From an early age Nicole realized that her passion lied in the motion picture industry making movies. Nicole’s drive and experience have resulted in several projects, the latest being the feature film Layla’s Girl, a heartwarming film about one woman’s journey toward peace and healing after the death of her estranged mother. The film had its Michigan premiere at the Museum of African American History and has since played at the Brooklyn Indie House in New York, the Detroit Women of Color Int’l Film Festival, the 2006 Urban Mediamakers Festival and the Waterfront Film Festival. Her next project, the feature film A Man’s World, follows a woman’s rise to power in her husbands crime syndicate.
Other projects that Nicole has produced or directed include the music videos: Bizarre, Look @ Me & 90 Degrees, the feature film 17000 Block, released on DVD February 13, 2007 through Urbanworks Entertainment The Stop, which played in several film festivals, winning best short as part of the Cinema Shorts Internet film festival and was recently shown on PBS. A Japanese-inspired short, Big Girl Lost, which was accepted into the 2006 Planet Ant Film Festival and minor blues, a highly profound and diverse film about on-the-edge musicians and winner of the Meet Martell at the Movies Film Festival. It was also accepted in the East Lansing Film Festival and screened in New York through Black Film.com.
In addition to her independent work, she has made a name for herself in the industry as a coordinator on such films as 8 Mile (Universal Pictures), 61* (HBO), Hardball (Paramount) and the multiple award-winning Funk Brothers documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown. She was also Director of Distribution for the feature film Super Sucker (Purple Rose Films) programmer for the 1st Annual Farmington Funny Film Festival in 2004 and is a board member of the Detroit Film Center. She was an invited panelist at the Mayor’s Film Office open forum in Detroit, Motor City International Film Festival, Detroit and Windsor International Festival of Film, The Muskegon Film Festival, The Black Cinema Café Film Screening and at Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts.
Nicole’s years of experience have garnered her many awards and accolades. She received a Cable ICE award for her special, The North American International Auto Show, was nominated for both a national Cable ACE and a Cable ICE Award and her film 17000 Block received two 2005 Telly Award nominations. She is also the recipient of three Public Benefit Corporation grants for film productions. Nicole has been a featured guest on several programs such as FOX 2 News Morning, WXYZ 7 Sunday morning news, PBS’ American Black Journal and WJLB FM 98 morning show.
Who I'd like to meet: PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUS ABOUT ENJOYING LIFE!
hey,how are you cutie??? you look so beautiful today..havent spoke to you in a while..hope all is well with you..stay safe..since we speak last i've put a new song on my page..check it out,let me know what you think..ya detroit homie,j tait
I saw your interview on the Specs Howard website and just wanted to say i'm impressed. I'm probably going to end up going there to study production as well when I turn eighteen.
