Nicole Newnham is an American documentary film producer writer and director known for the Oscarnominated movie Crip Camp which she codirected and produced with James LeBrecht Nicole codirected The Revolutionary of Optimists winner of the Sundance Hilton Sustainability Award and also instigated coproduced and directed the acclaimed documentary The Rape of Europa about the Nazi war on European culture which was nominated for a WGA award and shortlisted for the Academy Award Her most recent release The Disappearance of Shere Hite is a documentary exploring the life of Shere Hite including her bestselling book The Hite Report that liberated female orgasm by revealing the private experiences of thousands of anonymous surveys The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2023