Frida Torresblanco is a film, television, and documentary producer based in New York City. She has produced The Dancer Upstairs, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Disobedience and Pan's Labyrinth. In 2002, Torresblanco launched a New York-based film production company, Esperanto Filmoj, in partnership with Alfonso Cuarón. She produced Cronicas, The Possibility of Hope and Rudo y Cursi.
Early life and career
editShe co-produced Pan's Labyrinth.[1]
In 2020, ViacomCBS International Studios announced it had ordered, from Jill Offman (66 Media) and Torresblanco, a drama series on the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, based on Mary Garrard's Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989), ISBN 9780691002859.[2]
Also in 2020, ViacomCBS Networks Intl., started development on a TV series about the life of Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Torresblanco serving as executive producer and James Kent as director.[3]
In 2022, Paramount+ announced a new series, produced by Torresblanco and John Leguizamo, about Emma Coronel Aispuro and her path to becoming the wife of former drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.[4]
In 2024, Torresblanco co-founded Hangtime International Pictures.[5] The company would later join the production team for season 2 of The Night Manager.[6]
Filmography
edit- 1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
- 2001 Gaudi Afternoon
- 2001 Girl from Rio
- 2001 Rain
- 2001 Off Key
- 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
- 2004 Duck Season
- 2004 Crónicas
- 2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
- 2005 Black Sun
- 2006 Pan's Labyrinth
- 2007 The Possibility of Hope
- 2007 The Shock Doctrine
- 2007 Year of the Nail
- 2008 Rudo y Cursi
- 2010 Locked In
- 2013 Magic Magic
- 2017 Disobedience
- 2019 Boléro
- 2020 The Roads Not Taken
- 2020 Karnawal
- 2020 Fatima
- 2020 Greencard
- 2021 Man in the Attic
References
edit- ^ Lee Hyo-Won (May 19, 2014). "Cannes: South Korean Crime Drama 'Hwayi' to Get U.S. Remake". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "Jill Offman, Torresblanco develop drama on life of artist Artemisia Gentileschi". televisual.com. October 9, 2020.
- ^ Vivarelli, Nick (December 3, 2020). "ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Sets TV Series on Seminal Fashion Designer Cristóbal Balenciaga". Variety.
- ^ Tabbara, Mona (June 20, 2022). "Paramount+ unveils seven new international projects". Screen Daily.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (May 13, 2024). "Frank Murray And Frida Torresblanco Team To Launch Transatlantic Production Company Hangtime International Pictures". Deadline. Retrieved July 29, 2024.
- ^ Ford, Lily (June 25, 2024). "'The Night Manager' Season 2 Production Team Brings Hangtime International Pictures Aboard". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 29, 2024.