Nate Tranell

A student filmmaker with 11 films to his name, Nate Tranell’s first public release — “The Sleepless Watch” (2025) — won Best Picture at State College Area High School’s SCOSCARS ceremony. Often working alongside creative partner Isabella Zeman, he is in the process of creating many more films during his senior year of high school; among them “Inferno,” “High School Hitman,” and “The Second Coming of Jonathan.”