Speaker Nicolette Saina
Nicolette Saina, is an award-winning writer, producer and director of live action films, with experience in CGI animation and entertainment law. Animated Film Gardens Inc. (AFG) is an original-content startup animation studio.
Over the years, she has developed an expertise on both the creative/storytelling and financing sides of the business and has been the lead financing producer in over $20 million of productions. Nicolette has received a Global TV ‘Woman of Vision’ award, has sat on national and provincial awards juries and also on boards such as the Edmonton International Film Festival. She has been awarded several scholarships for writing, producing and directing, as well as has an Osgoode Certificate in Entertainment Law. She is also taking on-going long distance courses in English Literature from Oxford University and has recently made significant inroads into the Hollywood talent/agent arena.