Christopher Nizza is a New York City born, bred and based filmmaker and editor whose Emmy Award-winning work includes documentaries, commercials and music videos. His feature-length documentary film DEAR MANDELA won the Grand Jury Prize at the Brooklyn Film Festival & the Golden Butterfly at the Movies That Matter Festival in The Hague. The film has screened in over 40 countries & been translated into 12 languages. Along with other filmmakers and activists he also helped launch and run the Media College of the University of the Poor, a group that produced media projects together with grassroots organizations and conducted educational programs centered on storytelling and media literacy.