Cherry Nin is a director whose films center subvert ecologies and the reification of life in defiance of capitalist death drives. Synthesizing inner dream-worlds with harsh, outer realities, their projects stage outskirt, post-industrial spaces as sites of refuge for women, queer people and sex workers who operate in the subaltern.  

Nin’s films have been presented at Canal Projects, Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Wexner Center for the Arts, Spectacle Theater, The Kitchen, and basements, galleries, and theaters across the United States. They hold an MFA in Moving Image with honors from Bard College, and have participated in residencies including Wexner Center for the Arts’ Film/Video Studio, KAJE, and Outpost Artist Resources. Nin is a 2026 recipient of the New York State Council on the Arts’ Media Arts Assistance Fund, and is a previous recipient of the Leeway Foundation’s Art and Change Grant, and the Philadelphia Independent Media Fund.  In addition to their artistic practice, Nin curates Dead Pixel, an itinerant screening series in New York focused on queer ecologies and experimental moving image.