Nicolás Celis (born 15 October 1986) is a Mexican film producer. He received a nomination for the Academy Awards for best film for his work as a producer in the film Roma, alongside Alfonso Cuarón and Gabriela Rodríguez. For the same film he received four BAFTA Awards, the award for Best International Film at the British Independent Film Awards,[1][2] two Golden Globes and three Academy Awards In 2017, the producer was named "Talent to watch", by The Hollywood Reporter[3]
Nicolas Celis | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nicolas Celis Lopez 15 October 1986 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Producer |
Career edit
Among his first works is the drama-horror feature film, We Are What We Are directed by Jorge Michel Grau, who competed for the Caméra d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. This film had an American remake directed by Jim Mickle in 2013.[4][5][6]
In 2015, he collaborated as executive producer of Desierto, Jonás Cuarón,[7] with Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, movie that won he FIPRESCI prize at the Toronto Film Festival. Later on he produced Tatiana Huezo´s documentary Tempestad (2016), a film which was selected by the AMACC to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar as well as the Goya Award.[8][9]
He has collaborated in several Amat Escalante films, such as Heli (2013) which won the Palme d'Or for best direction and The Untamed (2016), feature film which premiered at the Venice Film Festival.
Among his most recent co-productions is Birds of Passage, directed by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, this film was selected to open the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes. Another co-production, Holy Beasts, by directors Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, premiered in the Panorama section in the 2019 Berlinale.
He has participated in meetings and workshops like Cannes Producer's Network and Torino FilmLab, among others. Most recently he served on the main jury for the Shanghai International Film Festival.[10][11][12]
Filmography edit
- Ex-Husbands (2023) - producer[13]
- Holy Beasts (2019) - producer[14]
- Roma (2018) - producer[15]
- Birds of Passage - producer[16]
- My Brother (2017) - producer
- To Die In the Desert (2017) - producer
- Tempestad (2016) - producer[17]
- The Untamed (2016) - executive producer[18]
- Desierto - executive producer[19][7]
- Heli (2013) - line producer[20]
- Hilda (2015) - producer
- The Tiniest Place (2011) - producer
- We Are What We Are (2010) - producer[21]
References edit
- ^ "Roma · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Triunfa 'Roma' en los British Independent Film Awards". Multimedios (in Spanish). 2018-12-03. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Why Latin America's Film Market Has Never Been Hotter". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
- ^ Economista, Alejandro Flores / El. "Somos lo que hay hará historia con su remake". El Economista. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Somos lo que hay". FICM. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "We Are What We Are". www.film-forward.com. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ a b "Can 'Desierto' change the conversation about immigration?". Southern California Public Radio. 2016-10-13. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Escobar, Samantta Hernández (2016-04-01). "Tempestad, impunidad al descubierto". Gatopardo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Documental sobre "impunidad y violencia" de Tatiana Huezo representará a México en los Oscar". Reporte Indigo (in European Spanish). 13 September 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (2019-05-23). "Zhao Tao, Rajkumar Hirani Join Shanghai Festival Jury". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ "Shanghai Festival to Open With WWII Epic 'The Eight Hundred,' Wu Jing to Serve as Ambassador". The Hollywood Reporter. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Davis, Rebecca (2019-06-04). "'The Eight Hundred' to Open Shanghai Festival, Which Has No U.S. Titles in Competition". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (September 23, 2023). "'Ex-Husbands' Clip: First Look At San Sebastian Competition Pic Starring James Norton". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ^ Hopewell, John (2019-01-30). "Berlin: Latido Films Acquires Panorama Entry 'Holy Beasts' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Encuadres. "Los 25 más influyentes de la industria fílmica mexicana 2018". encuadres.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Pimienta Films celebra alcances de cintas "Roma" y "Pájaros de Verano"". AM Querétaro (in Spanish). 2019-01-04. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ ""Tempestad", documental nominado al Goya que busca justicia". El Universal (in Spanish). 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "ICONS: Nicolás Celis, Productor y fundador de Pimienta films". www.maximmexico.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ SensaCine.com.mx, Reparto de Desierto : Equipo Técnico, Producción y Distribución, retrieved 2019-07-16
- ^ ""Roma" será clave en mi carrera: Nicolás Celis". El Universal (in Spanish). 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
- ^ "Cineteca Nacional MEXICO". www.cinetecanacional.net. Retrieved 2019-07-16.