Sebastián Ortega (born 14 August 1973) is an Argentine television producer, screenwriter, production director and actor.
Early life
Sebastián Ortega was born on 14 August 1973 in Buenos Aires.
He is the son of singer
Palito Ortega and actress
Evangelina Salazar. He is the brother of Martín Ortega Salazar,
Julieta Ortega,
Emanuel Ortega,
Luis Ortega and Rosario Ortega Salazar and cousin of
vedette Luciana Salazar, model Camila Salazar, Maite Salazar and Marisol Salazar. He lived in Miami, Florida, from 1985 until the year 2000. Sebastián and his family had to travel to
Tucumán, because
Palito Ortega was elected Governor.
Career
His career as a producer began in 2001, with ''El Hacker 2001'', a dramatic miniseries about a renowned Argentine hacker who refused to participate in the
Falklands War
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. That same year he produced ''EnAmorArte'' with his brother
Emanuel Ortega as the protagonist. In 2002 he produced ''Tumberos''.
In 2003 he produced ''Sol negro'', about life within a neuropsychiatric, which was very well received by critics. He produced the series ''Disputas'' and ''
Costumbres argentinas''. His next project was ''Ser urbano'', a documentary led by
Gastón Pauls.
In 2004 he produced ''
Los Roldán'', a series starring
Florencia de la V, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, and Gabriel Goity. This series won a
Martín Fierro Award.
Ortega and Pablo Culell were managers at Ideas Del Sur, until Sebastián decided to leave because
Canal 13 wanted to start making entertainment programs, and the company would start making entertainment in 2007.
Ortega and Cullel then founded Underground Producciones. In 2007 in association with Dori Media he produced ''
Lalola'' broadcast by
América TV. In 2008 he created and produced ''Los exitosos Pells'' in association with Telefe Contenidos and
Endemol. This telecomedy was sold to more than 40 countries.
In 2009 he premiered''
Botineras
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'', a series starring
Nicolás Cabré,
Isabel Macedo and
Florencia Peña.
In 2012 he produced the multi-award-winning telecomedy ''
Graduados
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''.
In 2013 he produced comedy series ''
Los Vecinos en Guerra''. The series flopped, and then took a more police turn. In 2014 the unitary ''La celebración'' and the comedy ''
Viudas e hijos del Rock & Roll'' premiered. In 2015, the successful ''
Historia de un clan'' related the history of
Clan Puccio. It was directed by his brother,
Luis Ortega. In 2016 he produced the family comedy ''
Educando a Nina''. That same year the unitary ''
El marginal'' premiered. It achieved worldwide distribution, released in October 2016 by
Netflix
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and in January 2018 by
Universal Channel
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.
In 2017 Underground Producciones premiered the comedy series ''Fanny, la fan''. That same year he produced the series ''Un gallo para Esculapio'', a series starring
Juan Pedro Lanzani. In 2018 the second season of ''
El marginal'' premiered along with the series ''Gigoló'', ''El extranjero'' and ''
100 días para enamorarse''.
Personal life
Ortega met model Guillermina Valdés in June 1998. In 2001 the couple's first child Dante was born, followed in 2002 by Paloma. In 2005 Helena was. On September 25, 2009 he married Valdés. In 2012 they separated and Sebastián had a strong confrontation with the television host
Marcelo Tinelli, his ex-wife's boyfriend. At end of 2014 he formed a relationship with Carla Moure.
Awards and honors
*
Konex Foundation award (2011)
References
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Argentine television personalities
Sebastian
Living people
1973 births