Nicholas Ma

Nicholas Ma is an award-winning director, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn, whose film work spans an eclectic array of topics: from botany to basketball to Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, on the life of Fred Rogers. 

Most recently he wrote and directed Mabel (SFIFF, 2024) and directed Leap of Faith (Picturehouse, 2024). His films have premiered at Sundance, New York Film Festival, and Tribeca. 

He is also the founder and principal of Ernest Lyford, a boutique consulting firm that unites the creative and the strategic to transform the way we see the world.