Nicholas Ma
Born1983 Edit this on Wikidata
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OccupationFilm producer, film director Edit this on Wikidata
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WorksWon't You Be My Neighbor? Edit this on Wikidata
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Nicholas Ma (born circa 1983) is a film director and producer who is best known for producing the 2018 award-winning documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?.[1]

He was born around 1983 to Yo-Yo Ma and Jill Hornor.[1][2][3] He has one sibling, Emily Ma who was born around 1985.[2][3] Nicholas Ma attended Harvard University and graduated in 2005.[4] He went on to work at the McKinsey & Company at both their New York City and Shanghai locations. He also worked with Senator John Kerry on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee focusing on global economic policy.[5] In 2013, he left McKinsey & Company.[6] He later went back to school and attended New York University Tisch School of the Arts and received a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Television in 2017.[6][7] Ma, alongside Morgan Neville and Caryn Capotosto, produced Morgan Neville's 2018 award-winning documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?.[1][8] Ma and Neville had interacted before on Neville's 2015 documentary The Music of Strangers, which was about the Silk Road Ensemble formed by Ma's father.[9]

In 2019, Ma's 15 minute documentary short SUITE NO. 1, PRELUDE was shown at DOCNYC, which focused on his father's re-recording of the first cello piece he learned.[10][11] Also in 2019, Ma's first feature film Mabel won the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation award of $100,000 and was also supported by the Tribeca Film Institutes' Sloan Filmmaker Fund.[11][12] Mabel focuses on a young child's friendship with a potted plant and her teacher who introduced her to botany.[11] Mabel was co-written with Joy Goodwin.[11] Actors such as Christine Ko, Judy Greer, and Lexi Perkel are all slated to star in Mabel.[13][14] In 2022, Ma worked with Alison Klayman on the documentary Unfinished Business, which focused on the New York Liberty women's basketball team and the WNBA.[15][16] Unfinished Business was shown at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.[16]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Alm, David. "The Making Of A Profound Film About The 'Unlikeliest of Characters' - Mister Fred Rogers". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  2. 1 2 Covington, Richard (June 2002). "Yo-Yo Ma's Other Passion". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  3. 1 2 Chiu, Melody (17 December 2020). "Yo-Yo Ma Opens Up About His 42-Year Marriage to Wife Jill: 'Our Family Is the Center of Our Lives'". Peoplemag. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  4. ↑ Tatter, Grace (25 October 2018). "The Fierceness of Mister Rogers". Harvard Graduate School of Education. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  5. ↑ "Energy, Poverty, Sustainability and Climate Change". Bretton Woods Project. 2010-10-12. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  6. 1 2 "What Can You Do Now? Stories of Outstanding Tisch Alumni Making a Difference". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  7. ↑ "Oscars, Golden Globes, DGA Awards and More: Grad Film's Stellar Year 2020-21". tisch.nyu.edu. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  8. ↑ "Grad Film Student, Nicholas Ma's Doc Top-Grossing Biodoc". tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  9. ↑ Boughton, Kathryn. "Nicholas Ma". Berkshire Style. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  10. ↑ "SUITE NO. 1, PRELUDE". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Binney, Sarah (13 November 2019). "A New Film About a Girl and Her Potted Friend Reimagines the Natural World". www.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  12. ↑ "Tribeca Film Institute". www.tfiny.org. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  13. ↑ Grobar, Matt (2021-07-27). "Christine Ko Joins Judy Greer In Nicholas Ma's Indie 'Mabel'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  14. ↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2021-07-23). "Judy Greer Boards Indie Movie 'Mabel'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  15. ↑ Complex, Valerie (2022-06-14). "'Unfinished Business': Watch Exclusive Clip From Documentarian Alison Klayman Film About The WNBA At Tribeca". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  16. 1 2 Goldsmith, Jill (2022-04-19). "Tribeca Festival Lineup Includes 'Corner Office' With Jon Hamm, Ray Romano's 'Somewhere In Queens', More". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
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