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Álex Pina

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  • Producer
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Álex Pina
Álex Pina (Pamplona) is a television producer, writer, series creator, scriptwriter and Spanish film director, known recently for his global hit crime drama Money Heist. Previous shows include Vis a Vis (Locked Up), El embarcadero (The Pier), and Los hombres de Paco (Paco's Men).

He began his career as a journalist in the press ( Diario Vasco , Diario de Mallorca ...) and later in the Europa Press Agency .

Between 1993 and 1996 he worked as a scriptwriter and editor for Videomedia until he then joined Globomedia in 1996.

In 1997 at the same production company, he started his career as a screenwriter in the television series Más que amigos, from there, he began to play the roles of creator and executive producer in iconic Spanish series such as Los Serrano , Los hombres de Paco and El barco.

At the end of 2016, after the launch of Vis a vis by Antena 3 , Pina left Globomedia and founded Vancouver Media , his own production company. The first production was La Casa de Papel(Money Heist), which premiered on Antena 3 on May 2, 2017 with more than four million viewers. The series was distributed worldwide by Netflix and became the biggest success of his career led to the signing of an exclusive contract with the streaming platform for the creation and production of original series.
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    • 2 wins & 5 nominations

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Money Heist (2017)
Money Heist
8.2
TV Series
  • Writer
Amparo Larrañaga, Pepón Nieto, Paco Tous, Amaia Sagasti, Carlos Santos, Neus Sanz, and Juan Grandinetti in Los hombres de Paco (2005)
Los hombres de Paco
7.0
TV Series
  • Writer
Héctor Alterio, Eduardo Blanco, Álex García, Carmen Machi, Leticia Dolera, Ivan Massagué, and Verónica Echegui in Kamikaze (2014)
Kamikaze
6.3
  • Writer
  • 2014
Juanjo Artero, Irene Montalà, Juan Pablo Shuk, Blanca Suárez, Ivan Massagué, Jan Cornet, and Mario Casas in The Boat (2011)
The Boat
7.2
TV Series
  • Writer(as Alex Pina)

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Writer

  • Berlin
    • created by (creator)
    • In Production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Sky Rojo (2021)
    Sky Rojo
    • created by
    • written by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2023
  • Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022)
    Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
    • created by
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Money Heist (2017)
    Money Heist
    • created by
    • written by
    • creator ...
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2021
  • Amparo Larrañaga, Pepón Nieto, Paco Tous, Amaia Sagasti, Carlos Santos, Neus Sanz, and Juan Grandinetti in Los hombres de Paco (2005)
    Los hombres de Paco
    • created by
    • creator
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2021
  • Najwa Nimri, Maggie Civantos, and Itziar Castro in Vis a Vis: El Oasis (2020)
    Vis a Vis: El Oasis
    • created by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • White Lines (2020)
    White Lines
    • created by
    • written by (creator)
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020)
    Money Heist: The Phenomenon
    • based on the show created by
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Verónica Sánchez, Álvaro Morte, and Irene Arcos in El embarcadero (2019)
    El embarcadero
    • creator
    • writer
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • Najwa Nimri and Maggie Civantos in Vis a vis (2015)
    Vis a vis
    • created by
    • creator
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2019
  • Héctor Alterio, Eduardo Blanco, Álex García, Carmen Machi, Leticia Dolera, Ivan Massagué, and Verónica Echegui in Kamikaze (2014)
    Kamikaze
    • screenplay
    • 2014
  • Bienvenidos al Lolita (2014)
    Bienvenidos al Lolita
    • creator
    • written by
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • Juanjo Artero, Irene Montalà, Juan Pablo Shuk, Blanca Suárez, Ivan Massagué, Jan Cornet, and Mario Casas in The Boat (2011)
    The Boat
    • creator
    • written by
    • created by (as Alex Pina) ...
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2013
  • Fuga de cerebros 2 (2011)
    Fuga de cerebros 2
    • screenplay
    • 2011
  • Brain Drain (2009)
    Brain Drain
    • screenplay
    • 2009
  • Los Serrano (2003)
    Los Serrano
    • creator
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2008

Producer

  • Berlin
    • producer
    • In Production
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022)
    Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin (2021)
    Money Heist: From Tokyo to Berlin
    • executive producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Money Heist (2017)
    Money Heist
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2021
  • Sky Rojo (2021)
    Sky Rojo
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • White Lines (2020)
    White Lines
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Verónica Sánchez, Álvaro Morte, and Irene Arcos in El embarcadero (2019)
    El embarcadero
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2019–2020
  • Najwa Nimri and Maggie Civantos in Vis a vis (2015)
    Vis a vis
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Héctor Alterio, Eduardo Blanco, Álex García, Carmen Machi, Leticia Dolera, Ivan Massagué, and Verónica Echegui in Kamikaze (2014)
    Kamikaze
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Bienvenidos al Lolita (2014)
    Bienvenidos al Lolita
    • executive producer (as Alex Pina)
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2014
  • Juanjo Artero, Irene Montalà, Juan Pablo Shuk, Blanca Suárez, Ivan Massagué, Jan Cornet, and Mario Casas in The Boat (2011)
    The Boat
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2013
  • Mario Casas in I Want You (2012)
    I Want You
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Fuga de cerebros 2 (2011)
    Fuga de cerebros 2
    • producer
    • 2011
  • María Valverde and Mario Casas in Three Steps Above Heaven (2010)
    Three Steps Above Heaven
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Amparo Larrañaga, Pepón Nieto, Paco Tous, Amaia Sagasti, Carlos Santos, Neus Sanz, and Juan Grandinetti in Los hombres de Paco (2005)
    Los hombres de Paco
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2005–2010
  • Brain Drain (2009)
    Brain Drain
    • executive producer
    • 2009

Director

  • Héctor Alterio, Eduardo Blanco, Álex García, Carmen Machi, Leticia Dolera, Ivan Massagué, and Verónica Echegui in Kamikaze (2014)
    Kamikaze
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Amparo Larrañaga, Pepón Nieto, Paco Tous, Amaia Sagasti, Carlos Santos, Neus Sanz, and Juan Grandinetti in Los hombres de Paco (2005)
    Los hombres de Paco
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2010
  • Los Serrano (2003)
    Los Serrano
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2003

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