Nancy Collet
Founder, Cinema Collet
Nancy Collet’s experience in the film industry spans almost 30 years. She founded Cinema Collet in 2007 and offers strategic consulting services to independent filmmakers, film festivals, conferences, educators, distributors and art house theaters around the world. Services include festival and sales strategy for independent films, film festival start-up, programming, large-scale event management, production and marketing and film acquisitions. Collet has launched numerous film festivals around the world including The ShortList Film Festival in partnership with The Wrap News, the Cabo Film Festival, the Abu Dhabi Film Festival the Infinity Film Festival, Beverly Hills, the Audience Awards Film Festival, and the La Costa Film Festival. Cinema Collet conceived and launched a national showcase for emerging Latino filmmakers for NUVOtv called Nu Point of View. Nancy also spent four years producing TheGrill, the Wrap News’ annual Media Leadership Conference in Beverly Hills. Additional clients include the USC Shoah Foundation, New York University, The Toronto International Film Festival, The Guanajuato Int’l Film Festival, The Whistler Film Festival, Ketchum, Sports and Entertainment, Off Plus Camera Film Festival, The Canadian Film Centre and Telefilm Canada. Collet has covered the major film festivals and markets around the world since 1997, and also served as a juror and panelist for numerous events, including the AFM, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, Woodstock Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, Panama Film Festival, Romania International Film Festival, Napa Valley Film Festival, HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival, Palm Springs Shorts Fest, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Bahamas Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Kansas City Film Festival, Sonoma Film Festival and Ashland Independent Film Festival. From 1997 to 2007, Collet worked for the AFI FEST, and in 2000 was promoted to Director of Programming. She secured premieres of dozens of Academy Award winning films and hundreds of celebrities. She created partnerships with the AFM, Kodak, ArcLight Hollywood and the Skirball Cultural Center. During her tenure at AFI, the festival more than tripled in size and firmly established itself as a world-renowned event. Nancy is a 1989 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and has a dual degree in Marketing and Psychology. She grew up in New York City and started her career in the mailroom at the William Morris Agency.
