Mónica Vargas Celis Explained

Mónica Vargas Celis
Nationality:Mexican
Occupation:Film and television producer
Notable Works:Club de Cuervos
Alma Mater:Universidad Anáhuac México

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]

Career

Mónica 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

In 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 .[8]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Series

TitleRoleYearDirectorNetwork
Netas divinasProducer2006–presentVariousTelevisa
Club de CuervosExecutive producer2015–2018Gary AlazrakiNetflix
DogmaExecutive producer2017Carlos BarreraBlim

Films

TitleRoleYearDirector
Efectos secundariosExecutive producer2006Issa López
Amor a Primera VisaProducer2013Pedro Pablo Ibarra
Todo malProducer2017Issa López
CómplicesProducer2017Luis Eduardo Reyes
American CuriousProducer2017Gabylú Lara
How to Break Up with Your DouchebagProducer2017Gabriela Tagliavini
Todo malProducer2017Issa López
Un caballo llamado elefanteCo-producer2017
Más Sabe el Diablo por ViejoProducer2018José Bojórquez
Como novio de puebloProducer2019Joe Rendón

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Productora Traziende Films buscará convertirse en estudio: Mónica Vargas . Producer Traziende Films Will Seek to Become a Studio: Mónica Vargas . Maricruz . González May . Capital Coahuila . Notimex . Spanish . 2019-01-15. 2019-08-05.
  2. Web site: FICU Lanterna, 10 años de contar historias detrás de la cámara . FICU Lanterna, 10 Years of Telling Stories Behind the Camera . . Spanish . 2019-04-08 . 2019-08-05.
  3. Web site: Traziende Films festeja 17 años . Traziende Films Celebrates 17 Years . Newsline Report . Spanish . 2017-01-12.
  4. 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 . Edgar . Apanco . . Spanish . 2017-10-17 . 2019-08-05.
  5. News: Como Novio de Pueblo: ¡Nadie como los primos! . Como Novio de Pueblo: No One Like Cousins! . Osvaldo . Coronado . El Horizonte . Monterrey . Spanish . 2019-03-19 . 2019-08-05.
  6. News: La última alfombra roja de 'Club de Cuervos' . The Latest Red Carpet for 'Club de Cuervos' . Nidia . Martínez de León . Periódico Vanguardia . Spanish . 2019-01-17 . 2019-08-05.
  7. News: Liz Gallardo se mete en el 'thriller' . Liz Gallardo Gets Into the 'Thriller' . Amelia . Obregón . El Imparcial . Spanish . 2017-10-24 . 2019-08-05.
  8. Web site: Nominados a los Premios TvyNovelas 2018 . Nominees for the 2018 Premios TVyNovelas . Alfredo . Molina . BI Noticias . Spanish . 2018-01-17 . 2019-08-05.
  9. News: Premios TVyNovelas 2019: todos los ganadores de la gala . 2019 Premios TVyNovelas: All of the Winners From the Gala . . Spanish . 2019-03-12 . 2019-08-05.