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Nailah Robinson

Director · Editor · Filmmaker

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PATRIOT DAY

Narrative Drama - Director

“As tragedy strikes down the street in Washington DC on 9/11/2001, 11 year old, stoic Jamila navigates her pre-teenage life and waits for her mom to come home from the Pentagon so that they can celebrate her birthday.”

Winner: Best Short Film - Gary International Black Film Festival; Best Short Film Little Dot Film Festival, Finalist Screenplay - Big Apple Film Festival

Official Selection: American Black FF, Bronzelens FF, DC Black FF, St Louis Intl FF, Flicker’s Rhode Island Intl FF, Reel Sisters FF, Athena FF

PEARL AND HENRY

Narrative Drama - Editor

“Pearl and Henry enjoy the simple pleasures of their daily routine. Despite the changing world around them, they find comfort and peace in a connection built on decades of joy, vulnerability, and trust.”

Winner: Special Jury Mention - New Orleans FF

Nominee: Outstanding Short Form Series- NAACP Image Awards

Official Selection: Tribeca FF, Tide FF

Broadcast: CBS, BET

WIZARD OF PAWS

Documentary Series- Editor

Prosthetics expert Derrick Campana offers hope and healing for animals and their human families.

Season 7 Episode 8- Atticus Finch’s New Leg

Derrick travels to Australia’s outback to help a calf named Atticus and a lamb named Colette. For sanctuary owners Richard and Kym, these prosthetics are a way to give back to the animals that helped them through the 2019 bushfires.

Season 7 Episode 1- A New Chance

Derrick goes to Kentucky to help Chance, a tripod therapy dog who helps patients at Shriners Hospital for Children. Chance is big and his joints are wearing down. Derrick has to bring all his skills to bear to keep Chance in good form for the future.

Season 6 Episode 8- A Buddy for Jojo Tidd

Jojo Tidd was born without his left arm, and his Labrador puppy, Buddy, has a similar condition. Derrick builds a prosthetic for Buddy. The Tidds family shares its feelings about Lucky Fin, an organization that celebrates limb differences.

Broadcast: BYUtv; Disney+

Nominations + Wins:

2025 Nominee: Outstanding Directing Team for a Multiple Camera Daytime Non-Fiction Program. 

2024 Nominee: Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing. 

2024 Nominee: Daytime Personality Non-Daily for host Derrick Campana. 

Critics' Choice Real TV Awards:

2024 Nominee: Best Animal/Nature Show

2023 Nominee: Best Animal/Nature Show

2022 Nominee: Best Animal/Nature Show 

2021 Nominee: Best Animal/Nature Show 

KIDS FIRST! Film Festival:

2015 Winner: KIDS FIRST! Approved Film

POSTAL

Narrative Dark Comedy - Director

“A disgruntled and unassuming man seeks retribution against the ones responsible for the death of his dog, the delivery company who didn’t send the medicine in time.”

Official Selection: Black Sunday FF, Hollywood Comedy FF, Anarchy FF, New Renaissance FF

HOLLOW

Narrative Drama - Editor

“As a couple prepares to move out of their home and part ways, an unexpected occurrence forces them to confront the loss of their son and the grief that they feel, in dramatically different ways.”

Official Selection: American Black FF

CARAVAN

Narrative Drama + Action - Editor

“The film centers on an outcast in a rural English community who draws the attention of a vengeful mother after a chance encounter with her two young boys. The man is wrongly accused of being a child molester.”

Winner: Short Film Cinematography- British Society of Cinematography, Honorable Mention- Thomas Edison FF, First Runner Up- ABQ Film and Music Experience

Official Selection: LA Shorts FF, Hollyshorts FF, New York Latino FF, Irish Film Home FF, Woods Hole FF, Manhattan FF, USA FF, Beverly Hills FF, Carmarthen Bay FF, British Shorts FF, In the Palace Shorts FF

ENCHANTED

Narrative Horror - Director

“After finding out about her boyfriend’s infidelity, Lola takes revenge with the help of the Iwa, Erzuli Yeux Rouges.”

Winner: Award of Recognition: African American (Student) & Award of Recognition: Film Short (Student) - Accolade Global Film Competition,

Official Selection: Mindfield FF, Unrestricted View Horror FF, Peekskill FF

OMOLARA

Narrative Drama - Editor

“An interconnected story between two couples from different generations who share an important day - one hopeful Nigerian/Italian couple choosing a name for their baby before immigrating from Italy, the other, two young women in love in LA, moving in together for the first time.”

Official Selection: Urbanworld FF, Ferrara FF, Bronzelens FF

CANDACE PARKER: UNAPOLOGETIC

Documentary- Lead Assistant AE

“A wide-ranging, revealing, and often intimate portrait of WNBA player Candace Parker, one of the most transcendent women's sports stars in history.”

Official Selection: Doc NYC

Broadcast: ESPN

LITTLE LENS

Short Documentary Series- Editor

“Little Lens explores the unique ways that Black children express themselves through art, dance, hair, and more!”

Episode 3: Meet My Hero - Blake and Olivia want you to meet the heroes in their families.

Broadcast: Nickelodeon

CIRCUS MAXIMUS

Experimental Visual Album - Post Producer

“A mind-bending visual odyssey across the globe woven together by the speaker rattling sounds from Travis Scott’s Utopia.”

Theatrical Release in major US cities.

PATRIOT DAY

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PEARL AND HENRY

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WIZARD OF PAWS

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POSTAL

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HOLLOW

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CARAVAN

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ENCHANTED

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OMOLARA

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CANDACE PARKER: UNAPOLOGETIC

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LITTLE LENS

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CIRCUS MAXIMUS

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