Nicola Peeperkoorn, Producer and Director
After graduating, Nicola worked on a number of productions in
the Auckland film and television industry including The
Vintner's Luck and in accounts on Go Girls and
The Emperor.
Nicola's dedication to becoming a producer has driven her to be
involved in producing many low budget short films. Help
won best film, best actor and the audience award at the 2014
Tropfest. She embarked on her ambitious first feature The
Richmond Family Massacre, at age 23, with director Lance
McMinn, a film for which she learnt to operate a camera. Her
feature, Crackheads had its world premiere at the Oaxaca
FilmFest in Mexico and US Premiere at the Austin Film Festival in
2013. Since then it has won awards at the LA Comedy Festival and a
New Zealand Film Award for Best Self-Funded Feature. It also
enjoyed a short but successful alternative theatrical run at the
Maidment Theatre.
Complementing her film work, Nicola also has a Diploma in
Marketing Communications from Massey University. To assist in
developing her worldwide sales and marketing she attended the
American Film Market for the third time in 2013 and was part of
their newly created Producers Forum.
"Film has always been the driving force behind everything I do.
I'll go to the grave with a film camera in my hand, and you can be
sure my funeral will be on time and under budget!"
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