Nikki (Nikila) Cole
Nikila (Nikki) Cole is an award-winning dual Canadian/American writer/producer/director with over 25 years of international experience. Her feature documentary RAY OF HOPE received a PGA Producer Mark, was In Consideration for the Academy Awards, shortlisted in five Canadian Screen Award categories, and streams on CBC Gem. Her dramatic short CATHERINE IN LOVE won the Golden Elephant Trophy at the Bangkok Movie Awards, shot on a Volume Wall as part of the DGC/Pixomondo/William F. White Virtual Production Workshop. MY FATHER, JOE won five international awards and is on Amazon Prime. THE BRIDE'S WEDDING won Best Feature Screenplay at the Jogja International Film Festival; SERPENT QUEEN won Best TV Pilot Screenplay at Oaxaca. Winner, C21 Content Canada International Co-Production Pitch Competition, TIFF 2025 (BLEEP ME!). Named Producer to Watch, MIPTV Cannes 2022 & 2023. Gemini Award winner. Selected for RDV Canada/Telefilm 'Meet the Series' Cohort (Series Mania/MIP 2021), leading to CMF/CICLIC co-development funding with French producer Virginie Lacombe. Austin Film Festival Second Rounder (THE OTHER MEDICI).
After showrunning 15+ factual series including ICE ROAD TRUCKERS and STORAGE WARS for History Channel, Netflix, CBC, BBC Kids and HGTV, she now develops scripted features including OPHELIA, a four-territory international co-production with scientific consultant Dr. Emilio Emini (former Merck Research Laboratories) and institutional support from the Mark Wainberg Centre for Viral Diseases, McGill University. Through her charity Tonembee Foundation (tonembee.com), she has spent 20 years educating girls and boys and introducing solar energy to a remote Kenyan village. Member: DGC, CMPA AI Committee, Alliance of Women Directors, Film Fatales, WIFT LA & Toronto. Dual Canadian/American citizen.
