Daniel Écija
{{Short description|Spanish producer and director}}
{{Family name hatnote|Écija|Bernal|lang=Spanish}}
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| image = Daniel Écija.jpg
| birth_place = Wittenoon, Australia
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|17|df=y}}
| occupation = Television producer, screenwriter
}}
Daniel Arturo Écija Bernal (born 17 June 1963) is a media producer and screenwriter. Starting with Médico de familia, he is credited as creator and executive producer of a long list of Spanish television series. He served as chairman of Globomedia,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/television/2010-06-28/daniel-ecija-aguila-roja-no-es-rentable_518507/|website=El Confidencial|title=Daniel Écija: "Águila Roja no es rentable"|first=Juan M.|last=Fdez|date=28 June 2010}} of which he was a founding partner.
Biography
Born in 1963 in Wittenoon, Western Australia, son to a Spanish miner who immigrated to Australia, and who, having returned to Spain to work as driver, died from asbestos contamination acquired in the Australian mines.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/magazine/2007/399/1179509286.html|website=El Mundo|date=20 May 2007|title=Las series de televisión son los terapeutas de la sociedad de hoy»|first=Elena|last=Pita}}
Écija started his career as television operator, later working as film editor, production assistant, director, writer and producer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/cultura/entretenimiento/articulos/y-con-todos-ustedes/11603|website=Vanity Fair|title=Y con todos ustedes|first=Virginia|last=Collera|first2=Virginia|last2=Galvín|date=15 September 2010}}
He founded Globomedia together with Emilio Aragón and José María Irisarri in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/sociedad/noticias/8315593/04/17/Daniel-ecija-seguira-ligado-a-globomedia-con-su-propia-factoria-de-ficcion.html|website=eleconomista|title=Daniel écija seguirá ligado a globomedia con su propia factoría de ficción|date=25 April 2017}} Their first fiction production was the widely successful sitcom Médico de familia, released in 1995 and in which Écija had his debut as director,{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/loc/famosos/2020/09/12/5f5b41bffc6c83b0388b4668.html|website=El Mundo|title='Médico de familia': hace 25 años el buenismo les empezó a hacer millonarios|date=12 September 2020|first=Luis F.|last=Romo}} whereas Aragón starred in as lead character in the series. Together with the series Farmacia de guardia, Médico de Familia is credited with redefining the fiction landscape in Spain in the 1990s, bringing the boom of family dramedies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.revistavanityfair.es/cultura/entretenimiento/articulos/medico-de-familia-nacho-alicia-lydia-bosch-emilio-aragon-tension-sexual/30263|website=Vanity Fair|title=Nacho y Alicia: así construyó 'Médico de familia' la tensión sexual que paralizó la España de los 90.|first=Paloma|last=Rando|date=15 September 2020}}
Écija and Globomedia then created a number of series including Periodistas, SMS: Sin Miedo a Soñar, Un paso adelante, 7 vidas, Los hombres de Paco, El Internado, El Barco, Águila Roja, and Vis a vis (Locked Up).{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/yotele/20141030/barco-nueva-ficcion-espanola-llegara-6890403|website=El Periódico|title="El Barco", nueva ficción española que llegará a Estados Unidos|date=30 October 2014}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.que.es/2020/11/30/sms-sin-miedo-a-sonar-serie-juvenil-amor-venganzas/|website=Qué!|title=SMS, Sin Miedo a Soñar: así era la serie juvenil de amor y venganzas|first=José|last=Portillo|date=30 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.infolibre.es/noticias/continuara/2020/09/04/daniel_ecija_productor_series_auguro_que_futuro_para_ficcion_espanola_ser_extraordinario_110581_2016.html|website=InfoLibre|title=Daniel Écija, productor de series: “El futuro para la ficción española va a ser extraordinario”|date=4 September 2020|first=Piedad|last=Sancristóval}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elespanol.com/bluper/television/20200911/daniel-ecija-prolifica-mente-predijo-covid-valla/519699727_0.html|website=El Español|title=Daniel Écija, la prolífica mente que predijo el COVID en 'La Valla'|date=11 September 2002|first=Juanma|last=Fdez}}
After 25 years, Écija left Globomedia (absorbed by Mediapro) in 2017,{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediaset.es/telemania/empresas/empresas-nacionales/Daniel-Ecija-crea-factoria-creativa-renueva-Globomedia-Grupo-Mediapro_0_2361451096.html|website=Mediaset España|title=Daniel Écija se desvincula de Globomedia 25 años después de fundarla|date=25 April 2017}} creating a new company (Good Mood), that nonetheless partnered with Globomedia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/comunicacion/2018-10-08/globomedia-productoras-aragon-contreras-ecija_1626312/|website=El Confidencial|title=Los padres de Globomedia toman posiciones en el mercado tras romper con Imagina|date=8 October 2017|first=Álvaro G.|last=Zarzalejos}} While working in Good Mood, he has created shows such as Estoy vivo, The Barrier,{{Cite web|url=https://www.diezminutos.es/teleprograma/series-tv/a1996731/la-valla-antena-3-daniel-ecija/|website=Diez Minutos|title='La Valla'. Así es la nueva serie de Daniel Écija|date=18 October 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ondacero.es/solo-ondaceroes/toma-pastilla-roja/entrevista-desclasificada-daniel-ecija-la-valla-distopia_202002125e43efac0cf2500fab74c3df.html|website=Onda Cero|title=Daniel Écija, creador de La Valla: "Se nos está quedando una distopía poco distópica"|date=12 February 2020|first=Andrés|last=Moraleda}} and Cristo y Rey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/series-tv-noticias/a39184740/cristo-rey-jaime-lorente-belen-cuesta-serie-fecha/|website=Fotogramas|title='Cristo y Rey': primera imagen de la serie con Belén Cuesta y Jaime Lorente|first=Ricardo|last=Rosado|date=11 May 2022}}
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Category:Spanish television producers