Cristina "Cris" Magno Patwa is the co-CEO of FactoryMade Ventures, a Los Angeles-based entertainment and media incubator.

Early life and education

Patwa, who grew up in the Philippines, attended Boston University. Following her graduation, she attended the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, and was awarded an MBA in 2007. She was licensed as a CPA in California in 2011.

Career

After a brief tenure at Fox Filmed Entertainment, Patwa was hired by Disney ABC Television as a director of business development. She remained at Disney ABC until 2008, when she joined

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(WME) as vice president, Intellectual Property. She was named Senior Vice President and Head of Strategic Planning and Business Development in 2009. At WME, in addition to working with Telefonica and

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, Patwa served as an advisor to toy company

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on the ''

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'' and ''

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'' film franchises. She helped develop the creation of

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(with

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) and on the development and launch of

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's online gaming and e-commerce platform HSN Arcade. Patwa worked closely with WME founding board member

John Fogelman John Michael Fogelman (born c. 1965) is an American entrepreneur. He is the CEO of FactoryMade Ventures, an entertainment and media incubator. Formerly Executive Vice President and Head of the Motion Picture Department and the Intellectual Pro ...

during her tenure at the company. In 2011, Patwa and Fogelman left WME to found FactoryMade Ventures as its Co-CEO. At launch, the company announced alliances with

, Telefonica,

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, director

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, filmmaker

Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez (; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 ac ...

, producer

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and comedian Whoopi Goldberg, in addition to filmmaker

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, who was then a principal investor. Abrams withdrew from the company in January 2012, reportedly due to his schedule. In November 2014, Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. purchased a minority stake in FactoryMade. In December 2013, Patwa partnered with

to create the

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network, an English language American television channel targeting Latino audiences. In addition to serving on the board of directors for FactoryMade and El Rey, Patwa is an executive producer for Rodriguez' original series '' From Dusk Til Dawn'', and El Rey's second original scripted series, ''

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''. She is on the board of directors for Tres Pistoleros Studios, which she co-founded, and is an executive producer for the studio's ''Director's Chair,'' ''Lucha Underground,'' ''Cutting Crew'' and, with Scott and Dierdre Gurney, an untitled ''

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'' Mexico series.

References

External links

FactoryMade

El Rey Network
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