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With a diverse background rooted in Italy, Argentina, and Denmark Nicolás has established himself as a distinguished filmmaker. His acclaimed works include: "Cold Case Hammarskjöld," which won the Directing Award at Sundance 2019. "The Mole" (2020) named Documentary of the Year at the Danish Film Academy Awards in 2021 and "The Lost Leonardo" (2021). His most recent documentary "Hacking Hate," was awarded Best Documentary Feature at Tribeca 2024 further solidifying his reputation. Additionally Nicolás earned recognition from The Grierson Trust with the British Documentary Award in 2021. His films have captivated audiences worldwide both in theaters and on television. He excels in weaving intricate narratives with humor and a keen sense of musicality giving his dramatic creations a unique touch.
Filmography
12 films


Elon Musk Unveiled: The Tesla Experiment
2026 · 1h 30m
country: Germany
It's 2014 and tech billionaire Elon Musk unveils his plans for a self-driving car in front of an enthusiastic audience. What consumers don't know is that Tesla's "autopilot" function is far from road-ready, and new owners are being used to improve the software by providing their data. A fatal accident in Florida triggers a protracted lawsuit to hold Tesla accountable. And it's not the only incident. Shocking footage from dashcams and security cameras shows the ruthlessness of Tesla cars suddenly braking or accelerating—and the crashes that follow. Then, an employee leaks thousands of documents containing complaints from users.


Predators
2025 · 1h 37m
country: United States
In the mid-aughts, Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator drew millions of weekly viewers to watch sting operations: men planning to meet minors for sex would instead be confronted by polished host Chris Hansen, then by the police — all on hidden camera.


Sunset and the Mockingbird
2025 · 29m
country: Unknown
The love story of Gloria Clayborne and jazz pianist Junior Mance as they face Junior’s diagnosis of dementia.


As The Tide Comes In
2024 · 1h 28m
country: Denmark
The 27 residents on the tiny Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø are used to severe weather and flooding. But climate change and increasingly extreme weather now pose a serious threat to the eight-square-kilometer island.


Carpet Cowboys
2023 · 1h 25m
country: United States
The unsung creators behind the psychedelic carpets lining casinos, offices, and hotel hallways. Chief among these textile honchos is Roderick James, a Scottish expat with a self-styled outlaw-country manner—and countless schemes to grab himself a larger share of the American dream.


Dreaming Arizona
2022 · 1h 16m
country: Denmark
Where does the dream begin and reality end? In Dreaming Arizona, this is the question both for the central figures and for the viewer. Known for his staged documentaries, Danish director Jon Bang Carlsen has five American teenagers from a small town in Arizona reenact their own lives—past, present and future.


The Lost Leonardo
2021 · 1h 35m
country: Canada
London, England, 2008. Some of the most distinguished experts on the work of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) gather at the National Gallery to examine a painting known as Salvator Mundi; an event that turns out to be the first act of one of the most fascinating stories in the history of art.


The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
2020 · 2h 3m
country: Denmark
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.


Cold Case Hammarskjöld
2019 · 2h 9m
country: Belgium
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.


Keyla
2017 · 1h 27m
country: Colombia
A young woman living on a Caribbean island is searching for her father who is lost at sea. When her estranged family come to help, she must confront their dark past and this new family she never expected to embrace.
Sunday
Sunday
2012 · 19m
country: Denmark
Young girl meets old man, both in search of love and marked from life. They start to seduce one another with the game. They have a ping pong going on. Everybody wants love but when they stand in front of someone or something that could be that love, they screw it up, because they are too young, too busy, too naive, too afraid or because of many other reasons and instead of going for it and try it they end up not taking a chance and ends up with nothing. And they start all over.


The Killing of a Danish Swan
2011 · 22m
country: Denmark
A Danish woman and a "new Danish" man dream about a future together in a society that does not embrace diversity. It turns into a Babushka's game where dreams inside dreams make it difficult to understand what is real and what is not.