Mónica Vargas Celis is a Mexican film and television producer. She has produced more than ten feature films, including ''American Curious'', ''Como novio de pueblo'', '' How to Break Up with Your Douchebag'', and ''Amor a Primera Visa''. She is also a producer of '' Club de Cuervos'', the first

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original series in Spanish. Vargas is currently general director of production at Traziende Films, a company she founded with Leonardo Zimbrón in 2000.

Career

Mónica Vargas is a graduate of the Universidad Anáhuac México. She has worked with companies such as

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, and

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, and with actors such as

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. She has produced several feature films, including ''Efectos secundarios'' (2005), ''Amor a primera vista'' (2013), ''Un caballo llamado elefante'' (2013), ''Cómplices'' (2016), ''American Curious'' (2017), ''Todo mal'' (2017), ''Más sabe el diablo por viejo'' (2017) – a co-production with 20th Century Fox – and '' How to Break Up with Your Douchebag'' (2017). The latter became the 12th highest grossing film in the history of Mexico and was distributed in the United States, Peru, and Bolivia. ''Como novio de pueblo'' and ''Mentada de Padre'' were both released in 2019.

Television and streaming

In partnership with Alazraki Entertainment, Vargas launched the first Netflix original series in Spanish, '' Club de Cuervos''. Its fourth season premiered on January 25, 2019. She also produced the

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original series ''

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'' in 2017. In television, she produced the Televisa program ''Netas divinas'', which is aired weekly by .

Awards and nominations

* ''Dogma'', nominated for Best Series at the

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, 2018 * ''Netas divinas'', nominated for Best Pay-TV Program at the Premios TVyNovelas, 2019

Filmography

Series

Films

References

External links

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Traziende Films
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