Stacey Nation

Biography

Stacey Nation is a Los Angeles-based writer and director with experience spanning more than 200 productions across narrative film, commercial advertising, and studio entertainment. Her directing work includes national campaigns for Peyton Manning Children's Hospital, PrettyLitter, and the Saint Louis Zoo's "Better Wild. Better World.", narrated by Joe Buck. She has also served as a first assistant director on productions for Disney, 20th Century Studios, HBO Max, NBC, Universal Pictures, and major national brands. Nation wrote and directed the award-winning narrative short "The Wagon" (2018), which received Best Woman Filmmaker at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards. The film's cinematography, by Brant Hadfield, earned a 2020 Mid-America Regional Emmy nomination. She is currently developing a coming-of-age sports drama set in 1990s Missouri, exploring sisterhood, family loss, and the emergence of girls' flag football.