Daniel Arturo Écija Bernal (born 17 June 1963) is a media producer and screenwriter. Starting with ''

Médico de familia Médico de familia (Family Doctor) is a Spanish dramedy television series produced by Globomedia for Telecinco. The series premiered at the end of 1995, to become the most popular Tuesday night show for four years and made Telecinco a popular nati ...

'', he is credited as creator and executive producer of a long list of Spanish television series. He served as chairman of Globomedia, of which he was a founding partner.

Biography

Born in 1963 in Wittenoon, Western Australia, son to a Spanish miner who immigrated to Australia, and who, having returned to Spain to work as driver, died from asbestos contamination acquired in the Australian mines. Écija started his career as television operator, later working as film editor, production assistant, director, writer and producer. He founded Globomedia together with Emilio Aragón and José María Irisarri in 1993. Their first fiction production was the widely successful sitcom ''

'', released in 1995 and in which Écija had his debut as director, whereas Aragón starred in as lead character in the series. Together with the series ''

Farmacia de guardia ''Farmacia de guardia'' ("Pharmacy on Duty") is a Spanish comedy serial (radio and television), serial, originally broadcast on Antena 3 (Spain), Antena 3 from 1991 to 1995. Cast * Concha Cuetos - Lourdes Cano * Carlos Larrañaga - Adolfo Seg ...

'', ''Médico de Familia'' is credited with redifining the fiction landscape in Spain in the 1990s, bringing the boom of family dramedies. Écija and Globomedia then created a number of series including '' Periodistas'', '' SMS: Sin Miedo a Soñar'', ''

Un paso adelante ''Un Paso Adelante'' (''One Step Forward'') is a Spanish TV drama similar to the American 1980s TV series '' Fame''. It was originally broadcast on Spanish channel Antena 3 from 2002 to 2005. It has also been a huge success in Spanish-speaking c ...

'', ''

7 vidas ''7 Vidas'' is a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. Its title translates as "7 lives" and the symbol of the sitcom is a cat, in reference to the belief that cats have 7 lives (in contrast to English-speaking countries, whe ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', '' El Internado'', ''El Barco'', ''

Águila Roja ''Águila Roja'' ( en, Red Eagle) is a Spanish adventure television series set in Spain during the 17th century. It was produced by Globomedia for Televisión Española and was broadcast on La 1 of Televisión Española from 2009 to 2016. It is ...

'', and ''Vis a vis'' (''Locked Up''). After 25 years, Écija left Globomedia (absorbed by

Mediapro Mediaproducción, S.L.U., better known as Mediapro, is a multimedia communications group in Spain founded in April 1994 in Barcelona. The company is well involved in movie and television production. The company holds branch offices in Madrid, Se ...

) in 2017, creating a new company (Good Mood), that nonetheless partnered with Globomedia. While working in Good Mood, he has created shows such as ''

Estoy vivo ''Estoy vivo'' is a Spanish crime television series with supernatural and comedy elements. Created by Daniel Écija and produced by RTVE in collaboration with Globomedia and Good Mood, it premiered on 7 September 2017 on La 1. Its fourth season p ...

'', ''

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'', and '' Cristo y Rey''.

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