Directory Profile

Producer Nicolaas Bertelsen hails from Ames, Iowa, and became interested in film as a child when he discovered that his grandfather played a small role in THE GODFATHER: PART II. This opened the door to the idea of working in film - for a kid who couldn’t have been more removed from Hollywood.

Nicolaas has over 25 years of physical production experience, and along with his company CinemaWerks, most recently produced MCVEIGH (Tribeca 2024, starring Alfie Allen, Brett Gelman, Ashley Benson), BANG BANG (Tribeca 2024, starring Tim Blake Nelson, Glenn Plummer), and three feature-length films that became “found footage” for Sam Barlow’s BAFTA Award-winning interactive film video game IMMORTALITY (Tribeca, Edge 10/10, The Game Awards nominee).

Previous to that he produced DRIVEWAYS (Berlin, Tribeca, Independent Spirit Award nominee), Director Andrew Ahn’s sophomore feature starring Hong Chau & Brian Dennehy, distributed by FilmRise; and THE TOMORROW MAN (Sundance), starring John Lithgow & Blythe Danner, distributed by Bleecker Street & Sony Pictures Worldwide.

His other recent feature films include SPEED OF LIFE, Director Liz Manashil’s sophomore feature, starring Ann Dowd & Allison Tolman, RUST CREEK (Netflix Top 10), DEIDRA & LANEY ROB A TRAIN (Sundance), Steven Caple Jr.’s first feature THE LAND (Sundance), END OF FALL (New Filmmakers New York), YOSEMITE (Slamdance), MEMORIA (Austin Film Festival), and THE LABYRINTH (Screamfest).

Nicolaas holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Cinema-Television Production from the University of Southern California - where he also teaches Producing - and is a member of the Producers Guild of America.