Nicole Tsien (she/her) is an independent producer based in Queens, New York. She has previously worked in television for over a decade; most recently as the Director of Program Development at CNN Films where she worked on Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia, directed by Salima Koroma, produced by Left/Right; and Little Richard: I Am Everything, directed by Lisa Cortés, produced by Bungalow Media + Entertainment. She was formerly the Co-Producer of POV, the longest-running documentary series on PBS where during her tenure, she worked to present over 90 films to a national audience and has been the recipient of multiple News and Documentary Emmy, Peabody, and duPont-Columbia nominations and awards.

Nicole has experience assisting New York-based documentary filmmakers across various stages of production and has participated on panels and juries worldwide, including CAAMFest, Doc NYC and Austin Film Festival. She is part of the inaugural cohort of Doc NYC Documentary New Leaders in 2020 and a 2021 Rockwood JustFilms Fellow. Nicole is most passionate about supporting and uplifting BIPOC creatives in non-fiction. She is on the Steering Committee for the Asian American Documentary Network (A-Doc) and serves as a board member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia.