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Keith Collins - BIO
New York native Keith Collins is fast on the path of becoming a rising star. Keith has appeared in diverse projects spanning from film, television, commercials, and national print ads. In just a few short years, his film credits include the 2004 national theatrically released film "Games People Play: New York" (a memorable role where Collins' character has Tourette Syndrome which Collins is an advocate for), E-8: Think Tank, Ken Del Vecchio's controversial film O.B.A.M Nude, An Affirmative Act, The Life Zone & The Great Fight, BIdentity Crisis, Non Compos Mentis,A Fight For Survival (which gained Collins the coveted award for best supporting actor at the 2010 Down Beach Film Festival),The Gentleman, The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Duncan, The Infernal Room, Three Chris's, Killer Hoo-Ha, Sanctum Void, the international film Avantgarde, Awake in The Woods, I am Violet, Psycho-Path, the upcoming production of "Morgan Family Picnic" and many more. Keith is also in production on the TV pilot "Not Another Reality Show".
Keith appeared in a national Coors Light commercial along side basketball legend Charles Barkley, has been featured on "Sex & the City" as well as the long running soap "Guiding Light" and has had a recurring role on Fuse TV's "The F List".
Keith was the face of underwear line "Play" which was featured nationally in 2006 and has modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Wilke Rodriguez, Ron Chereskin, French Connection and Nike. Keith has been featured in numerous national fashion magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Surface, Gotham, Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Ocean Drive, DNR, Vegas, Variety, Hollywood Reporter, & Show Business Weekly. Keith Collins has also been known as one of NYC's top celebrity party promoters and founder of KCM,Inc. With His reputation as an A-List event planner it has also led him to be featured in national publications & gossip columns such as New York Post's Page Six and The New York Daily News' Rush & Molloy.
Keith is an advocate for Tourette Syndrome and brings this disorder to light by sharing his own personal struggles with Tourette Syndrome.
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Keith Collins: Event Planner Story--"The Social Animal"
Keith Collins embraced Tourette Syndrome and a near-fatal disco tragedy to become one of the country’s hottest event planners.
Whether being swarmed by the ladies, shooting a Coor’s Light spot with Charles Barkley, or being pimped in the pages of Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, or The New York Post’s Page Six,NY Daily News' Rush & Molloy event promoter Keith Collins, keeps his cool. He has to.
“Oh, dude! This is one of worst days of my professional life. You would not even believe what’s going on. It’s RETARDED!”
It’s the morning of “the single biggest event of my life” (which is usually how Collins refers to all his parties). Collins has fallen asleep at his computer, awakened into his sleep-deprived reality by a ringing cell phone. A photographer needs to know the arrival time for red carpet set-up.
“The day of the event I go through three extended batteries on my cell phone,” Collins says. In a typical month he just squeaks by under his 7000-minute limit.
Keith Collins has emerged as one of the country’s top event planners. He calls his company Uninhibited Event Marketing Group. “At one of my parties, I want people to let loose, clear their minds, have a good time, and take a vacation from the everyday monotony of life.”
Keith Collins’ specialty is catering to the celebrity industry and high-end clientelle. The only way to get into a Collins event is by word of mouth, or by Collins’ personal invite. His film premiere and club opening events turn out the press and the as well as an impressive list of celebs, including everyone from Jane Fonda and Jack Nicholson to Puff Daddy and J-Lo.
His parties don’t happen as much as they erupt with raw energy. “Models and bottles, dude, that’s what it’s about.” Collins is a unique blend of promoter, event planner, and publicist all in one. “When people go to a KC party they know they are going to be with a select crowd of industry insiders,” he says.
Collins can typically be found in jeans with an oversized and attention-getting belt buckle from his growing collection, and a tight, ironic tee shirt (“I Love Pee-Wee Herman” or “Tourette’s Hotline” were recently featured) that emphasizes his wide shoulders and pumped physique. Collins’ male model stock smirk, frank stare, and one seemingly permanently cocked eyebrow draw people out. His square-jawed good-looks and gentlemanly player attitude make him the natural ladies man. But his unbound enthusiasm, downright likeability (“Bro! Dude!”), and ability to attract beautiful women to his events make him popular with men as well.
“And did you see my gay guys?” I do recall seeing a core group of young gayboys at Keith’s parties and laugh. “I’m an equal opportunity event planner,” he says.
Collins was almost put out of business permanently when two oversized disco balls twenty-five feet in the air suddenly fell from the ceiling of a New York nightclub and struck him and some friends. One of the balls, the size of a 27-inch television, hit Collins on the side of head, bounced off and hit several others. The group tumbled like bowling pins. Bruised but not bloodied, they shook it off and decided to call it a night. It was only the next day that headaches and a fever led Collins to the emergency room for X-rays and a CAT scan where he was diagnosed with a concussion. Doctors prescribed medication and two months rest.
In typical Collins fashion, he staged his comeback with an event: The Disco Ball at Social Club.
Women are a fringe benefit of the job. “There are party groupies,” Collins admits. “They want to hang around you at the tables and set the scene, be with someone established. I’ve seen and heard of sex in bathrooms, girls servicing guys, guys servicing girls, crazy stuff.” Collins coyly declines to elaborate.
But it wasn’t always an easy ride. At the age of ten he was diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome, a neurological disorder, which was only made worse by medication. The tics and twitches became spitting episodes, a constantly shaking head, and blinking eyes. “It was rough at school, but it made me a good fighter,” he laughs. Determined to embrace Tourette’s without medication, Collins threw himself into sports. Basketball, baseball, football, and bodybuilding helped him focus with a ferocious intensity and control the syndrome. He eventually competed in the Light Heavyweight class and won Mr. Teen New Jersey in 1996.
“Tourette's is in your mind and nervous system, but if you can focus your mind on other things you can distract it in a way,” Collins says. “If somebody could take it away from me, I wouldn’t give it up. Everybody can’t be perfect. Sometimes people have imperfections, a handicap, a disability. I think it makes you a better person. It’s given me character.” His story of overcoming Tourette’s was recently dramatized in the reality-based film “Games People Play.”
Collins also realized during his teens that he was a born party promoter. While in high school in Clifton, New Jersey, he’d throw keg parties whenever his parents were out of town. He’d buy a $40 keg of beer, charge $5 per cup, and let 100 or so kids through the finished basement he’d decorated with strobe lights, televisions, and a bar. “I had wads of money and I’d get paid to party.”
It would still be several years before he entered the event planning profession.
Bodybuilding success naturally led to a short but impressive modelling career. At 21, he found himself modelling for Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, French Connection, and Ron Chereskin. With newfound entré into A-list parties, he focused on learning the internal workings of professional event planning.
In the past four years Collins has opened or staged red carpet events at nearly every trendy lounge in Manhattan in addition to major celebrity events at the CineVegas and Sundance film festivals.
Personally, Collins prefers a “very loungy” style club. “I like lounges where there is no dance floor and people create their own dance space, whether it’s by their table, on the chairs, on the table, on the bar. I don’t like a dance floor. It’s too open, too big, you don’t have that intimacy level. I love the fact that people can jump on a chair and dance. To me, that’s a party. That’s fun.”
He admits that creating memorable events that run smoothly is hard work. “I love it, though. When you have a strive and want to do something, you’ll do it. But your job never ends. The phone never stops ringing, dude. You really have to be out all the time. It’s in-freaking-sane!”
Collins sees three important club trends on the horizon:
70’s Retro and Old Skool Are Back. Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick are starting to throw parties and get on the mic themselves, and crowds are loving it.
Disco is Coming Back. The younger club kids revere Disco and are hungry to relive a time they never experienced but is legendary for its uninhibited freedom and innocence.
A Big Rock and Roll Scene is About to Explode in a Strong Way. All the Rock parties staged during the past year have been successful. People want to come out and rock and roll, and Rock DJ’s are in big demand. And it’s only going to get bigger.