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- Actress
- Producer
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Paola Núñez started acting when she was 12 years old. Seven years later she moved from her tiny town of Tecate, to Mexico City to begin her acting career. There she graduated from the acting school CEFAC.
She immediately began working on day-time television serials, in commercial theater and feature films. In 2005, the role of Barbie Basterrica, a spoiled rich girl brought Paola international attention in her breakthrough lead role in "Amor en Costodia". The role was in large part developed and much of the dialogue even generated by Nuñez herself. Paola later admit that she was inspired by her take on high society girls in Mexico City. Her initial intention was to satire their obnoxious and selfish behavior. Paola was surprised when the fans embraced the character of Barbie. She was such a sensation that girls throughout Mexico began to dress and style their hair like her.
Nuñez's career blossomed after that, playing leading roles in numerous television shows such as "Passion Morena" as well as feature films like "Mexican Gangster", "Los Inadaptados" and "Dariela los Martes", which was filmed in France, the US and Mexico and marked her debut as a film producer.
Throughout her career her passion for live performance remained starring in such theater pieces as, "Allen's Ball", "Five Women Wearing the Same Dress", "The Graduate" and "Rain Man". Nuñez also produced large scale commercial theater shows such as "Freud's Last Session" and "Aladdin" in Mexico and Argentina. Perhaps one of her favorite endeavors in theatrical production was an intimate, two-hand, romance which toured all over Mexico called, "Sumergibles (Submergibles)" inspired by the tango "Confesíon".
One of Paola's biggest career goals was to expand her horizons beyond the boarder of Mexico and In 2015 she moved to Los Angeles. A year later she achieved her goal playing Maria opposite Pierce Brosnan on AMC's series "The Son". The role gave her the opportunity to give a voice to the history and struggle of the first Mexican-Americans in the US.
She has been spokesperson for such NGOs as Greenpeace, Save the Children and Animal Heroes.
Despite her success, Paola enjoys her privacy, preferring the outdoors, family and close friends to the red carpet. She has admitted that life in the lime-light can be a lonely place.
She appreciates that her success is something of a paradox. Her initial attraction to the craft grew out of the performer's ability hide behind a character totally unlike themselves. For Nuñez performance was a place to be anonymous.- Zuleyka Silver was born in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for 9-1-1 (2018) and Too Old to Die Young (2019).
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Octavio Pisano was born on 25 May 1986 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. He is an actor and producer, known for El Campo (2023), Coyote (2021) and Ms. Purple (2019).- Samantha Siqueiros, known for her captivating on-screen, lives a down-to-earth lifestyle. Samantha has loved arts and culture since she was young. Her climb from local Mexican talent to a globally recognized star is inspiring and amazing, showing her dedication to her work and personal growth.
Since her first appearance in 2016, Samantha Siqueiros has worked in many big shows, showing her range as an actress.
Samantha Siqueiros' climb from a new actress in Mexico to a globally recognized star is a story of hard work and skill. Her acting path, which began with the 2016 movie "Baila," reached a major milestone with her role in the American Tylenol "Vikki RPM" in 2017. This role showcased her acting chops and her talent for connecting with younger fans. Samantha's move to Spain was a clever step that helped her gain global fame. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Nigel was, from the beginning, typecast as bumbling English aristocrats, military types or drawing room society snobs and, within the narrow parameters of his range, he was very, very good at playing these parts. Nigel Bruce was born in Mexico, where his father, Sir William W. Bruce, worked as an engineer. His family was part of English aristocracy, ever since Charles I. bestowed a baronetcy upon them in 1629 (William's older brother Michael held the hereditary title). Nigel was educated in England at Grange, Stevenage and Abingdon. His first job was at a stockbroker's firm. During World War I, he served in the British Army (like his future co-star, Basil Rathbone) where he received a serious leg wound and was for some time confined to a wheelchair.
Following his discharge, he turned to acting in 1919, but it wasn't until ten years later that he achieved a breakthrough in Noël Coward's 'This was a Man' on Broadway. Then followed the performance which was to set the standard for all his later work in Hollywood: the 1931 comedy "Springtime for Henry". On the strength of his performance as Johnny Jelliwell, Fox offered Nigel the opportunity to reprise his role in the 1934 movie. Soon after that, Nigel was cast to star as British detective Bertram Lynch in a minor thriller, Murder in Trinidad (1934). The contemporary New York Times Review (May 16,1934) was skeptical about the film's merit, but found Nigel's performance 'compelling'. After that followed a gallery of endearingly stereotypical 'Britishers': Squire Trelawny in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic Treasure Island (1934), the Prince of Wales in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934), Professor Holly in She (1935) and Sir Benjamin Warrenton in The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936). All, without exception, were roles in which Nigel felt perfectly at home.
In 1939, he teamed up with Basil Rathbone for the first two Holmes/Watson movies, The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), filmed at 20th Century Fox. Both films had an authentic period feel for Victorian England and the chemistry between the two stars was just right. Three years later, Rathbone was contractually obliged to make a further series of twelve Holmes pictures at Universal, again co-starring Nigel as Dr. Watson. Nigel portrayed his lovable self in two Hitchcock classics Rebecca (1940) (as Major Giles Lacy) and Suspicion (1941) (as 'Beaky').
A prominent member of the resident English colony in Hollywood, Nigel Bruce at one time captained the cricket club established by fellow actor and compatriot C. Aubrey Smith in 1932 (other members included P.G. Wodehouse, Boris Karloff, Ronald Colman and David Niven).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Dolores Heredia was born on 6 October 1966 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Vantage Point (2008), Little Saints (1999) and Get the Gringo (2012).- María Chacón was born on 10 July 1991 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Misión S.O.S. aventura y amor (2004), Se rentan cuartos (2019) and Bankrolled (2021).
- Actress
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Prolific Mexican leading actress, born Elsa Cardenas Renteria in Tijuana to Victor Cardenas and Hortencia Renteria. On screen from 1954, Elsa has acted in numerous Mexican films and telenovelas. Her first international exposure was through the independently produced movie The Brave One (1956), shot in Mexico and distributed in the U.S. by RKO. On the strength of her performance she was then chosen by the director George Stevens to play the part of a Mexican girl in the film Giant (1956), based on Edna Ferber's novel (her role had originally been earmarked for the Italian actress Pier Angeli). Elsa later recounted that acting alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean had been the most memorable experience of her professional life. She subsequently co-starred with Elvis Presley in Fun in Acapulco (1963). According to interviews, she was briefly in a relationship with 'The King' four years before his marriage to Priscilla. Elsa later married Houston-based oilman Guy Preston Patton (1918-66), a union which ended in divorce.
Elsa had featured roles in several other American films: For the Love of Mike (1960), Of Love and Desire (1963) and Sam Peckinpah's seminal western The Wild Bunch (1969). During her stint in Hollywood between 1959 and 1960, she also portrayed assorted senoritas and Indian girls on such TV westerns as Black Saddle (1959), Have Gun - Will Travel (1957) and Pony Express (1959). Elsa Cardenas remained gainfully employed on Mexican television until her retirement from acting in 2015. In 1992, she qualified with a Bachelor of Communication Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico.- Actress
Fátima Molina was born on 9 March 1986 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Allá, I Dream in Another Language (2017) and Daddies on Request (2022).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Magi Avila made her directorial debut with the multi-award winning, humorous, educational, and inspiring documentary "Altitude Not Attitude". It obtained north American distribution by Gravitas Ventures after winning 'Best Documentary' at the Spotlight Documentary Awards and Virgin Spring Cinefest. Altitude Not Attitude is a semi-finalist and official selection on 20 more film festivals, including IDA, the world's most prestigious Documentary Awards, and the Academy Award Qualifying Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival.
After a rewarding career in Mexican films, television, theatrical and operatic productions, Magi Avila made her way to the Mecca of Entertainment -Hollywood. Magi Avila's most recent work as an actress can be seen now in "My American Family" TV Series on Amazon Prime featuring Danny Trejo. Also, on the feature film "Dog Eat Dog" with Oscar winner, Nicolas Cage, and 4 times Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe, directed by Paul Schrader. Dog Eat Dog premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, obtaining a long-standing ovation. She also has a pivotal role in "First Kill" with Mr. Bruce Willis and Hayden Christensen. Magi Avila also appears in "A Better Life" with Oscar nominee Demian Bichir, directed by Chris Weitz (Twilight Saga "New Moon"). Other U.S. Television credits include a starring role on Jerry Bruckheimer's "Training Day" with the late Bill Paxton. She also worked in the final episode of the acclaimed drama television series "The Shield", from Shawn Ryan.
Magi Avila has performed as a lead and co-starred in US Theater Productions such as "Nuevo California" with the San Diego Repertory Theater and "Little Red", with the Josefina Lopez' Los Angeles based Casa 0101 organization, among others. Magi was the co-writer, producer and lead performer of the Musical Theater production of "Carmen Miranda - The Lady In The Tutti-Frutti Hat".
At the beginning of her professional career in her native Ensenada, Mexico, Magi presented as an opera singer and with a choral group known as "Voces De Primavera", under the direction of her beloved mentor, the late Maestro Jose de Jesus Veliz Ochoa. She performed for celebrities, dignitaries, and the then president of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo. Magi also served a short stint as a News Reporter and on-camera talent for the Mexican television network, Televisa. As a teenager, Magi took on several modeling jobs appearing in print ads and popular television commercials.
Magi studied her 4 years of theater and arts at the Autonomous University of Baja California Extension, her M.A. in theater of the body at the University Guadalajara A.K.A. UDG. She then moved to the USA to study at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute, for 3 more years. Miss Avila has continued sharpening her acting skills with several acting coaches in Hollywood. Now she has her own acting coaching business called Successful Actor Academy, which offers the online 6 weeks course for aspiring and intermediate actors the Six Steps Formula to Becoming a Working Actor.
She lives in Los Angeles, CA. Magi Avila is immensely grateful for all the people with whom she has had the pleasure of collaborating, throughout her career in the USA and Mexico.
Written by Luis Reyes- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Selene Luna is Soledad on FX's Mayans M.C. and the voice of Tía Rosita in Disney-Pixar's Academy Award & Golden Globe Awards' Winner Coco, and can be seen on Hulu's Dragstravaganza.
Luna has toured as Margaret Cho's opening act and as a featured performer with Dita Von Teese.
Currently, Luna is the voice of Robin on Apple TV's animated series, Frog And Toad.
Combining her talents of stage, screen, and production, Selene Luna is the face of a new revolution in Hollywood.- Manuel Ojeda was born on 4 November 1940 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. He was an actor, known for Romancing the Stone (1984), Alborada (2005) and El vuelo del águila (1994). He died on 11 August 2022 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Jesús Zavala was born on 16 September 1991 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. He is an actor, known for Tell Me When (2020), Búnker (2022) and The Ballad of Hugo Sánchez (2018).
- Alejandra Espinoza was born on 27 March 1987 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Perfecto anfitrión (2021), Por amor al money (2023) and The Magic (2021). She has been married to Anibal Marrero since 10 September 2011. They have one child.
- Felicia Mercado was born on 17 December 1959 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Lazos de amor (1995), Behind Closed Doors (2011) and Dama y Obrero (2013). She has been married to Eugenio Santoscoy since 1997. They have one child.
- Actress
- Casting Director
Actress and Performer originally from Tijuana, Baja Californi, México. She is an active member of the Arrogante Albino stage group in Guadalajara. She participated in different film festivals and performed in different scenic spaces inside and outside of Guadalajara, to mention, "De cómo alejar la culpa de tu casa" (2018)", a project developed during the PreMaco art show in Guadalajara.
In 2020 she premiered "Canción de Invierno", the debut feature by Silvana Lazaro graduated from ENAC, competing for the Maguey Award at the Guadalajara International Film Festival. And "Fractal" by Mariana Gonzalez at the Malaga Festival, Spain.
She is well recognized for her performance in "La Región Salvaje" by director Amat Escalante.
Nowadays we can see her performing in the new Netflix TV-Series directed by Diego Luna "Todo va a estar bien" and in "Srta. 89" directed by Lucia Puenzo for Starz Play.- He grew up in Southern California. He has two brothers and three sisters. Graduated from Glendale High in 1983. His father taught him to sing and play marimba, organ, and drums. He began performing before live audiences at the age or four. Sang with Sammy Davis Jr. at the age of 7, and became an child actor at the age of 11. Hobbies: Reading, guitar, piano, classic rock, alternative rock, jazz.
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- Editor
In 2004, with a $380,000 budget writes and directs the film "7 mujeres, 1 homosexual y Carlos" all shot in Tijuana on 35mm format and with a cast that included Mauricio Ochmman, Adriana Fonseca, Luis Felipe Tovar, and Rogelio Guerra, among others. This romantic comedy was distributed in Mexico by 20th Century Fox with 125 copies and managed to become the 4th biggest grosser of all Mexican films for that year. In 2009, his new feature film is released by Warner Bros. Pictures, "Recién Cazado", a romantic comedy that pretty soon became the public's favorite with almost a million spectators in theaters in México and grossing almost 40 million pesos, grabbing the 2nd spot on Mexican box office and the #1 rent DVD in nationwide for 2010. With an "A" list cast (Jaime Camil, Gabriela Vergara, Otto Sirgo and Angélica Aragón). His short titled "Cara a Cara" was an official selection in Morelia International Film Festival, the most important film festival in México." In 2016 he wrote, directed and produced the Mexican comedy "lo más sencillo es complicarlo todo" had a strong run in Mexico's box office and was licensed by Netflix worldwide. Bueno is about to wrap post- production of the drama "Tijuana I love you" This year he will direct he's first English speaking feature "Feddy's Fabulous Food", also in development:"Juana de Asbaje" "Honeymoon in Tijuana", "To hear from you" among others.- Flamboyant former world featherweight & lightweight champ, known for entertaining fans with his dancing, acrobatics, bizarre hairstyles, costumes, and stunts, such as wearing his bride's wedding gown into the ring. Sometimes called "The Clown Prince of Boxing." His nickname "Maromero" (tightrope walker) derives from his growing up in a traveling circus in Mexico. His record is 79-14, retiring in 2003. His son Jorge Jr. ("The Mouse") is 19-1 as of March 2008.
- Art Department
- Director
- Animation Department
Juan Jose Meza-Leon was born on 5 May 1978 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. He is a director, known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), Pearl Harbor (2001) and Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002). He was previously married to Sonia Meza-Leon.- Actress
- Location Management
Fatima Pimienta was born on 2 July 1988 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Bullets, Fangs and Dinner at 8 (2015), Slap Worthy (2016) and A Harlequin in Darkness (2015).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Enoc Leaño was born on 30 November 1968 in Ciudad Insurgentes, Baja California Sur, México. He is an actor and producer, known for Roma (2018), Chicuarotes (2019) and Frida (2002).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Marco Antonio Regil is a television personality, public speaker and activist. As the host of the Spanish versions of Family Feud, The Price is Right, and Mexico's hit show, Generation Gap (Recuerda y Gana), Marco is a constant fixture in Latin households.
Named as Reader's Digest's most trusted TV personality in Mexico, Marco has used his expertise to become a central figure in America's emerging Spanish-language entertainment industry.
Marco has hosted the Mexican versions of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, The Price Is Right, and Zodiac's Beyond Boundaries, as well as the Teletón (Mexican National Telethon) for which he has raised over half a billion dollars. He is also the voice of Metro Man (played by Brad Pitt in the U.S.) in the Mexican release of Megamind.
Marco is a passionate vegan and animal rights advocate. He has participated in numerous forums across the world to promote healthy living and the compassionate treatment of animals. A devoted supporter of PeTA, Mercy for Animals, Humane Society International, and Animal Heroes-Marco is a sought after public speaker who educates and inspires people on the health and environmental benefits of maintaining a plant-based diet.- Director
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- Editor
David Pablos is a Mexican writer and director, known for films such as DANCE OF THE 41 aka EL BAILE DE LOS 41 (2020) and THE CHOSEN ONES aka LAS ELEGIDAS (2015). His most recent work was as episodic director in the western series for Amazon, titled "The Head of Joaquin Murrieta" aka "La Cabeza De Joaquin Murrieta". His films have collectively amassed 28 Ariel Award Nominations (Mexican Oscars) and have taken home 14 Wins including Best Picture, Directing, Screenwriting, and Performance.
EL BAILE DE LOS 41 (2020) premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival and was acquired by Netflix, where it was in the Top 10 on the platform for weeks, and obtained thirteen nominations at the Ariel Awards, of which it won five. Previously, he directed LAS ELEGIDAS (2015), which competed at Cannes, San Sebastián, Zurich, and Stockholm Film Festivals to name a few. The film was also nominated for the Goya Award for Best Ibero-American Film and swept the Ariel Awards winning Best Film, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Original Screenplay and Performance. David's debut feature, LIFE AFTER, premiered at the Venice Biennale and was awarded at the Morelia International Film Festival.
David is a graduate of Columbia University's MFA program and currently resides in Mexico where he speaks & writes fluently in English.- Josselyn Garciglia was born on 25 September 1990 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Amazonas (2016), Mi Tío (2022) and Vivir de Amor (2024).