diff --git a/nerfstudio/process_data/metashape_utils.py b/nerfstudio/process_data/metashape_utils.py
index 8bea8707c..fad2445ed 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/process_data/metashape_utils.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/process_data/metashape_utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import json
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 import numpy as np
 
diff --git a/nerfstudio/process_data/process_data_utils.py b/nerfstudio/process_data/process_data_utils.py
index c1946305b..76239d020 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/process_data/process_data_utils.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/process_data/process_data_utils.py
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ def list_images(data: Path) -> List[Path]:
     """Lists all supported images in a directory
 
     Args:
-        data: Path to the directory of images.
+        data: Path to the directory of images. Nested folders are searched as well.
     Returns:
         Paths to images contained in the directory
     """
     allowed_exts = [".jpg", ".jpeg", ".png", ".tif", ".tiff"] + ALLOWED_RAW_EXTS
-    image_paths = sorted([p for p in data.glob("[!.]*") if p.suffix.lower() in allowed_exts])
+    image_paths = sorted([p for p in data.glob("**/[!.]*") if p.suffix.lower() in allowed_exts])
     return image_paths
 
 
diff --git a/nerfstudio/scripts/process_data.py b/nerfstudio/scripts/process_data.py
index 2c2cd7a38..bbe3b635a 100644
--- a/nerfstudio/scripts/process_data.py
+++ b/nerfstudio/scripts/process_data.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import sys
 import zipfile
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Union
+from typing import Optional, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import tyro
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
 from nerfstudio.process_data import (
     metashape_utils,
+    odm_utils,
     polycam_utils,
     process_data_utils,
     realitycapture_utils,
     record3d_utils,
-    odm_utils,
 )
 from nerfstudio.process_data.colmap_converter_to_nerfstudio_dataset import BaseConverterToNerfstudioDataset
 from nerfstudio.process_data.images_to_nerfstudio_dataset import ImagesToNerfstudioDataset