Mónica Vargas Celis is a Mexican film and television producer. She has produced more than ten feature films, including American Curious, Como novio de pueblo, How to Break Up with Your Douchebag, and Amor a Primera Visa. She is also a producer of Club de Cuervos, the first Netflix original series in Spanish. Vargas is currently general director of production at Traziende Films, a company she founded with Leonardo Zimbrón in 2000.[1]
Mónica Vargas Celis | |
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| Nationality | Mexican |
| Alma mater | Universidad Anáhuac México |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television producer |
| Notable work | Club de Cuervos |
Career
editMónica Vargas is a graduate of the Universidad Anáhuac México.[2] She has worked with companies such as Netflix, Warner Bros., Televisa, and 20th Century Fox, and with actors such as Marina de Tavira, Luis Gerardo Méndez, Laura Ramsey, Mariana Treviño, Osvaldo Benavides, Jaime Camil, Jesús Zavala, Irán Castillo, Stockard Channing, Demián Bichir, Sandra Echeverría, and Diego Luna.
She has produced several feature films, including Efectos secundarios (2005), Amor a primera vista (2013),[3] Un caballo llamado elefante (2013), Cómplices (2016), American Curious (2017), Todo mal (2017), Más sabe el diablo por viejo (2017) – a co-production with 20th Century Fox – and How to Break Up with Your Douchebag (2017). The latter became the 12th highest grossing film in the history of Mexico and was distributed in the United States, Peru, and Bolivia.[4] Como novio de pueblo and Mentada de Padre were both released in 2019.[5]
Television and streaming
editIn partnership with Alazraki Entertainment, Vargas launched the first Netflix original series in Spanish, Club de Cuervos. Its fourth season premiered on January 25, 2019.[6] She also produced the Blim original series Dogma in 2017.[7]
In television, she produced the Televisa program Netas divinas, which is aired weekly by Unicable.[8]
Awards and nominations
edit- Dogma, nominated for Best Series at the Premios TVyNovelas, 2018[8]
- Netas divinas, nominated for Best Pay-TV Program at the Premios TVyNovelas, 2019[9]
Filmography
editSeries
edit| Title | Role | Year | Director | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netas divinas | Producer | 2006–present | Various | Televisa |
| Club de Cuervos | Executive producer | 2015–2018 | Gary Alazraki | Netflix |
| Dogma | Executive producer | 2017 | Carlos Barrera | Blim |
Films
edit| Title | Role | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Efectos secundarios | Executive producer | 2006 | Issa López |
| Amor a Primera Visa | Producer | 2013 | Pedro Pablo Ibarra |
| Todo mal | Producer | 2017 | Issa López |
| Cómplices | Producer | 2017 | Luis Eduardo Reyes |
| American Curious | Producer | 2017 | Gabylú Lara |
| How to Break Up with Your Douchebag | Producer | 2017 | Gabriela Tagliavini |
| Todo mal | Producer | 2017 | Issa López |
| Un caballo llamado elefante | Co-producer | 2017 | Andrés Waissbluth |
| Más Sabe el Diablo por Viejo | Producer | 2018 | José Bojórquez |
| Como novio de pueblo | Producer | 2019 | Joe Rendón |
References
edit- ^ González May, Maricruz (January 15, 2019). "Productora Traziende Films buscará convertirse en estudio: Mónica Vargas" [Producer Traziende Films Will Seek to Become a Studio: Mónica Vargas]. Capital Coahuila (in Spanish). Notimex. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "FICU Lanterna, 10 años de contar historias detrás de la cámara" [FICU Lanterna, 10 Years of Telling Stories Behind the Camera] (in Spanish). Universidad Anáhuac México. April 8, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "Traziende Films festeja 17 años" [Traziende Films Celebrates 17 Years]. Newsline Report (in Spanish). January 12, 2017.
- ^ Apanco, Edgar (October 17, 2017). "Taquilla México: Cómo cortar a tu patán y llevarte la taquilla" [Box Office Mexico: How to Break Up With Your Douchebag and Take the Box Office]. Cine Premiere (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ Coronado, Osvaldo (March 19, 2019). "Como Novio de Pueblo: ¡Nadie como los primos!" [Como Novio de Pueblo: No One Like Cousins!]. El Horizonte (in Spanish). Monterrey. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ Martínez de León, Nidia (January 17, 2019). "La última alfombra roja de 'Club de Cuervos'" [The Latest Red Carpet for 'Club de Cuervos']. Periódico Vanguardia (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ Obregón, Amelia (October 24, 2017). "Liz Gallardo se mete en el 'thriller'" [Liz Gallardo Gets Into the 'Thriller']. El Imparcial (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Molina, Alfredo (January 17, 2018). "Nominados a los Premios TvyNovelas 2018" [Nominees for the 2018 Premios TVyNovelas]. BI Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2019.
- ^ "Premios TVyNovelas 2019: todos los ganadores de la gala" [2019 Premios TVyNovelas: All of the Winners From the Gala]. El Comercio (in Spanish). March 12, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
