Nikon Film and Photo Contest
2024-2025 Judges

Lead Judge

Sarah Leen Lead Judge
Founder/Editor Visual Thinking Collective
Director of Photography Emerita of National Geographic Partners
U.S.A.

Short Film Competition Judges

Mike Figgis Film Lead Judge
Film Director
United Kingdom

Hans Charles Cinematographer, Producer
U.S.A.

Anjali Menon Writer, Filmmaker
India

Yuske Fukada (Yusuke Fukada) Director, Producer, Writer
Japan

Reagan Yorke and Jillian Smith (S&Q Films) Filmmaker Duo, Content Creators
U.S.A.

José Jiménez Producer, Photographer, Explorer
Mexico

Photo Competition Judges

Sarah Leen Photo Lead Judge
Founder/Editor Visual Thinking Collective
Director of Photography Emerita of National Geographic Partners
U.S.A.

Maximiliano Blanco Action Photographer
Argentina

Coco Capitán Artist
Spain

Luisa Dörr Photographer
Brazil

Kiliii Yuyan Photographer
U.S.A.

Malin Fezehai Photographer
Sweden / Eritrea

Yining He Curator, Researcher
Chinese mainland

Sujong Song Curator
Republic of Korea