Frida Torresblanco
Frida Torresblanco is a film, television, and documentary producer based in New York City. She has produced The Dancer Upstairs, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Disobedience and Pan's Labyrinth. In 2002, Torresblanco launched a New York-based film production company, Esperanto Filmoj, in partnership with Alfonso Cuarón. She produced Cronicas, The Possibility of Hope and Rudo y Cursi.
Early life and career
She co-produced Pan's Labyrinth.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-us-remake-koreas-hwayi-705548/ |title=Cannes: South Korean Crime Drama 'Hwayi' to Get U.S. Remake |author=Lee Hyo-Won |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=September 18, 2023}}
In 2020, ViacomCBS International Studios announced it had ordered, from Jill Offman (66 Media) and Torresblanco, a drama series on the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, based on Mary Garrard's Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989), ISBN 9780691002859.{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisual.com/news/jill-offman-torresblanco-develop-drama-on-life-of-artist-artemisia-gentileschi/|title=Jill Offman, Torresblanco develop drama on life of artist Artemisia Gentileschi.|date=October 9, 2020|website=televisual.com}}
Also in 2020, ViacomCBS Networks Intl., started development on a TV series about the life of Spanish designer Cristóbal Balenciaga. Torresblanco serving as executive producer and James Kent as director.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/balenciaga-tv-series-viacomcbs-1234844452/|title=ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Sets TV Series on Seminal Fashion Designer Cristóbal Balenciaga|first=Nick|last=Vivarelli|date=December 3, 2020|work=Variety}}
In 2022, Paramount+ announced a new series, produced by Torresblanco and John Leguizamo, about Emma Coronel Aispuro and her path to becoming the wife of former drug lord, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/paramount-unveils-seven-new-international-projects/5171848.article|title=Paramount+ unveils seven new international projects|first=Mona|last=Tabbara|date=June 20, 2022|website=Screen Daily}}
In 2024, Torresblanco co-founded Hangtime International Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/frank-murray-frida-torresblanco-hangtime-international-pictures-production-company-new-york-london-1235914444/ |date=May 13, 2024 |access-date=July 29, 2024 |last=Ntim |first=Zac |work=Deadline |title=Frank Murray And Frida Torresblanco Team To Launch Transatlantic Production Company Hangtime International Pictures}} The company would later join the production team for season 2 of The Night Manager.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-night-manager-season-2-hangtime-tom-hiddleston-1235930812/ |date=June 25, 2024 |access-date=July 29, 2024 |last=Ford |first=Lily |work=The Hollywood Reporter |title=‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 Production Team Brings Hangtime International Pictures Aboard}}
Filmography
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- 1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
- 2001 Gaudi Afternoon
- 2001 Girl from Rio
- 2001 Rain
- 2001 Off Key
- 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
- 2004 Duck Season
- 2004 Crónicas
- 2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
- 2005 Black Sun
- 2006 Pan's Labyrinth
- 2007 The Possibility of Hope
- 2007 The Shock Doctrine
- 2007 Year of the Nail
- 2008 Rudo y Cursi
- 2010 Locked In
- 2013 Magic Magic
- 2017 Disobedience
- 2019 Boléro
- 2020 The Roads Not Taken
- 2020 Karnawal
- 2020 Fatima
- 2020 Greencard
- 2021 Man in the Attic
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