Skylar Nielsen (born 1975), is a photographer, cinematographer and director known for the films that he has produced. He heads Salt Lake City-based Vita Brevis Films, a company that creates short documentary films on a wide variety of subjects.
Nielsen was born in Zion, Utah, in 1975. He grew up on his family's farm, and after "an epiphany in the sheep corral" decided to move away from the farm and into the city to pursue photography and film making in 1993.