Nicolas Entel


Nicolas Entel is an Argentine filmmaker. He was born in Buenos Aires and lives in Brooklyn, NY. He has written, directed and produced shows for Amazon Studios, Netflix and HBO.
Entel created, wrote and show-run the Netflix’ six-part documentary series Break It All: [The Story of Rock in Latin America]. It features new interviews, never seen footage and music by almost one hundred of Latin America's biggest rock stars, including Charly Garcia, Fito Paez, Ale Lora, Café Tacuba, Molotov, Los Prisioneros, Residente y Aterciopelados. The series was directed by Picky Talarico and executive by Entel, along two time Academy Award winner Gustavo Santaolalla, Iván Entel and Afo Verde.
He is currently completing the post-production of an Amazon Studios’ bilingual original series, which he co-created, with Miguel Tejada-Flores, and show-run, and stars Sergio Peris-Mencheta, James Moses Black and Horacio Garcia Rojas. The series writers also include Randal Jahnson and Scott Frost. All episodes were directed by Rigoberto Castañeda.
Previously, Entel wrote, directed and produced the documentary Sins of [My Father (film)|Sins of My Father], for which he reunited Pablo Escobar's only son, Sebastian Marroquin with those of his father's most prominent victims, Luis Carlos Galan and Rodrigo Lara Bonilla. The film premiered at Sundance, and won at the Havana and Miami film festivals. Dubbed "a masterwork" by The Hollywood Reporter and "one of the great accomplishments in the history of television" by Literature Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, it has been acquired by, among others, HBO, Channel 4, Discovery Channel, Canal +, VPRO and Arte –a record for Spanish language doc.
His opera prima was the multiple-award-winning documentary Orquesta Tipica about the Orquesta Tipica Fernandez Fierro
Entel is also the founder of Red Creek Productions, one of the top production services companies in Latin America. Recent projects include the movie Paddington 2 and season 3 of the English series Riviera. He has also directed and/or executive produced over 100 TV commercials for such companies as Coca-Cola and Pepsi featuring celebrities such as J. Balvin, Eugenio Derbez and Hugh Jackman. His advertising work has earned multiple awards including multiple Cannes Lions and a Grand Prix at FIAP.
Entel studied film at Buenos Aires’ Universidad del Cine and has master's degree in Broadcasting Administration from Boston University.

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