Cris Morena Group is a production company, in charge of creating mostly youth programming and formats. Founded in 2002 by

Cris Morena María Cristina De Giacomi (born 23 August 1956), professionally known as Cris Morena, is an Argentina, Argentine Award-winning television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and C ...

, it is one of the main production companies in

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and is based in

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. Unlike other production companies, Cris Morena Group not only devises TV formats, but also generates ancillary businesses such as CDs,

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, musicals and theatrical productions. Cris Morena productions are also adapted across the world. Her shows have been adapted to, among others,

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and

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. Most CMG productions are co-produced with RGB Entertainment, except for ''Rebelde Way'' and ''Rincón de Luz'' which were co-produced by Israeli company Dori Media Group. CMG is responsible for the creative part of the projects while RGB is in charge of the business, contracts and finances. Cris Morena Group was temporarily closed for two years. Its comeback production is weekly youth-oriented fiction ''Aliados'', co-produced with

Telefe Telefe (acronym for Televisión Federal) is a television station located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station is owned and operated by Paramount Global through Televisión Federal S.A. Telefe is also one of Argentina's six national televisio ...

TV series

Rebelde Way ''Rebelde Way'' is an Argentine telenovela created and produced by Cris Morena. It was originally broadcast on El Nueve, Azul Televisión from 27 May 2002 to 10 November 2003. The soap opera has been broadcast in many countries, achieving widesp ...

''See

Rebelde Way ''Rebelde Way'' is an Argentine telenovela created and produced by Cris Morena. It was originally broadcast on El Nueve, Azul Televisión from 27 May 2002 to 10 November 2003. The soap opera has been broadcast in many countries, achieving widesp ...

.'' *Year: 2002-2003 *Main Cast: Benjamin Rojas, Camila Bordonaba, Luisana Lopilato,

Felipe Colombo Felipe Colombo Eguía (born January 8, 1983, in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican and Argentine actor, singer and songwriter. He was part of the pop-rock band Erreway together with Camila Bordonaba, Benjamín Rojas and Luisana Lopilato. B ...

Catherine Fulop Catherine Amanda Fulop García (born March 11, 1965) is a Venezuelan actress, model, beauty pageant contestant, television presenter and radio host. She participated in the Miss Venezuela 1986, finishing as the fourth runner–up and in Miss ...

, Martin Seefeld, Boy Olmi. *Notes: Originally broadcast in Canal 9 and America 2. Co-produced by Dori Media. Format adapted in

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and

Rincón de Luz

''See Rincón de Luz.'' *Year: 2003 *Main Cast:

Soledad Pastorutti Soledad "La Sole" Pastorutti (born October 12, 1980) is an Argentine folk singer, who brought the genre to the younger generations at the end of the 20th century, and the beginning of the 21st. She is also a film and TV actress. Soledad is the ...

, Guido Kaczka. *Notes: Originally broadcast in Canal 9 and America 2. Co-produced by Dori Media. Rebelde (Mexican TV se) see Rebelde (Mexican TV series) Year: 2004-2006 Main Cast:

Dulce María Dulce María Espinosa Saviñón (, born 6 December 1985), simply known as Dulce María, is a Mexican singer and actress. Dulce María began her career at age 5, participating in more than 100 TV commercials. At the age of eleven, she was part ...

Anahí Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla (born 14 May 1983), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Anahí, is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actress. In 1986, she started her acting career when she was cast on ''Chiquilladas''. After working on man ...

Christopher von Uckermann Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann (born 21 October 1986) is a Mexican singer and actor. He started his acting career when he was only two years old in TV commercials, and became known worldwide after his roles as Diego Bustaman ...

Alfonso Herrera Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez (, born 28 August 1983) is a Mexican actor and singer. Born in Mexico City, Herrera made his television debut in ''Clase 406'' in 2002. In the same year, he made his film debut in ''Amar te duele'' and won a MTV Movi ...

and

Enrique Rocha Enrique Rocha (January 5, 1940 – November 7, 2021) was a Mexican actor. He made his debut in the film industry in the film Guadalajara en Verano directed by Julio Bracho in the last decade of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Filmography ...

, Juan Ferrara. Note: Rebelde (Mexican TV series) was a Mexican remake to the Argentinian original series

Floricienta ''Floricienta'' (; known in English as ''Flinderella'') is an Argentine children's musical soap opera based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired between 2004 and 2005 on Canal 13 and has since been broadcast in more than 40 countries in ...

''See

Floricienta ''Floricienta'' (; known in English as ''Flinderella'') is an Argentine children's musical soap opera based on the Cinderella story. It originally aired between 2004 and 2005 on Canal 13 and has since been broadcast in more than 40 countries in ...

.'' *Year: 2004-2005 *Cast: Florencia Bertotti, Isabel Macedo, Juan Gil Navarro, Benjamin Rojas,

Fabio Di Tomaso Fabio Di Tomaso (born April 9, 1977, in Quebec, Montreal, Canada) he is a Canadian actor. Biography Fabio Di Tomaso was born into a family of Argentina, Argentine and Italian origin. He spent his childhood and adolescence in the town of Boulog ...

*Notes: Originally broadcast in Canal 13. Co-produced alongside RGB Entertainment. Rebroadcast around the world by

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. Format adapted in

and

Amor Mío

*Year: 2005 *Cast: Romina Yan, Damian de Santo *Notes: Morena's first sitcom and primetime show, aired at

in 2005. Format was successfully adapted in

and in

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. Co-produced alongside RGB Entertainment.

Alma Pirata

*Year: 2006 *Cast: Benjamin Rojas, Fabian Mazzei, Luisana Lopilato, Mariano Martínez, Nicolás Vázquez, Isabel Macedo *Notes: Aired at

in 2006. Co-produced with RGB Entertainment.

Casi Angeles

*Year: 2007-2010 *Cast: Nicolás Vázquez, Emilia Attias, Mariano Torre,

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, Gimena Accardi, Jimena Barón, Mariana Espósito, María Eugenia Suárez,

Peter Lanzani Juan Pedro "Peter" Lanzani (born 24 August 1990) is an Argentine actor and singer and former child model. He is best known for his role on the Cris Morena television series ''Casi Ángeles'' playing Thiago Bedoya Agüero, and as a member of the ...

, Gaston Dalmau, Nicolas Riera. *Notes: Aired at

between 2007 and 2010, with four seasons.

B&B: Bella y Bestia

*Year: 2008 *Cast: Romina Yan, Damián de Santo

Jake & Blake

*Year 2009 *Cast Benjamín Rojas *Notes: Shot in English and aired at

across the world.

'' Aliados''

*Year 2013 *Cast

, Pablo Martínez *Notes: Cris Morena return to production after a two-year hiatus. Co-produced with

Movies

Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz

*Year: 2001 *Cast: Romina Yan,

Facundo Arana Jorge Facundo Arana Tagle (born March 31, 1972) is an Argentine actor and musician. He is the winner of various awards for television and theater in Argentina. Arana is also noted for his charity work. Biography Facundo Arana was born in Buenos ...

, Camila Bordonaba, Luisana Lopilato, Benjamín Rojas,

Agustín Sierra Agustín Sierra Romera (born September 23, 1990), also known as Cachete Sierra is an Argentine actor. Biography Agustín Sierra Romera was born on September 23, 1990, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Roberto Sierra and María Romera. He has on ...

, Nadia Di Cello and many others.

Erreway: 4 Caminos

''See 4 Caminos''. *Year: 2004 *Cast:

, Camila Bordonaba, Luisana Lopilato, Benjamín Rojas, Rolly Serrano *Production: Yair Dori International, RGB Entertainment *Note: Music from

Erreway Erreway is an Argentina, Argentine pop music musical ensemble, group formed during the television series ''Rebelde Way'', consisting of Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo, Luisana Lopilato and Benjamín Rojas. Releasing three studio albums – ''Se ...

's album ''

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'' is used in this movie.

Music

started her successful career as a

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

in 1980 and since then she has written a formidable number of hits for renowned artists as Sergio Denis, Cae,

Sandra Mihanovich Sandra Mihanovich (born April 24, 1957) is an Argentina, Argentine singer, musician, and composer of Rock (music), rock, blues, and Tango music, tango rhythms. Biography She was born in the Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Recoleta neighbourhood of Bueno ...

and Flavia Palmiero - to name a few. She has also written songs for big-time television shows such as '' Ritmo de la noche'', '' Mi familia es un dibujo'', '' Jugate conmigo'', '' Cebollitas'', ''

'', ''

Chiquititas ''Chiquititas'' (literally translated as "Little Girls", known in English as ''Tiny Angels'') is a children's musical Argentine soap opera, created and produced by Cris Morena. It starred Morena's daughter Romina Yan and Agustina Cherri. The s ...

'', '' Verano del 98'', ''

'' and '' Alma Pirata'', among many others. Her songs have been chart-topping hits not just in

, but also in

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and

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. Cris Morena has over 500 songs registered under her name and she is one of the most successful and prolific authored of music for children and teenagers of the last couple decades.

External links

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