Nicolás Celis (born 15 October 1986) is a Mexican

film producer A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate various aspects of film production, such as selecting the script, coordinating writing, di ...

. He received a nomination for the Academy Awards for best film for his work as a producer in the film ''Roma'', alongside

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess (1995 film), A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Gre ...

and Gabriela Rodríguez. For the same film he received four BAFTA Awards, the award for Best International Film at the British Independent Film Awards, two Golden Globes and three Academy Awards In 2017, the producer was named "Talent to watch", by The Hollywood Reporter

Career

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. In 2015, he collaborated as executive producer of ''

Desierto ''Desierto'' is a 2015 thriller drama film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos, and distributed by STXfilms. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also execu ...

'', Jonás Cuarón, with Gael García Bernal and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, movie that won he

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

prize at the Toronto Film Festival. Later on he produced

Tatiana Huezo Tatiana Huezo Sánchez (; born 9 January 1972) is a film director of Salvadoran and Mexican nationality, residing in Mexico. Her first film, ' (2011), a documentary about the Salvadoran Civil War, has been awarded internationally. In 2016 she ...

´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. He has collaborated in several Amat Escalante films, such a
''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.

Filmography

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Holy Beasts ''Holy Beasts'' ( es, La Fiera y la Fiesta; ) is a 2019 Dominican drama film directed by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas. It was selected as the Dominican entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Cas ...

'' (2019) - producer *''

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: Places Australia * Roma, Queensland, a town ** Roma Airport ** Roma Courthouse ** Electoral district of Roma, defunct ** Town of Roma, defunct town, now part of the Maranoa Regional Council *Roma Street, Brisbane, a ...

'' (2018) - producer *'' Birds of Passage'' - producer *''My Brother'' (2017) - producer *''To Die In the Desert'' (2017) - producer *'' Tempestad'' (2016) - producer *'' The Untamed'' (2016) - executive producer *''

'' - executive producer *'' Heli'' (2013) - line producer *''Hilda (2015) - producer *'' The Tiniest Place'' (2011) - producer *'' We Are What We Are'' (2010) - producer

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Celis, Nicolas 1986 births Mexican film producers BAFTA winners (people) Golden Globe Award-winning producers Living people