Nick Hector

Nick Hector

Known for
Editing
Birthplace
Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Nick Hector CCE BFE ACE is a filmmaker and an associate professor in cinema arts at the University of Windsor. He has edited or produced more than 150 documentary films and programs across North & Central America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Nick began his career in television journalism and soon specialized in long-form documentary, particularly cinéma-vérité. Some of his best-known work stems from his long creative relationship with legendary Canadian filmmakers Allan King, Matt Gallagher, Yvan Patry, and Sturla Gunnarsson. Nick's work has been screened at most major international festivals and includes two films on Criterion, three Top Ten Canadian films, five films at MoMA, 11 at TIFF, and 15 at HotDocs. Nick has been nominated for 36 national film awards and is the winner of thirteen; including Canadian Screen, HotDocs, Directors Guild of Canada, Canadian Cinema Editors, and Gemini Awards. His creative works have won 48 national and international awards.

Known For

Filmography

2025
Shamed poster

Shamed

Movie · Editor

2023
The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain poster

The Man Who Stole Einstein's Brain

Movie · Editor

2022
The Perfect Story poster

The Perfect Story

Movie · Editor

2021
re:LOCATION poster

re:LOCATION

TV · Editor · 2 eps

2020
Fight to the Finish poster

Fight to the Finish

Movie · Editor

2019
Prey poster

Prey

Movie · Editor

2018
Sharkwater Extinction poster

Sharkwater Extinction

Movie · Editor

2018
The Way Out poster

The Way Out

Movie · Editor

2017
Unfractured poster

Unfractured

Movie · Editor

2017
Canada in a Day poster

Canada in a Day

Movie · Editor

2016
How to Prepare for Prison poster

How to Prepare for Prison

Movie · Editor

2015
This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything

Movie · Editor

2014
Monsoon poster

Monsoon

Movie · Editor

2013
Sector Sarajevo poster

Sector Sarajevo

Movie · Editor

2012
Echoes poster

Echoes

Movie · Editor

2012
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · Editor

2011
Wiebo's War poster

Wiebo's War

Movie · Editor

2011
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie poster

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

Movie · Editor

2011
Grinders poster

Grinders

Movie · Editor

2010
Badge of Pride poster

Badge of Pride

Movie · Editor

2009
The Experimental Eskimos poster

The Experimental Eskimos

Movie · Editor

2008
Air India 182 poster

Air India 182

Movie · Editor

2008
The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger poster

The Rise and Fall of the Grumpy Burger

Movie · Editor

2007
My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner poster

My Opposition: The Diaries of Friedrich Kellner

Movie · Editor

2006
EMPz 4 Life poster

EMPz 4 Life

Movie · Editor

2006
Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King poster

Actuality: The Art and Life of Allan King

Movie · Editor

2005
Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company poster

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company

Movie · Editor

2005
Hogtown poster

Hogtown

Movie · Editor

2003
Dying at Grace poster

Dying at Grace

Movie · Editor

2003
Crimes Of The Heart poster

Crimes Of The Heart

Movie · Editor

2000
Western Eyes poster

Western Eyes

Movie · Editor

2000
Saint Jude poster

Saint Jude

Movie · Editor

1999
The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman poster

The Man Who Might Have Been: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Herbert Norman

Movie · Additional Editing

1999
Hand of Fate poster

Hand of Fate

Movie · Editor

1999
The Dragon's Egg: Making Peace on the Wreckage of the Twentieth Century poster

The Dragon's Egg: Making Peace on the Wreckage of the Twentieth Century

Movie · Editor

1998
It Takes a Child poster

It Takes a Child

Movie · Editor

1997
Drowning In Dreams poster

Drowning In Dreams

Movie · Editor

1997
My Feminism poster

My Feminism

Movie · Editor

1996
Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold poster

Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold

Movie · Editor

1996
Sitting on a Volcano poster

Sitting on a Volcano

Movie · Editor

1995
Hand of God, Hand of the Devil poster

Hand of God, Hand of the Devil

Movie · Editor