In his senior year, his short film Living Lives (2005) won Best Picture at the Issaquah Student Film Festival and has been featured on television across the nation through ITV and LocalPoint TV.
He then went on to work on the feature-film length production, Happy Holidays. Nate has been worked on the film with numerous roles. His work on the production ranges from producing podcasts, assisting the editor, and the overall management of post production.