Perla Farías Lombardini (born April 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan-American television director, producer, screenwriter, and an executive at Telemundo.
Perla Farías Lombardini | |
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| Born | April 23, 1962 |
| Alma mater | Northwestern University |
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Early life
editShe is the daughter of Italian actress Gioia Lombardini and Cuban director Daniel Farías.[1] Her younger sister, Gioia Arismendi, is also an actress, and her brother, Dionisio, also worked in television.[2] As a child, Farías reportedly did not enjoy the atmosphere of fame around her parents, but still chose to be an actress.[3]
At the age of 14, Farías was enrolled in an international high school in Switzerland. She studied Social Communication at Northwestern University.[3]
Career
editFarías was formerly a telenovela actress in Venezuela. Both uncomfortable with acting[3] and unhappy with the storytelling of the typical novelas, she had her character killed off and then began a new style of telenovela in the United States, promoting her network Telemundo to overtake rivals Univision.[4] She began writing with her cousin José Ignacio Cabrujas, who had encouraged her to write and not act because it suited her better.[3] Her move to the United States to continue television production in 2005 is considered to be part of the Venezuelan diaspora.[1]
Farías' productions have become popular in the regular prime-time markets: Juana la virgen was remade into Jane the Virgin, and La Reina del Sur's premiere beat out even English-language programming and stars an unconventional female lead.[1] She has also been applauded for creating shows that depict Latin Americans positively and start discussions.[1][5] She has described creating La Reina del Sur as "a big risk",[6] but several years later was steering Telemundo into dramas with fewer telenovela stereotypes, accounting for growing change in tastes and the Spanish-language US broadcast sector.[7]
In 2011 she helped write the musical Magicus: El Bosque Reciclad, created by her sister.[8] In 2016 she was promoted to be Senior VP of Scripted Development at Telemundo,[9] where she is also Head Writer.[10]
In 2018, some of her creative works were seized and broadcast by RCTV.[11]
Television series
edit- Falsa identidad (2018)[12]
- Bajo el mismo cielo (2015)[9]
- Marido en Alquiler (2013)[13]
- Flor Salvaje (2011)[14]
- Alguien te mira (2010)[15]
- ¿Donde está Elisa? (2010)[16]
- Dame Chocolate (2007)[17]
- La Tormenta (2005)[17]
- Corazón partido (2 episodes - 2005)[18]
- La Ley del silencio (2005)[citation needed]
- Ser bonita no basta (2005)[19]
- ¡Anita, no te rajes! (2004)[20]
- Juana la virgen (2002)[9]
- Mis 3 hermanas (2000)[19]
- Cambio de piel (1998)[21]
- Sol de tentacion (1996)[22]
- Divina obsesión (1992)[23]
- Rubí rebelde (1989)[24]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Erlick, June Carolyn (October 2, 2017). Telenovelas in Pan-Latino context. New York, NY. ISBN 9781134811953. OCLC 993752374.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ redazione (March 2, 2009). "Gioia Lombardini: "A dieci anni recitavo con De Sica"". La Voce d'Italia (in Italian). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Gioia Lombardini: la actriz". Prodavinci (in European Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Episode 722: The New Telenovela". NPR.org. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Ten Celebrities Who Are Making Hollywood More Inclusive". The Color Vision. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Former Telenovela Actress Changed Landscape Of Spanish-Language TV". NPR.org. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ Jaramillo, Cassandra (September 19, 2016). "Telemundo Rethinks Telenovela Format to Reach New Audiences". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Gioia Arismendi, Candy en Natalia del Mar, se deja seducir por la dirección y escritura". Informe21.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ a b c Petski, Denise (May 4, 2016). "Telemundo Studios Promotes Two Key Scripted Executives". Deadline. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Telemundo Studios shakes up its management ranks". Media Moves. December 12, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Denuncian". El Universal (in Spanish). August 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ "Falsa identidad: ¿Telemundo y Netflix renovarán la serie para una temporada 2?". laprensa.peru.com (in Spanish). March 3, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ De Luca, Isabel (July 21, 2013). "Nos moldes brasileiros, 'Fina estampa' vira 'Marido en alquiler' em remake para o público hispânico". oglobo.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ^ "Perla Farías es la escritora de Flor Salvaje". June 3, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "Alguien te mira de Telemundo debuta en Televen". July 12, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "¿Dónde está Elisa? de Telemundo Int'l debutó en Rumania". January 18, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Escritora venezolana Perla Farías: No hay fórmulas". September 8, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "Corazón partido". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Nicolas di Blasi". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "Cast and credits of ¡Anita, No Te Rajes!". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "RCTV (1997), 110 capitulos Cambio de Piel". vencor.narod. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- ^ "CUAL DE ESTA TELENOVELA TE GUSTO MAS?". July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
- ^ "Ellos nos echan el cuento..." eluniversal.com. Revista Estampas. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- ^ "RCTV (1989), 172 capitulos Rubi Rebelde". vencor.narod. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
External links
edit- Perla Farias at IMDb