‘Sister Death’ Producer El Estudio Names ‘Servir y Proteger’ Showrunner Tirso Calero as TV Contents Director, Spain (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International Correspondent Buoyed with Paco Plaza’s “Sister Death” riding high in Netflix non-English film global rankings for a second week running, Miami, Mexico City and Madrid-based El Estudio has named seasoned Spanish showrunner Tirso Calero, creator and script co-ordinator on “Servir y Proteger,” “Bandolera” and “L’Alqueria Blanca,” as TV contents director in Spain.
He is based out of Madrid. His incorporation coincides with the creation of a TV division at El Estudio, which Calero will head up.
Taking effect from last week, the appointment makes large strategic sense. El Estudio founders and chiefs Enrique López Lavigne and Pablo Cruz are among the top and most cosmopolitan film producers in the Spanish-speaking world, Cruz ranking as Mexico’s best-known arthouse/crossover movie honcho and a driving force behind modern-day Mexican cinema when heading up Canana; and López Lavigne rating as one of Spain’s most innovative producers, seen most recently I Hombres G musical “Voy a pasármelo bien,” backed by Sony, Amazon and RTVE.
Cruz has a long and building history of TV production out of Mexico and the U.S., backing pioneering premium series “Soy tu fan” and “Niño Santo” and producing two seasons of “Luis Miguel.” El Estudio has recently scored with “Marea Alta,” aired and backed by TelevisaUnivision streaming service ViX and written by Anton Goenechea and directed by Roger Gual.
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