---
title: 'Project Nim (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Marsh'
released: '2011-01-20'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/project-nim-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1814836/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Project Nim (2011)

2011 · 93 min · Documentary · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Project Nim is a 2011 documentary film directed by James Marsh. It tells the life story of a chimpanzee named Nim Chimpsky, who was the center of a 1970s research project to determine whether a primate could learn to speak using American Sign Language. Project Nim draws from Elizabeth Hess' book Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would be Human (2008).

## Credits

- **Director:** [James Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-marsh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Tindersticks](https://cinepixo.com/people/tindersticks)
- **Producer:** [Simon Chinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-chinn)

## Cast

- [Nim Chimpsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/nim-chimpsky)
- [Bern Cohen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bern-cohen)

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Official site: http://www.project-nim.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/project-nim-2011
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