Alejandro "Álex" Pina Calafi (born 22 June 1967) is a Spanish television producer, writer, and director, known for the crime drama '' Money Heist''. Previous shows include '' Vis a vis'', ''

El embarcadero ''El embarcadero'' (''The Pier'') is a Spanish drama television series created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato. It was produced by Atresmedia Studios and Vancouver Media for Movistar+. The first season was released on Movistar+ on 18 J ...

'', and ''

Los hombres de Paco ''Los hombres de Paco'' (English: ''Paco's Men'') is a Spanish television series that originally aired from 9 October 2005 to 19 May 2010 on Antena 3. Created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina, it stars numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pep ...

''. His newest series, ''

Sky Rojo ''Sky Rojo'' () is a Spanish black comedy action drama television series, created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato. The series traces three prostitutes who flee from their pimp. According to the creators, the series shows "the impunity ...

'', started filming in November 2019, while '' White Lines'', a co-production for

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with ''

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'' team, first streamed on 15 May 2020. ''

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'' listed Pina in their "Top International Showrunners of 2019".

Biography

Born in

Pamplona Pamplona (; eu, Iruña or ), historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. It is also the third-largest city in the greater Basque cultural region. Lying at near above ...

in 1967, Pina began his career as a journalist in the press such as

Diario Vasco ''El Diario Vasco'' (English: ''The Basque Daily'') is a Spanish morning daily newspaper based in San Sebastián, Basque Country. History and profile ''El Diario Vasco'' was founded in 1934 by the Sociedad Vascongada de Publicaciones, led by c ...

and Diario de Mallorca and later in the Europa Press Agency. Between 1993 and 1996, he worked as a scriptwriter and editor for Videomedia until he then joined Globomedia in 1996. In 1997, at the same production company, he started his career as a screenwriter in the television series ''Más que amigos'', from there, he began to play the roles of creator and executive producer in iconic Spanish series such as ''Los Serrano'', ''

'', and ''El barco''. At the end of 2016, after the launch of ''Vis a vis'' by Antena 3, Pina left Globomedia and founded

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, his own production company. The first production was '' La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)'', which premiered on Antena 3 on 2 May 2017 with more than four million viewers. The series was distributed worldwide by

and became the biggest success of his career, leading to the signing of an exclusive contract with the streaming platform for the creation and production of an original series. In 2020 Alex Pina produced White Lines.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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