Nicolas Entel (born 14 August 1975) is an Argentine filmmaker. He was born in

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and lives in

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, NY. He has written, directed and produced shows for

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and

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. 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

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, Fito Paez (Argentina), Ale Lora,

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, Molotov (Mexico),

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(Chile),

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(Puerto Rico) y

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(Colombia). The series was directed by Picky Talarico and executive by Entel, along two time Academy Award winner

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, 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

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(''Snowfall''), James Moses Black (''This is Us'') and Horacio Garcia Rojas (''Narcos Mexico''). The series writers also include Randal Jahnson (''

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'') and

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(''

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''). All episodes were directed by Rigoberto Castañeda ( ''Kilometro 31''). Previously, Entel wrote, directed and produced the documentary '' Sins of My Father'', for which he reunited

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's only son, Sebastian Marroquin (born

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) with those of his father's most prominent victims,

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and Rodrigo Lara Bonilla. The film premiered at

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, and won at the

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film festivals. Dubbed "a masterwork" by

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and "one of the great accomplishments in the history of television" by Literature Nobel Laureate

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, it has been acquired by, among others, HBO (US),

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(UK), Discovery Channel (Lat Am), Canal + (Spain),

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(Benelux) and

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(Germany and France) –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,

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and

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. 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 (BA, film directing) and has master's degree in Broadcasting Administration from

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Filmography

* ''

Orquesta Típica Orquesta típica, or simply a típica, is a Latin American term for a band which plays popular music. The details vary from country to country. The term tends to be used for groups of medium size (about 8 to 12 musicians) in some well-defined in ...

'' (2005) * '' Sins of My Father'' (2010) * '' Break it All: The History of Rock in Latin America (docuseries)'' (2020) * '' S.O.Z. Soldados o Zombies (series)'' (2020)

References

External links

www.redcreek.info
*https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1139728/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Entel, Nicolas Boston University College of Communication alumni Living people Film producers from New York (state) Film people from Buenos Aires Film directors from New York City 1975 births