Executive director and co-founder of DOC NYC
DOC NYC, America's largest documentary film festival
Spouse
Thom Powers
Children
son
Raphaela Neihausen (born August 14, 1976) is an American filmmaker and producer.
Biography
Neihausen was born in 1976. Neihausen is
Jewish.[1] Together with husband
Thom Powers, she founded DOC NYC, America's largest documentary festival.[2] Her documentaries Miss Gulag (2007), Joe's Violin (2016) earned her critical acclaim including an
Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject at
89th Academy Awards, with director
Kahane Cooperman.[3][4][5]
^Shauger, Mollie.
"Montclair filmmakers heading to Academy Awards ceremony", The Record,February 22, 2017. Accessed December 3, 2020. "'And the Oscar goes to...' They are five words only a select number of actors and filmmakers get to hear in person in their lifetimes. Montclair residents Kahane Cooperman and Raphaela Neihausen can count themselves among that group this year."