Celine Rattray

Celine Rattray has over 40 independent films under her belt as a producer, including 18 Sundance, 16 Toronto, four Berlin International, and one Cannes Film Festival selections, amongst others. In 2020, Rattray co-founded Maven Screen Media, with Trudie Styler, a UK development, production, and advisory company. Styler (wife of acclaimed musician, Sting), a BAFTA-nominated producer (LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, MOON) and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Rattray (who won a Golden Globe for THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT) focus on innovative storytelling with premiere talent. Rattray has worked in partnership with Styler since 2010 with the launch of Maven Pictures. Prior to working with Styler, Rattray ran Mandalay Vision, producing THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, the 2010 Sundance Film Festival darling directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Julianne Moore, Annette Bening and Mark Ruffalo, which garnered 4 Academy Awards nominations, 2 Golden Globes wins, as well as 4 BAFTA and 5 Independent Spirit Award Nominations. The film was purchased by Focus Features following a two day bidding war that resulted in the biggest sale of the festival. Rattray also produced THE WHISTLEBLOWER, a drama directed by Larysa Kondracki and starring Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave and David Strathairn, SALVATION BOULEVARD, a comedic thriller starring Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear and Ed Harris, which sold to Sony/IFC; and 2012's breakout dark comedy BERNIE directed by Richard Linklater, starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. Rattray was a founding principal in Plum Pictures, which she ran with her partners Galt Niederhoffer and Daniela Taplin. In just six short years, the prolific company made twenty independent films, including ten Sundance Film Festival selections, one Toronto Film Festival® selection and one Berlin International Film Festival selection. In 2008, Rattray was noted by Crain's New York on their vaunted "Forty Under 40" list. Prior to Plumb, Rattray was hired by HBO as Director of Marketing and Business Development. During her three years at HBO, Rattray's main responsibilities included the development and launch of HBO on Demand. Rattray oversaw product development, marketing, operations and programming, and also produced a monthly show exclusively for HBO on Demand with actors from The Sopranos, Sex and the City and Six Feet Under. Under Rattray's supervision, HBO on Demand grew into a major revenue stream, and forerunner to HBOGO. Rattray graduated with a first class degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Oxford University. She worked as an associate in McKinsey's Media and Entertainment practice from 1998 to 2000, with clients including the BBC, Channel 4, the British Film Institute and Time Warner.