Grace Santos
Grace Santos is an award winning Filipino-American producer, executive producer, and attorney. Her producing credits include upcoming teen comedy “Almost Popular” starring Ruby Rose Turner and directed by Nayip Anthony Garcia, and award winning productions featured at Oscar qualifying film festivals such as “Silk” by Catherine Dent (“The Shield”) starring Oscar Nominee and Emmy Winner Shohreh Aghdashloo, and “Election Night” by Tessa Blake (“NCIS”) starring Peri Gilpin (“Frasier”).
Grace Santos has worked in leadership positions at companies and organizations that have financed, produced, and distributed hundreds of films and series. As VP and Head of Business Affairs and Operations for Gamechanger Films, she worked on A24, Blumhouse, Amazon Studios, and Universal films, which have garnered awards and nominations, including the Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards, and Gotham Awards.
Grace worked for financier/producer Michael Mendelsohn’s Patriot Pictures and continues to produce with Patriot, including “How the Gringo Stole Christmas” starring George Lopez (to be released during the holidays in 2023). As VP of Business Affairs for companies owned by Producer Steven Paul, Grace negotiated development, production (Hallmark and Paramount projects), domestic distribution, and foreign sales deals. Grace was VP and one of the year-round staff for the Bentonville Film Festival, which has a mission to promote women in entertainment by helping them secure distribution deals with its sponsors Paramount Studios, SONY, Warner Bros, and Lionsgate. When Grace worked for the now AMC Networks divisions Image Entertainment / RLJ Entertainment, UMC/ALLBLK, and AcornTV, she was mentioned several times in the trades for closing multi-million dollar deals. Her first Hollywood opportunity was interning for the creative development team at Silver Pictures / Dark Castle Entertainment. She founded Ethos Pictures.
Grace graduated from the University of Miami with a double major in Religious Studies and International Studies and a Minor in Theatre Arts, studied for one year at Flinders University of South Australia, earned the International Baccalaureate diploma, a Juris Doctor / Law Degree from Stetson College of Law, and the film/tv producing certificate from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television.
Grace has also volunteered for numerous charities and has been awarded public interest awards for her service. She co-founded the nonprofit Possible Films. She is on the Board of Directors for FilAm Creative, a nonprofit committed to supporting Filipino-American stories.
Grace was one of 12 participants selected for the 2020 Producers Guild of America Power of Diversity Lab.
NATPE Global has selected only five television series for its prestigious Pitch Showcase 2025, and Grace Santos is set to executive produce two of them.