Nikki Calabrese is a showrunner and director based in Los Angeles. She has worked across a wide range of genres in the unscripted and documentary world, from crime and character-driven docuseries to competition formats. Her credits include developing, showrunning, and directing the unscripted comedy series HBO’s Small Town News: KPVM Pahrump and showrunning TLC’s My Strange Addiction. She recently teamed up with Director Seth Gordon on two sports documentaries: Apple TV+’s The Long Game: Bigger than Basketball, which follows a young South Sudanese basketball player with NBA dreams, and Fox Sports’ Finding Home: Journey To The MLB, chronicling the path of Cubs minor league hopefuls. Her advertising work has earned her Cannes Lions Gold, Clio Silver, and honors from the London International Awards.