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Beyond Borders: How The Mediapro Studio CEO Laura Fernández Espeso has Helped Transform Spain’s TV and Film Industry
Laura Fernández Espeso, CEO of The Mediapro Studio and Variety's International Media Woman of the Year, has helped transform TV and film in Spain.
Last year, actress Penélope Cruz set up a joint production venture, Moonlyon, with Madrid-based Mediapro Studio at the urging of its CEO, Laura Fernández Espeso, a rising star in Spain’s fast-expanding media sector. Now, she’s one of Southern Europe’s rare top-ranking female executives, running the global powerhouse behind movies like “The Good Boss,” starring Javier Bardem, and backing TV series like Netflix’s “The Young Pope” with Jude Law. When I was at Globomedia, you couldn’t help being in contact with all of the creators — Daniel Ecija, Laura Belloso, Alex Pina, Fernando González Molina, Pilar Nadal — a generation of fabulous writers who made series which traveled the world over.
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