Nicole Rocklin (born 1979/1980) is an American film producer for the production company Rocklin Entertainment.

Biography

Rocklin was raised in a

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family in

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, before moving to Los Angeles to work for an

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. She left the law firm and briefly worked for

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before starting her own production company. She began working on the film ''

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'' with partner Blye Faust in 2007, and in the fall of 2009, she joined with Faust to form Rocklin/Faust. Rocklin has served as a producer for films such as ''Middle of Nowhere'' and ''The Perfect Guy''. In 2016, she won an

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in the

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for her work on ''

'' and she was nominated for the

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in the

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References

1979 births Living people People from Calabasas, California University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Film producers from California 20th-century American Jews American women film producers American film production company founders Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award 21st-century American Jews 20th-century American women 21st-century American women {{US-film-producer-stub