Kristen Nutile, ACE, is a documentary editor and filmmaker based in Brooklyn.

Kristen recently edited HOMEGROWN directed by Michael Premo and produced by Rachel Falcone, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival as part of Critic's Week. She was also an editor on ROLEPLAY (SXSW) directed by Katie Mathews, as well as TURN EVERY PAGE (Sony Pictures Classics) directed by Lizzie Gottlieb. Kristen holds editing credits on the Emmy-winning films FATHOM (AppleTV +) directed by Drew Xanthopoulos and ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES (MTV Documentary Films) directed by Alysa Nahmias. She also edited the Peabody nominated film WARRIOR WOMEN directed by Christina D. King and Elisabeth Castle, as well as HEROIN(E), directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon which was nominated for an Academy Award, a Peabody Award, and went on to win an Emmy Award.

Kristen had the opportunity to work on both WEED THE PEOPLE (Netflix) and BUSINESS OF BIRTH CONTROL (Amazon Prime Video) directed by Abby Epstein and Executive Produced by Ricki Lake. Other select editing credits include ADRIENNE (HBO), LOVE, GILDA (Magnolia Pictures), THE PLACE THAT MAKES US (PBS), DEEP RUN (Netflix), EVERY DAY IS A HOLIDAY (PBS), STARBOARD LIGHT (Netflix), UNFINISHED SPACES (Permanent Collection: Museum of Modern Art), and the award-winning THE BULLISH FARMER. Kristen edited a series of films that were published in the New York Times for RETRO REPORT and she worked on a number of projects for Human Rights Watch.

Kristen has directed eleven films that have shown around the world, including the Sundance Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival. Her latest film, MONOCHROMATIC DREAMS, is a poetic short film about multi-media installation artist, Yvette Mayorga. It was co-directed with JP Olsen and Brian Zahm and screened in film festivals as well as the LatinXAmerican Exhibition at DePaul Art Museum. In 2006, Kristen collaborated with legendary filmmaker, Albert Maysles and Tanja Meding on SALLY GROSS - THE PLEASURE OF STILLNESS, a documentary about critically acclaimed dancer and choreographer, Sally Gross. The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival and was broadcast on PBS. It screened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC as well as the Film Forum in New York City.

Kristen is an active member of American Cinema Editors. Kristen has served as a mentor for the Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship. She is a 2019 MacDowell Fellow and a 2017 Sundance Editing and Story Lab Fellow. In 2006, she was a recipient of the Albert Maysles Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking at the Dallas Video Festival. She has also received support from NYSCA, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, as well as two grants from the Jerome Foundation. She has taught filmmaking and editing at New York Film Academy since 2013. She holds Master's degrees in both Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University and Biology from San Francisco State University. She founded Soft Spoken Films in 2001.