Tomás Yankelevich (born December 12, 1977) is an Argentine television director and

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. The son of Argentine producer and

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Cris Morena and prolific former

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director Gustavo Yankelevich and the brother of

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Biography

Tomás Yankelevich was born in

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on December 12, 1977. Tomás Yankelevich is the son of actor Gustavo Yankelevich and actress, producer, director and musician Cris Morena. His parents divorced in 1995 when he was eighteen years old.'' Clarín''
"Estoy muy orgulloso de mi apellido"
(19 June 2003) His older sister, actress

, died on September 28, 2010 at the Hospital Central de San Isidro, due to a non-traumatic

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caused by a

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Falleció Romina Yan
(29 September 2010)'' Clarín''
Murió Romina Yan, tras sufrir una descompensación en un gimnasio
(28 September 2010)

Personal life

On December 20, 2008, Yankelevich married television actress Sofía Reca.''Pronto''
'Sofía Reca y Tomás Yankelevich, a pocos días de su gran boda
(15 December 2008)''Pronto''
La luna de miel de Sofía Reca y Tomás Yankelevich
(20 December 2008) On July 24, 2010, the couple's first child was born, a boy who they named Inti Yankelevich. On February 12, 2018, the couple's second child was born, a girl who they named Mila Yankelevich.

Career

Yankelevich debuted as the producer of talents and reality show '' Popstars: Argentina'', which created

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.''El Argentino''
La boda perfecta
(23 December 2008) In 2003, Yankelevich directed film '' Vivir Intentando'', his directing debut, which starred Bandana. The film was a box office hit, as well as its following film '' Erreway: 4 Caminos'', which starred popular

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band Erreway.''MundoFanClub''
Biografía de Cris Morena
(4 June 2007) ''4 Caminos'' was directed as the spin–off film of the series '' Rebelde Way'', directed by Yankelevich's mother Cris Morena. In 2005, he directed and wrote the

Cris Morena Group {{Infobox company , name = Cris Morena Group , logo = , type = Private , foundation = 2002 , location_city = Buenos Aires , location_country = Argentina , key_people = Cris Morena (CEO) , area_served = , industry = Telenovelas, music, live ...

series '' Amor Mio'', which starred his sister

. In 2011, Yankelevich produced two series, children-oriented show '' Super Torpe'' (aired in Disney Channel) with Pablo Martínez and

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, and '' Cuando me sonreis'', a TELEFE primetime show, with

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, Mariana Espósito and Benjamín Rojas. Both shows were produced by his production company Utopia and co-produced by his father's company,

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. In February 2011, Tomás was named the new Telefe director, following the footsteps of his father who led Telefe from 1989 to 1999.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yankelevich, Tomas 1977 births Argentine film directors Argentine people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Argentine people of Italian descent Argentine film producers Argentine screenwriters Male screenwriters Argentine male writers Argentine television directors Living people Writers from Buenos Aires