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Film and Television Dept
Nicola Usborne (Producer)
Agent: Natasha Galloway


Nicola Usborne read English at Oxford University and took an MA in Development Studies at SOAS in London, graduating with a distinction for her exams in 1993. Since 1995 she has worked for Scholastic Inc (a major children's media company) in New York, where she has been developing internet and video game business. Nicola started producing films in 1999. Her first feature, JUMP TOMORROW, won the 2002 BAFTA Charles Foreman Award for Best Newcomer to British Film.

Her latest film "The Best Thief in the World", written and directed by Jacob Kornbluth, has been accepted into dramatic competition at Sundance 2004.

Producer. Jorge Productions, NY

2007 LAST CHANCE HARVEY
Feature in development. Director: Joel Hopkins
Cast: Dustin Hoffman & Emma Thompson 


Overture Films

2003 THE BEST THIEF IN THE WORLD
Feature. Written and directed by Jacob Kornbluth 

 

 * In competition, Sundance 2004
*Winner: Maryland Producers' Award

2001/02 $9.99
Animation Feature. Director: Tatia Rosenthal. Written by Tatia Rosenthal and Etgar Keret. In Development. 

 

 * Winner: Mark Silverman/ Sundance Producing Fellowship (Nicola Usborne). 2001
* Winner: $100,000 Richard Vague Production Fund. 2000
* Winner: Maryland Producers' Award. 2002
* Participant: Sundance Institute Writing & Directing Labs. 2001
* Finalist: Israeli Government Production Grant (upto $700K). 2002

2001/02 BABY
Feature. Director: Bridget Bedard. In Development 


 

2001 JUMP TOMORROW
Feature. Director: Joel Hopkins. US/European Release 2001 

FilmFour

 * Winner, BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for most promising newcomer to British Film 2002 (Nicola Usborne & Joel Hopkins)
* Nominee: 5 British Independent Film Awards (including Best Film). 2001
* Winner: $100,000 Richard Vague Production Fund. 1999
* Winner: Audience Award, Deauville Film Festival. 2001
* Finalist: Perrier Award. 2001
* Selected: One of Festival Director's "Best of the Fest", Edinburgh Film Festival. 2001
* Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival. 2001

1999 THE INDEPENDENT
Short. Director: Joel Hopkins. 

 

 * Winner: IFP Independent Vision Award. 1999

1999 JORGE
Short. Director: Joel Hopkins 

 

 * Winner: Wasserman Award, NYU Graduate Film School. 1999
* Winner: Drama Award, BBC Short Film Festival, 1999
* Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, 1999
* Winner: 7 Other Awards at International Film Festivals

1999 SCULPTURE 1
Short. Director: Gita Kapila, Columbia Film School. 1999