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Álex Pina
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 (TV series), Vis a vis'', ''El embarcadero (TV series), El embarcadero'', and ''Los hombres de Paco''. His newest series, ''Sky Rojo'', started filming in November 2019, while ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'', a co-production for Netflix with ''The Crown (TV series), The Crown'' team, first streamed on 15 May 2020. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' listed Pina in their "Top International Showrunners of 2019". Biography Born in Pamplona in 1967, Pina began his career as a journalist in the press such as ''El Diario Vasco'' and ''Diario de Mallorca'' and later in the Europa Press (news agency), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miami International Film Festival
The Miami Film Festival, formerly Miami International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Miami, Florida, each March. Since 2015 the festival also runs a smaller Fall Festival, known as the Miami Film Festival GEMS, which presents films thought to be the GEMS of the award season. History The Miami Film Festival debuted in February 1984, under the auspices of the Film Society of Miami. It was founded by Nat Chediak and Steven Bowles and directed by Mr. Chediak for its first eighteen years, becoming the City's premier international cultural event. When the City of Miami went bankrupt, control of the festival was assumed by Florida International University in 1999. Dismayed by FIU's stewardship following the event's loss of independence, Chediak left the festival in 2001. Miami-Dade College took over in late 2003 after Florida International University lost $20 million in state funding and incurred an $800,000 deficit. In 2006, the beginning of the ten-day festival s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Media
Vancouver Media Sociedad Limitada, is a Spanish media group, present in the television industry, founded in 2016 by Álex Pina, creator of the Spanish television series ''Money Heist'', from 2017 acquired by Netflix. History The first production was ''Money Heist, La Casa de Papel (Money Heist)'', which premiered on Antena 3 (Spain), Antena 3 on May 2, 2017 with more than four million viewers. Main productions * ''Money Heist'' * ''El embarcadero, The Pier'' * ''White Lines (TV series), White Lines'' * ''Sky Rojo'' Awards and nominations In 2018 was nominated at the Camille Awards as best Production Company. References External links * {{Money Heist Television production companies of Spain Mass media companies established in 2016 Money Heist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin (Spanish TV Series)
''Berlin'' (also known as ''Money Heist: Berlin'', in Spanish ''La casa de papel: Berlín'') is a Spanish television series created by Álex Pina and Esther Martínez Lobato for Netflix. The series serves as a prequel to ''Money Heist'', focusing on the life of Andrés de Fonollosa, aka "Berlin", before the events of seasons 1 and 2 of the original series. It stars Pedro Alonso, Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, and Julio Peña Fernández. The series premiered on Netflix on 29 December 2023 and consists of eight episodes. ''Money Heist: Berlin'' received mixed reviews with many critics feeling that it did not live up to the standard of the original ''Money Heist''. On 19 February 2024, the show was renewed for a second season which had started filming by January 2025. Premise Many years before the events of ''Money Heist'', Berlin made another heist, stealing €44 million in jewels and framing the one who provided the security for it. He was the leader of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Oasis
El Oasis is a rural community in Ojinaga Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. It had a population of 475 inhabitants at the 2010 census, and is situated at an elevation of 1,204 meters above sea level. References Populated places in Chihuahua (state) {{Chihuahua-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locked Up (TV Series)
''Locked Up'' () is a Spanish serial drama television series produced by Globomedia, initially for Spanish Network Antena 3 and later for Fox Spain. It premiered on 20 April 2015. The series focuses on Macarena Ferreiro, who is sent to prison for fiscal offenses and goes on to depict prison life and the corruption of law-enforcement bodies. One year after Antena 3 cancelled the show, Fox Spain announced they had picked up the series for a third season, which premiered on 23 April 2018. It became the most watched paid TV in its timeslot. A fourth and final series premiered on 3 December 2018. Additionally, Netflix also bought global streaming rights for the show. Following the show's initial cancellation, several cast members moved on to other projects, resulting in major cast changes in seasons 3 and 4. Production also moved to a different filming location, as the previous studio became the set of another Álex Pina show, ''Money Heist''. Maggie Civantos, who played the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esther Martínez
Esther (; ), originally Hadassah (; ), is the eponymous heroine of the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. According to the biblical narrative, which is set in the Achaemenid Empire, the Persian king Ahasuerus falls in love with Esther and marries her. His grand vizier Haman is offended by Esther's cousin and guardian Mordecai because of his refusal to bow before him; bowing in front of another person was a prominent gesture of respect in Persian society, but deemed unacceptable by Mordecai, who believes that a Jew should only express submissiveness to God. Consequently, Haman plots to have all of Persia's Jews killed, and eventually convinces Ahasuerus to permit him to do so. However, Esther foils the plan by revealing and decrying Haman's plans to Ahasuerus, who then has Haman executed and grants permission to the Jews to take up arms against their enemies; Esther is hailed for her courage and for working to save the Jewish nation from eradication. The Book of Esther's story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernando González Molina
Fernando González Molina (born 10 November 1975) is a Spanish film and television director. Biography Fernando González Molina was born in Pamplona, Navarre, on 10 November 1975. He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Navarra and Direction at the ECAM. He began his audiovisual career with the short film ''Velocidad'', starring Beatriz Carvajal, Laura Morales and Vicente Granadas. He won the Golden Roel award at the Medina del Campo Festival, the Audience Award at the Astorga Festival, and the Blockbuster award for the best short film of the year. After this short, he began working for the Globomedia production company such as creating previews of the ''Águila Roja'' and '' Los Serrano'' series, as well as documentaries about the UPA Dance tours. He also made the video clips of Fran Perea and Pablo Puyol, as well as documentaries about El Sueño de Morfeo tours. Since 2008, he has directed some episodes of the Antena 3 television series ''Los hombres de P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Barco (TV Series)
El Barco is a Spanish mystery TV series created by Álex Pina and Iván Escobar. and produced by Globomedia for Antena 3. The series was broadcast from January 17, 2011 until February 21, 2013. The series combines elements of drama, mystery and action, a formula that was very popular between 2007 and 2010. Plot A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva, Switzerland, during the implementation of a particle accelerator, leaves the crew and students of the barque school-ship ''Estrella Polar'' (''North Star'') isolated in a post-apocalyptic world where most of the world's landmass is now under water. The ship becomes their home in this isolated world. However, apart from the isolation, they also discover they are not alone, and must face "the others". Season 1 The first season consisting of 13 episodes aired for the first time between January 17, 2011 and April 25, 2011, featuring Juanjo Artero, Mario Casas, Irene Montalà and Blanca Suarez, along with the rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. A tenth season was aired from 10 May 2021 to 16 December 2021. Created by Daniel Écija and Álex Pina, it stars numerous actors; primarily Paco Tous and Pepón Nieto. The fiction primarily focused on a group of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents. General The fiction focused on a group of police officers in San Antonio, a fictitious neighborhood in Madrid, originally following a trio of clumsy yet good-hearted police agents: Paco, Mariano and Lucas, overseen by Don Lorenzo Castro Riquelme. The "forbidden" love story between Lucas and Sara (Paco's daughter) was another of the main storylines of the series, later turned into a love triangle with the addition of Aitor. Season 6 featured a big jumping the shark moment, by retconning the non-death of Lucas. Seasons six through eight of the series centered on a lesbian relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Serrano
''Los Serrano'' is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid. It was produced by Globomedia for Telecinco. The series was a pioneer in introducing a new family model as well as being at the peak and suiting to new social currents. The origin of the plot focuses on coexistence and the differences between men and women in the same house. Plot The series tells the life of the Serrano family Diego Serrano ( Antonio Resines), a widowed father in charge of his three sons named Marcos ( Fran Perea), Guillermo ( Víctor Elías), and Francisco ( Jorge Jurado). Instead, Lucía ( Belén Rueda) is a divorced mother of two daughters named Eva ( Verónica Sánchez) and María Teresa ( Natalia Sánchez). Everything changes when Lucía on a trip to the beach with her dau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamikaze (2014 Film)
''Kamikaze'' is a 2014 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Álex Pina from a screenplay by Pina and Iván Escobar which stars Álex García, Eduardo Blanco, Verónica Echegui, Carmen Machi, Leticia Dolera, Iván Massagué and Héctor Alterio. Plot The plot follows a suicidal bomber from a fictional country from the Caucasus who sees his plans thwarted by chance and is forced to stay in a winter resort with a group of Spaniards. Cast Production The film is an Atresmedia Cine, Cangrejo Films, and production. Shooting locations included the Aragonese Pyrenees, Madrid, and Toledo. Release The film screened on 24 March 2014 at the 17th Málaga Film Festival. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 28 March 2014. Reception Jonathan Holland of ''The Hollywood Reporter'' deemed the feel-good movie about a suicide bomber to be a "a bizarre hybrid of genres that wants to do many things but doesn't do any of them very ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tengo Ganas De Ti
''I Want You'' () is a 2012 Spanish drama film directed by Fernando González Molina, starring Mario Casas, the sequel to '' Tres metros sobre el cielo'' (Three Metres Above Heaven). It is a remake of the Italian film '' Ho voglia di te'', which is based on the novel by Federico Moccia. It was produced by Zeta Cinema, Antena 3 Films, Crab Films and Globomedia film and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was shot in Barcelona between October 28 and December 30, 2011. Plot H (Mario Casas) flies back to Barcelona after spending two years in London, trying to forget his first love, Babi ( María Valverde), and the death of his best friend, Pollo (Álvaro Cervantes). His brother picks him up from the airport; after he settles himself in, he sees his bike covered with a sheet. H takes his bike for a spin and lands in the port where he used to race illegally. As soon as he gets there he receives a call, turns out Katina ( Marina Salas) found out through Álex (H's brother) th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
