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 Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( ; ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. List of awards and nominations received by Alfonso Cuarón, His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and seven BAFTA Awards. Cuarón made h ...

and Gabriela Rodríguez. For the same film he received four

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Awards, the award for Best International Film at the

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, two

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and three

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In 2017, the producer was named "Talent to watch", by

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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 The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week). The prize was created in 1978 Ca ...

at the 2010

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. This film had an American remake directed by

Jim Mickle Jim Mickle (born 1979) is an American director and writer, known for such films as ''Mulberry Street (film), Mulberry Street'', ''Stake Land'', ''We Are What We Are (2013 film), We Are What We Are'' and ''Cold in July (film), Cold in July''. He ...

in 2013. In 2015, he collaborated as executive producer of '' Desierto'',

Jonás Cuarón Jonás Cuarón Elizondo (born 1981) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer, Film editor, editor and cinematographer. He is the son of the Academy Award-winner Alfonso Cuarón and his first wife, Mariana Elizondo. Cua ...

, with

Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He is known for his performances in the films ''Amores perros'' (2000), ''Y tu mamá también'' (2001), ''Bad Education (2004 film), Bad Education'' (2004), ''The Mot ...

and

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Jeffrey Dean Morgan (born April 22, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Negan in the AMC horror drama series '' The Walking Dead'' (2016–2022) and its spin-off '' The Walking Dead: Dead City'' (2023–present ...

, movie that won he

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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 ''Tempestad'' is a 2016 Mexican documentary film directed by Tatiana Huezo. It was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. Synopsis Two women who have suffered th ...

(2016), a film which was selected by the AMACC to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film

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as well as the

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. He has collaborated in several Amat Escalante films, such a
''Heli''
(2013) which won the

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

for best direction and ''The Untamed'' (2016), feature film which premiered at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...

. Among his most recent co-productions is ''Birds of Passage'', directed by

Ciro Guerra Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2015 film ''Embrace of the Serpent'', which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, and for '' The Wind ...

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

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. 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 The Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF, , French: ''Festival international du film de Shanghai'') is the largest film festival in Asia and China's longest-running international cinema event. The first festival was established in Octobe ...

Filmography

* '' Ex-Husbands'' (2023) - producer *''Holy Beasts'' (2019) - producer *''

Roma Roma or ROMA may refer to: People, characters, figures, names * Roma or Romani people, an ethnic group living mostly in Europe and the Americas. * Roma called Roy, ancient Egyptian High Priest of Amun * Roma (footballer, born 1979), born ''Paul ...

'' (2018) - producer *'' Birds of Passage'' (2018) - producer *''My Brother'' (2017) - producer *''To Die In the Desert'' (2017) - producer *''

'' (2016) - producer *'' The Untamed'' (2016) - executive producer *'' Desierto'' (2015) - executive producer *''

Heli Heli, also ''heli'', ''heli-'' may refer to: People * Heli, King of Britain (mythical) * Heli (Bible), listed as an ancestor of Jesus * Heli (name) Places * Heli, Tangyuan County (鹤立镇), town in Tangyuan County, Heilongjiang, China * H ...

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

References

External links

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