Darlene Caamaño Loquet is President and COO of NALA Films, where she supervises and produces the financing and production company’s film slate. Caamaño Loquet most recently produced Ceremony, starring Uma Thurman, and the supernatural thriller Shelter starring Julianne Moore. In 2007, she produced In the Valley of Elah, starring Tommy Lee Jones and written and directed by Academy Award winner Paul Haggis. Caamaño Loquet also executive produced Dan in Real Life starring Steve Carrell, and served as producer on The Air I Breathe, with Jieho Lee directing a stellar ensemble cast. NALA Films fully financed and produced Shelter and The Air I Breathe and is continuing to produce and finance 3 to 5 feature films a year.
Recently named one of the top 10 Most Powerful and Influential Latino Women in Hollywood by The Hollywood Reporter and Nielsen Ratings, Caamaño Loquet began her career in the newsroom of the Spanish-language network Univision, Channel 34. She segued into the film industry through Trimark Pictures, assisting in the development of Frida starring Salma Hayek and Eve’s Bayou starring Samuel L. Jackson. She then turned her efforts to developing feature film animation projects at DreamWorks-based Patchwork Productions, including Chicken Run and Shrek. Next up, Caamaño Loquet ran director Gregory Nava’s production company, El Norte Productions; while there, she was responsible for developing feature film projects and television series, including the feature film Bordertown starring Jennifer Lopez and Antonio Banderas and the PBS TV series American Family.
