Nomi Talisman


Nomi Talisman is an Israeli-born, American film director, producer, cinematographer and animator.
She is best known for co-producing and co-directing short-documentary Last Day of Freedom for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) nomination at 88th Academy Awards, with Dee Hibbert-Jones. In April 2016, Hibbert-Jones and Talisman were awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, and won an Emmy Award for Last Day of Freedom, at the 45th Annual Northern California Emmy Awards. In 2019, Talisman and Hibbert-Jones were awarded a Creative Capital Award to work on their next feature-length animated documentary

Biography

Talisman was born in 1968 in Israel. In 2001, Talisman moved to the Bay Area, where she lives and works as a freelance media maker. Her media work with legal mitigation specialists has enabled her to build relationships of trust with the prisoners and families whose stories are part of Talisman and Hibbert-Jones’ project, Living Condition.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Nomi shared following awards and nominations with Hibbert-Jones: