in ''Variety'' and the ''San Francisco Chronicle''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hot Docs Announces 2020 Lineup |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/hot-docs-2020-lineup-1203546508/ |work=Variety |date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |title=At Napa Film Festival, 'Weed & Wine' pairs two families' stories |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Weed-Wine-Napa-Film-Festival-15723398.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weed & Wine |url=https://www.festival-deauville.com/en/movies/weed-wine/ |website=Festival de Deauville |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weed, Wine—and the Flavors of Family |url=https://eatdrinkfilms.com/2020/10/09/weed-wine-and-the-flavors-of-family/ |website=EatDrinkFilms |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref>

Since 2015, Hansen has collaborated regularly with Cohen on multiple projects, including the short documentary ''The Recall: Reframed'' (2023), which received widespread media coverage and aired on MSNBC and Peacock.<ref>{{cite web |last=Press |first=Alex N. |title=When a Fight Against Sexual Assault Bolstered Mass Incarceration |url=https://jacobin.com/2023/03/the-recall-reframed-documentary-review-brock-turner-sexual-assault-carceral-feminism/ |website=Jacobin |date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Althoff |first=Eric |title=The paths to justice are manifold. Reimagining prison sentencing with “The Recall: Reframed” |url=https://screencomment.com/2023/03/recall-reframed/ |website=ScreenComment |date=March 26, 2023 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE RECALL: REFRAMED – a film examining the impacts of one judge's recall and the mass effect on incarceration |url=https://www.valor.us/2023/08/22/the-recall-reframed-a-film-examining-the-impacts-of-one-judges-recall-and-the-mass-effect-on-incarceration/ |website=ValorUS |date=August 22, 2023 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Recall: Reframed |url=https://inquest.org/the-recall-reframed/ |website=Inquest |date=June 8, 2023 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

In 2024 Hansen began work on ''A Second Movement'', a portrait of Grammy-nominated violinist [Christina Day Martinson](/source/Christina_Day_Martinson). The project was the subject of a Live Music Friday segment on ''Boston Public Radio'' ([WGBH](/source/WGBH_(FM))), where Martinson and Hansen discussed the film.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Of BPR 5/30: Live Music With Christina Day Martinson |url=https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/boston-public-radio/best-of-bpr-5-30-local-nonprofits-navigate-new-political-environment-live-music-with-christina-day-martinson |website=WGBH |date=May 30, 2025 |access-date=2025-09-14}}; {{cite web |title=Violinist Christina Day Martinson on Boston Public Radio (video) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-o_FUuAoIg |website=YouTube |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> Later that year, GBH Music hosted a recital described as a celebration of Martinson’s career and “the forthcoming documentary ''A Second Movement''".<ref>{{cite web |title=GBH Music Presents: Christina Day Martinson and Friends |url=https://www.wgbh.org/events/gbh-music-presents-christina-day-martinson-and-friends |website=WGBH |date=June 2025 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> According to the film’s official site, the documentary also features violinists [Vera Beths](/source/Vera_Beths), [Johnny Gandelsman](/source/Johnny_Gandelsman), Colin Jacobsen, and conductor [Jonathan Cohen](/source/Jonathan_Cohen_(conductor)).<ref>{{cite web |title=A Second Movement |url=https://www.asecondmovementfilm.com/ |website=A Second Movement |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2009 || ''Thor at the Bus Stop'' || Actor || Feature film
|-
| 2010 || ''Gilbert'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2010 || ''Ron'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2010 || ''Lilah'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2010 || ''Pat'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2011 || ''Jeffrey'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2012 || ''The Elders'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Feature documentary; premiered at Independent Film Festival Boston<ref>{{cite news |last=Keough |first=Peter |title=A documentarian ready to learn from his 'Elders.' |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/04/27/emerson-grad-nathaniel-hansen-documentarian-ready-learn-from-elders/1Nz7QIn7wvDJOzxzlkus4K/story.html |work=The Boston Globe |date=April 28, 2013 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || ''[Hollow](/source/Hollow%3A_An_Interactive_Documentary)'' || Producer || Interactive documentary; won a Peabody Award<ref>{{cite web |title=Hollow |url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/hollow-www-hollowdocumentary-com/ |website=The Peabody Awards |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> and nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominees Announced for the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards |url=https://emmyonline.tv/news_35th_nominations/ |website=National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2013 || ''Beyond the Mind'' || Producer, editor || Feature documentary
|-
| 2014 || ''From the Heart'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2015 || ''Spearhunter'' || Cinematographer, editor || Short documentary; premiered at [SXSW](/source/South_by_Southwest) and covered by ''The Atlantic''<ref>{{cite web |last=Lombroso |first=Daniel |title=Inside America's First Spear-Hunting Museum |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/421044/inside-americas-first-spear-hunting-museum/ |work=The Atlantic |date=2015 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref> and ''RogerEbert.com''<ref>{{cite web |last=Souter |first=Collin |title=Short Films in Focus: "Spearhunter" |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/features/short-films-in-focus-spearhunter |website=RogerEbert.com |date=2016 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2015 || ''Measured Outcomes: A Future View of Value-Based Healthcare'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2016 || ''Expired? Food Waste in America'' || Producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary; screened at food policy events and festivals<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 Award Winners |url=https://www.earthportfilm.org/2017-films/ |publisher=Earth Port Film Festival |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2016 || ''The Story of New Ulm'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2016 || ''All the Presidents’ Heads'' || Cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2016 || ''Untouchable'' || Additional camera || Feature documentary
|-
| 2017 || ''The Collection'' || Cinematographer, editor || Short documentary; premiered at SXSW, inspired Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League to acquire the archive featured in the film<ref>{{cite web |last=Estrada |first=John-Carlos |title=Alamo Drafthouse buys the 'mother lode of movie memorabilia' |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/tbt-alamo-drafthouse-buys-the-motherload-of-movie-memorabilia-to-share-with-the-world |website=CBS Austin |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2017 || ''A Coalition of the Willing'' || Director, producer, cinematographer, editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2018 || ''Mrs. Saltzman Goes to Jail'' || Editor || Short documentary
|-
| 2020 || ''Weed & Wine'' || Co-producer, Editor || Premiered at [Hot Docs](/source/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival); screened at [DOC NYC](/source/DOC_NYC), [Napa Valley Film Festival](/source/Napa_Valley_Film_Festival), [Deauville American Film Festival](/source/Deauville_American_Film_Festival), and the Mill Valley Film Festival’s DocLands section.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hot Docs Announces 2020 Lineup |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/global/hot-docs-2020-lineup-1203546508/ |work=Variety |date=March 24, 2020 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |title=At Napa Film Festival, 'Weed & Wine' pairs two families' stories |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/movies/article/Weed-Wine-Napa-Film-Festival-15723398.php |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=November 16, 2020 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weed & Wine |url=https://www.festival-deauville.com/en/movies/weed-wine/ |website=Festival de Deauville |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Weed, Wine—and the Flavors of Family |url=https://eatdrinkfilms.com/2020/10/09/weed-wine-and-the-flavors-of-family/ |website=EatDrinkFilms |date=October 9, 2020 |access-date=2025-10-01}}</ref> ||
|-
| 2021 || ''The X-tet: A Concert Documentary'' || Producer, director, editor || Feature documentary
|-
| 2022 || ''The Recall: Reframed'' || Producer, cinematographer, additional editing || Short documentary; released on MSNBC/Peacock<ref>{{cite web |title=Recall Reframed |url=https://recallreframed.com/about-the-film/ |website=Recall Reframed |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|-
| 2025 || ''A Second Movement'' || Director, producer || Feature documentary (forthcoming); discussed on ''Boston Public Radio'' and GBH Music<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Of BPR 5/30: Live Music With Christina Day Martinson |url=https://www.wgbh.org/podcasts/boston-public-radio/best-of-bpr-5-30-local-nonprofits-navigate-new-political-environment-live-music-with-christina-day-martinson |website=WGBH |date=May 30, 2025 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=GBH Music Presents: Christina Day Martinson and Friends |url=https://www.wgbh.org/events/gbh-music-presents-christina-day-martinson-and-friends |website=WGBH |date=June 2025 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>
|}

==Awards==
* 2013 – ''Hollow'' received a [Peabody Award](/source/Peabody_Award) and a News & Documentary Emmy nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hollow |url=https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/hollow-www-hollowdocumentary-com/ |website=The Peabody Awards |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nominees Announced for the 35th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards |url=https://theemmys.tv/news-35th-nominations/ |website=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>  
* 2015 – ''Spearhunter'' received multiple festival awards and was selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spearhunter press coverage |url=https://www.spearhuntermovie.com/press |website=Spearhunter |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>  
* 2017 – ''Expired? Food Waste in America'' won Best Short Film at the Earth Port Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 Award Winners |url=https://www.earthportfilm.org/2017-films/ |access-date=2025-09-14}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nathanielhansen.com Official website]
* {{IMDb name|3211268}}

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