Grace Santos is an Actor, Attorney, Executive, and Producer.

PRODUCER

Producing credits include upcoming teen comedy "Almost Popular" starring Ruby Rose Turner (Disney’s Descendants), comedy “How the Gringo Stole Christmas” starring George Lopez and released by Lionsgate. Grace started producing plays in college and founded theatre companies in Miami and Tampa. She then produced short films and YouTube series on weekends while working her way up as an executive during the work week at studios and independent companies in Los Angeles. Her award winning shorts at Oscar Qualifying Festivals include: AFI DWW’s Silk by Catherine Dent (The Shield) and starring Oscar Nominee and Emmy Winner Shohreh Aghdashloo, Election Night by Tessa Blake (NCIS) and starring Peri Gilpin (Frasier), Spun (a comedy awarded by the Producers Guild of America), A Tricky Treat by Patricia Chica, and Odessa a post-apocalyptic drama by Canadian & First Nation Director S.M. Turrell. Grace is an alum of Producers Guild of America Power of Diversity Lab. Two series she has in development were in the top 5 at the 2025 National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) Pitch Showcase.

EXECUTIVE

Grace has also worked in leadership positions for companies that have produced and distributed hundreds of films and television content. Grace consults for/freelances with financier/producer Michael Mendelsohn’s Patriot Pictures (James McAvoy’s California Schemin, RZA’s Cut Throat City starring Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes) and Joseph Restaino's Hungry Bull Productions (Pig starring Nicolas Cage, Rebecca Hall’s Passing starring Tessa Thompson). She also founded production services company Ethos Pictures. As Head and VP of Business Affairs and Operations for Gamechanger Films, Grace worked on The Inspection with A24 Films and it has garnered 25 nominations so far, including the Golden Globes, Independent Spirit Awards, and Gotham Awards, and worked on Run Sweetheart Run with Amazon Studios, Universal, and Blumhouse. Grace was also VP of Business Affairs for companies owned by Producer Steven Paul (who has output deals with Sony, Paramount, and Hallmark) where Grace negotiated development, production, domestic distribution, and foreign sales deals. When Grace worked for AMC Networks divisions Image Entertainment / RLJ Entertainment, UMC/ALLBLK, and AcornTV, she was mentioned several times in the Hollywood Reporter and Variety for closing multi-million dollar deals such as The Rewrite starring Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei, Pay The Ghost starring Nicolas Cage, and Bone Tomahawk starring Kurt Russell. Her first Hollywood opportunity was interning for the creative development team at Silver Pictures / Dark Castle Entertainment and working as a Teaching Assistant for the UCLA Professional Programs in Producing and Television Writing.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

Prior to moving to Los Angeles, Grace founded the Asian Pacific American Scene Inc (APASI Productions), the first nonprofit production company in Florida whose purpose is to promote Asian American stories and American actors, artists, filmmakers, and theatre-makers that are of Asian descent. She also founded the first Asian American organization at Stetson University College of Law, was the first President of the Asian American organization at the University of Miami, and co-founder of the Asian American club at King High. Grace was one of the year-round staff for the Bentonville Film Festival, co-founded by Academy Award Winner Geena Davis, which has a mission to promote women and people of color in media and entertainment and to help them secure distribution deals with its sponsors Paramount, SONY, Warner Bros, Universal, and Lionsgate. Grace is currently a member of the Board of Directors of FilAm Creative.

EDUCATION

Grace graduated magna cum laude from the University of Miami with a double major in International Studies and Religious Studies and double minor in Film Studies and Theatre Arts. She also spent one year at Flinders University of South Australia’s Drama Centre. She achieved the rigorous International Baccalaureate Diploma. She earned a Juris Doctor / law degree from Stetson University and is licensed to practice law in Florida. Grace then earned a Producing Certificate from the UCLA School of Theatre, Film, and Television.