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I’m a producing partner at Le Train Train Productions alongside Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, where I lead development.

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Previously, I developed series and movies for YouTube Originals. I’ve shepherded shows like On Becoming A God in Central Florida, Step Up: High Water, Impulse, Youth and Consequences, Single By 30, and movies like Viper Club and Life in a Day 2020.   I’ve acquired award winning movies including the The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash (IDA nominated), Bodied (Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Award Winner & NYTimes Critics Pick), and Kedi(2017 Critics Choice Award Winner).   I enjoyed developing programming that pushed the boundaries of what was expected from YouTube.

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I produced a feature film called Not Waving But Drowning starring Megan Guinan, Vanessa Ray,  Lilli Reinhart, and Adam Driver. We made the movie with our friends and nothing is better than that.

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I also like to tell my own stories. My writing and directing work has been supported by Tribeca Film Institute, Chanel, The Future of Film is Female, Refinery 29, and Ryan Murphy’s Half Initiative. My films have screened at film festivals around the world and internet. I wrote and directed a short film about female fighter pilots called Wingmen for Refinery 29’s Shatterbox Anthology Series. My latest short film Sisters! can be seen on Omeleto and in MoMa’s Virtual Cinema.  I’ve shadowed episodic directors on Step Up: High Water (STARZ) and 9-1-1 Lone Star (Fox).

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I love stories and will always find a way to be making them, or watching them, or helping other people make them. I can’t help it.

nicole.j.emanuele@gmail.com