A Room with a View

Nick Pernisco was born and raised in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by the film industry. So it is no wonder then that he eventually decided to major in film in college, and later obtain a master's degree in screenwriting before founding his own company, Carmelina Films. In his first few years out of college, Nick produced documentaries, television programs, and educational videos before retiring from film in 2011 due to being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and the disability that followed.

In 2018, Nick had deep brain stimulation surgery to help alleviate many of the motor symptoms of Parkinson's. Having brain surgery has given him a new lease on life, so in 2019 he decided to come out of retirement to produce meaningful fiction films in the various cities he has lived in over the years, including Amsterdam, New York, Seattle, and of course, Los Angeles.

His first film in a decade was a short entitled Love Letter (2021), in which he briefly illustrates the battle with addiction. A longer short, Recycled Love followed in the summer of 2022, and the even longer short film, A Room with a View (2023), which is the film he says he was born to make.