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EXCLUSIVE: Alfonso Herrera is moving down nan camera. The prima has inked a woody pinch Sony that will spot him move into directing and exec producing, arsenic good arsenic continuing to look successful TV shows.
Known for his breakout domiciled successful boarding schoolhouse play Rebelde, Herrera has credits spanning English- and Spanish-language movie and TV including Ozark, Sense8, Queen of nan South and The House of nan Spirits.
Sony Pictures Television lifted nan lid connected its woody pinch Herrera during its LA Screenings arena for buyers from Latin America. Carlos Quintanilla Sakar, VP & Head of Content and Production for SPT LATAM and U.S. Hispanic, told nan room that nan pact will spot Herrera executive nutrient and nonstop connected early series.
The statement marks Herrera’s first move into exec producing and directing, and he will thief create and style premium bid targeting world audiences. Specifically, he will collaborate intimately pinch nan SPT accumulation squad successful Latin America connected stories pinch world appeal.
The prima said astir nan woody successful much item during Sony’s screening event. “Sony Pictures Television has a very powerful combination: world acquisition and a existent openness to processing stories pinch section identity,” he said. “For me, it is simply a spot wherever I tin turn arsenic a imaginative and wherever projects tin standard organically to world audiences. I americium excited to build contented pinch world ambition, while staying connected to our roots.”
John Rossiter, EVP, Distribution, Networks & Production for Latin America, SPT added: “This statement reflects our broader strategy of investing successful top-tier creators to create compelling, authentic section stories that resonate globally. We judge Latin America continues to play an progressively important domiciled successful shaping nan early of premium intermezo for worldwide audiences, and Alfonso’s imaginative imagination is an important portion of that.”
