Nicolas Celis
Born	Nicolas Celis Lopez (1986-10-15)15 October 1986 (age 39) Mexico City, Mexico
Occupation	Producer

Nicolás Celis (born 15 October 1986) is a Mexicanfilm producer. He received a nomination for the Academy Awards for best film for his work as a producer in the filmRoma, alongsideAlfonso Cuarón andGabriela Rodríguez. For the same film he received fourBAFTA Awards, the award for Best International Film at theBritish Independent Film Awards,^[1][2] twoGolden Globes and threeAcademy Awards In 2017, the producer was named "Talent to watch", byThe Hollywood Reporter^[3]

Among his first works is the drama-horror feature film,We Are What We Are directed by Jorge Michel Grau, who competed for theCaméra d'Or at the 2010Cannes Film Festival. This film had an American remake directed byJim Mickle in 2013.^[4][5][6]

In 2015, he collaborated as executive producer ofDesierto,Jonás Cuarón,^[7] withGael García Bernal andJeffrey Dean Morgan, movie that won heFIPRESCI prize at theToronto Film Festival. Later on he producedTatiana Huezo´s documentaryTempestad (2016), a film which was selected by theAMACC to compete for the Best Foreign Language FilmOscar as well as theGoya Award.^[8][9]

He has collaborated in severalAmat Escalante films, such asHeli (2013) which won thePalme d'Or for best direction andThe Untamed (2016), feature film which premiered at theVenice Film Festival.

Among his most recent co-productions isBirds of Passage, directed byCiro Guerra and Cristina Gallego, this film was selected to open the Directors' Fortnight atCannes. Another co-production,Holy Beasts, by directors Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán, premiered in the Panorama section in the 2019Berlinale.

He has participated in meetings and workshops like Cannes Producer's Network andTorino FilmLab, among others. Most recently he served on the main jury for theShanghai International Film Festival.^[10][11][12]

• Ex-Husbands (2023) - producer^[13]
• Holy Beasts (2019) - producer^[14]
• Roma (2018) - producer^[15]
• Birds of Passage (2018) - producer^[16]
• My Brother (2017) - producer
• To Die In the Desert (2017) - producer
• Tempestad (2016) - producer^[17]
• The Untamed (2016) - executive producer^[18]
• Desierto (2015) - 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]

• Nicolás Celis atIMDb

• 1986 births
• Mexican film producers
• BAFTA winners (people)
• Golden Globe Award–winning producers
• Living people

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