Javier Nicolás Casanova Sampayo (born 22 November 1993) is a Colombian filmmaker. He has been member of the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences since 2020.His first feature-documentary, El Culebro: La historia de mi papá (2017), is a tribute to his father, actor Hernando Casanova. After several screenings, it premiered on Caracol Televisión, and become one of the most watched documentary that day in Colombia.