Nadia Szold, 1984
Writers · September 28, 1984
Nadia Szold
★ HOW OLD IS NADIA SZOLD?
Nadia Szold is 41 years old, born September 28, 1984 in United States · Libra.
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About
Nadia Szold is an American filmmaker who builds experimental narratives across theater, narrative film, and documentary. Born in 1984, she formed Cojones Company after reading Waiting for Godot at 17, then founded Cinema Imperfecta in Brooklyn. Her debut feature Joy de V. premiered at Slamdance in 2013; her documentary Larry Flynt for President won multiple festival awards after premiering at Tribeca in 2021. A Libra [birth fact], Szold approaches cinema as both structural craft and ethical inquiry.
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Biography
Nadia Szold is an American filmmaker—director, producer, and screenwriter—born on 28 September 1984. She began in theater as a teenager in New England, founding Cojones Company after reading Waiting for Godot at 17. She moved to Brooklyn and established Cinema Imperfecta from her apartment in Red Hook, producing and directing shorts including Hope & Anchor, Thievery, The Persian Love Cake, and Some Kinda Fuckery across Paris and New York. Szold also studied at Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School and worked with Forensic Films producers Robin O'Hara and Scott Macaulay.
Her first feature film, Joy de V., which she wrote and produced, premiered at Slamdance in 2013 and earned a Special Jury Mention. The film featured Evan Louison, Josephine de La Baume, Iva Gocheva, and Claudia Cardinale. Her second narrative feature, Mariah, starring Dakota Goldhor and Evan Louison, was shot in Mexico during a period of rising vigilante activity against cartel-controlled territories. In 2020, Szold married Steven Prince, subject of Martin Scorsese's 1978 documentary American Boy; they had been together for years and share a child.
As a Film Independent Fellow in the 2016 Documentary Lab, Szold directed the archival documentary Larry Flynt for President, which premiered at The Tribeca Festival in 2021 and won multiple audience and jury awards. Her second documentary feature, The Figures: An Abstract on Geoffrey Young (2024), profiles poet, artist, and gallerist Geoffrey Young. Born under the sign of Libra [birth fact], Szold operates as a screenwriter across multiple formats and forms, sustained by a Life Path 5 numerology that favors freedom and structural experimentation [birth fact].
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Before Fame
Szold began her creative practice in theater during her teens in New England. After a formative reading of Waiting for Godot at 17, she founded the theater company Cojones Company and produced fourteen plays. She trained at Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School and worked alongside producers at Forensic Films before moving to Brooklyn.
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Trivia
- Szold's first feature documentary, Larry Flynt for President (2021), is an archival film that premiered at The Tribeca Festival and won multiple festival circuit awards.
- She married Steven Prince in 2020, who was the subject of Martin Scorsese's 1978 documentary American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince.
- Her second feature narrative film, Mariah, was shot in Mexico during a period of rising vigilante groups reclaiming cartel-controlled regions.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Free Spirit
Restless and adventurous. Nadia Szold reinvent often: new sounds, new platforms, new cities. Expect career pivots over decades.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
- IsaacMonkey · 2004
- Griffin GluckDragon · 2000
- Jade PettyjohnDragon · 2000
- Ruby StokesDragon · 2000
- Robbie UreMonkey · 2004
CHALLENGING
- Ádám SimonHorse · 1990
- Chris Colfer
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Frequently asked
- How old is Nadia Szold?
- Nadia Szold is 41 years old (born September 28, 1984).
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- Nadia Szold was born on September 28, 1984.
- What is Nadia Szold's zodiac sign?
- Nadia Szold is a Libra, born September 28, 1984.
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- Nadia Szold was born in 1984, the year of the Wood Rat.
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- Nadia Szold is from United States.
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- Nadia Szold is a writer.
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