In addition to being a contributor for Variety, Los Angeles Magazine and Turner Classic Movies, Rance Collins is the Managing Editor of the Beverly Press and was the Weekend Editor of IndieWire. His news coverage has earned him multiple honors from the California News Publishers Association, while his film and theater criticism made him a two-time Southern California Journalism Award winner. He also was recognized with 2024’s Excellence in Journalism Award by the California 51st Assembly District.

Before committing to journalism as a career, the Texas native lived many lives in Los Angeles – including as a Warner Bros. and Universal Studios tour guide, a political organizer, a marketing writer and producer, a leasing consultant, an occasional indie filmmaker, a Postmates driver and the personal assistant to TCM host Ben Mankiewicz. He holds a BFA in mass communications from Ouachita University and an MFA in screenwriting from Emerson College.

A lifelong cinema aficionado, Collins is well-versed in noir, screwball comedies, melodramas and the illustrious filmography of his patron saint Bette Davis. His podcast “The Envelope Please” covers each of the Best Picture Oscar winners, and he maintains a cable subscription for the sole purpose of filling the DVR with TCM rarities.

Other interests include ‘90s sitcoms, Hollywood backlots, true crime, record stores, Linda Ronstadt, two cats named Charlotte and Flynn, game nights, advocating for an expanded “Hacks” universe, his AMC A List entourage (aka Jorge), the daily NYT Connections, his Barbra Strikesand bowling team, and making his educator mom and author dad proud.