at A&E Networks learning the ropes of producing nonfiction content for worldwide audiences during a pivotal shift into binge-worthy television. Those early years helped her develop a sharp instinct for story, character, pacing, and the unexpected. She continued her work in Los Angeles at the forefront of emerging 4K technology, contributing to exhibition projects for the Annenberg Space for Photography including Sports Illustrated's Iooss & Leifer and National Geographic's Water: Our Thirsty World. Her love of documentary lead her to work at Nonfiction Unlimited, where she had the privilege of supporting marketing work for documentary titans Barbara Kopple, Stacy Peralta and Steve James.

After years of shaping stories for major networks, production companies and other filmmakers, Nita began turning the lens on her own documentary work, focusing on deeply human, place-based stories about people, community, and the natural world.

Her documentary short A New Inferno (co-director Jonathan Pickett) premiered at SXSW 2026 and has screened at Tribeca, Mountainfilm, Palm Spring's ShortFest, Hollyshorts, Indy Shorts, Rooftop Films, Ouray, DeadCenter and others before its online release through The New York Times Op-Docs. Her film Bread was supported by a City of Phoenix Arts Grant, and her award-winning short Shela Yu: Shellshaker screened at FIFF and Indie Film Fest among others.

Nita is a professor at Arizona State University’s Sidney Poitier Film School, where she teaches and has designed documentary and production courses, including one that partners with non-profit organizations, and has produced dozens of impact documentary shorts to benefit the community. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and collaborator, Daniel and her cat, Kitty who is pleasantly plump.

Nita Blum-Reddick, a New York native, began her career in 2007