Nathaniel Kahn’s feature documentary My Architect, chronicling his five-year odyssey to know his late father, architect Louis I. Kahn, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2 ...read more
Nathaniel Kahn’s feature documentary My Architect, chronicling his five-year odyssey to know his late father, architect Louis I. Kahn, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004. The film also received Independent Spirit Award and Emmy nominations and Kahn was awarded the 2004 Directors Guild of America Award for outstanding direction of a documentary. My Architect was released in theaters internationally and appeared on HBO. In 2007, Kahn’s short film Two Hands, about the pianist Leon Fleisher, was also nominated for an Oscar. Two Hands played theatrically and appeared recently on Cinemax. Kahn has made several films on environmental issues and films on childhood mental health for the NYU Child Study Center. He began his career in the theater, writing and directing plays in New York City, including “Owl’s Breath”, which appeared Off-Off Broadway. Kahn holds a BA in Philosophy from Yale and lives in Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He is currently working on his first dramatic feature film.
