Alysa Nahmias is an award-winning producer of documentary and narrative films. Her debut feature documentary about Cuba's revolutionary architecture, Unfinished Spaces (2011), was broadcast on PBS, HBO Latin America, and Al-Jazeera "Witness," won a 2012 Independent Spirit Award, numerous film festival prizes, and was selected for Sundance Film Forward. She recently produced the fiction feature No Light and No Land Anywhere by director Amber Sealey with executive producer Miranda July, which won a Special Jury Prize at the 2016 L.A. Film Festival. Her documentary producing credits include the Kino Lorber and PBS American Masters release Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq directed by Nancy Buirski with creative advisor Martin Scorsese (New York Film Festival, Berlinale, 2013); Shield and Spear by director Petter Ringborn (Hot Docs, Sheffield Doc/Fest, 2014); Academy Award-nominated director Jennifer Redfearn's ITVS/PBS feature Tocando La Luz (Full Frame Jury Prize, 2015). Nahmias was a 2013 Film Independent Fellow. Her work has been shown at festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including the Venice Biennale and MoMA.
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Biography from TMDB.
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Producer, director and writer
- 13 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Alysa Nahmias' films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 13
Light 5 · Serious 5 · Dark 3
Grounded 12 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 6 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 10 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 13 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet8
- Ambiguous4
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alysa Nahmias' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Alysa Nahmias' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
17 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
Cookie Queens(2026)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Kids Like Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Maintenance Artist(2025)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Homegrown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Dis-Ease (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
The Tuba Thieves (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Wildcat(2022)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Art & Krimes by Krimes(2021)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
A Decent Home(2022)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
I Didn't See You There(2022)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
The New Bauhaus(2019)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
What We Left Unfinished(2019)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Unrest(2017)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
Shield and Spear(2014)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Unfinished Spaces(2011)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles from 2011 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Alysa Nahmias' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 13 titles are Universally Loved.
- Universally Loved3
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the atmosphere 74/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 6 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Alysa Nahmias work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alysa Nahmias' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ruth Ann Harnisch shares the most, 3.
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Amanda Delores Patricia JonesShared titles: Cookie Queens (2026), Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Amanda Delores Patricia Jones
- Kristen NutileShared titles: Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021), Unfinished Spaces (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Kristen Nutile
- Miranda YousefShared titles: Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021), The New Bauhaus (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Miranda Yousef
- Petter RingbomShared titles: The New Bauhaus (2019), Shield and Spear (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Petter Ringbom
Producers
- Ruth Ann HarnischShared titles: Cookie Queens (2026), Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021), Unrest (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Ruth Ann Harnisch
- Benjamin MurrayShared titles: Wildcat (2022), Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021), Unfinished Spaces (2011)See all 3 shared titles with Benjamin Murray
- Hallee AdelmanShared titles: Cookie Queens (2026), Art & Krimes by Krimes (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Hallee Adelman
- James CostaShared titles: Cookie Queens (2026), A Decent Home (2022)See all 2 shared titles with James Costa
Mixed roles
- Kim RobertsShared titles: Cookie Queens (2026), Unrest (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Roberts
