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Nicki Manchisi has been writing, producing and directing documentaries, short narratives and experimental animations since 2003. She was born in Astoria, Queens and currently lives in New York City.

In 2003, Nicki co-directed and produced El gas no se vende, a documentary about the controversy and corruption that surrounded the Bolivian government's decision to exploit one of the nation's most important resources, natural gas. Her second documentary, Flea Diaries, examined the people and products that personify a New York City flea market and received honorable mention at the Vermont International Film Festival. In 2005, Nicki completed her bachelor's degree in Journalism and Spanish at St. Michael's College in Vermont. She worked as an English teacher in Chile and as a Producer for Nickelodeon Online in New York City before moving west in 2008 to receive her Master of Fine Arts in Cinema Studies at San Francisco State University.

In San Francisco, Nicki took an interest in narratives that combine memory and imagination to construct new interpretations of reality. This summer she will be shooting her latest film, Woo Woo in Astoria, Queens. It takes place in 1961 and is loosely based on her mother's childhood. She was most recently awarded the Swing Space Residency Grant for Fall 2011, where she will be creating a video installation focusing on extinct languages.