Perla Farías Lombardini (born April 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan-American television director, producer, screenwriter, and an executive at Telemundo.

Perla Farías Lombardini
Born (1962-04-23) April 23, 1962 (age 62)
Alma materNorthwestern University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Director
  • Producer
  • Screenwriter
  • Executive

Early life

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She is the daughter of Italian actress Gioia Lombardini and Cuban director Daniel Farías.[1] Her younger sister, Gioia Arismendi, is also an actress, and her brother, Dionisio, also worked in television.[2] As a child, Farías reportedly did not enjoy the atmosphere of fame around her parents, but still chose to be an actress.[3]

At the age of 14, Farías was enrolled in an international high school in Switzerland. She studied Social Communication at Northwestern University.[3]

Career

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Farías was formerly a telenovela actress in Venezuela. Both uncomfortable with acting[3] and unhappy with the storytelling of the typical novelas, she had her character killed off and then began a new style of telenovela in the United States, promoting her network Telemundo to overtake rivals Univision.[4] She began writing with her cousin José Ignacio Cabrujas, who had encouraged her to write and not act because it suited her better.[3] Her move to the United States to continue television production in 2005 is considered to be part of the Venezuelan diaspora.[1]

Farías' productions have become popular in the regular prime-time markets: Juana la virgen was remade into Jane the Virgin, and La Reina del Sur's premiere beat out even English-language programming and stars an unconventional female lead.[1] She has also been applauded for creating shows that depict Latin Americans positively and start discussions.[1][5] She has described creating La Reina del Sur as "a big risk",[6] but several years later was steering Telemundo into dramas with fewer telenovela stereotypes, accounting for growing change in tastes and the Spanish-language US broadcast sector.[7]

In 2011 she helped write the musical Magicus: El Bosque Reciclad, created by her sister.[8] In 2016 she was promoted to be Senior VP of Scripted Development at Telemundo,[9] where she is also Head Writer.[10]

In 2018, some of her creative works were seized and broadcast by RCTV.[11]

Television series

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Erlick, June Carolyn (October 2, 2017). Telenovelas in Pan-Latino context. New York, NY. ISBN 9781134811953. OCLC 993752374.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ redazione (March 2, 2009). "Gioia Lombardini: "A dieci anni recitavo con De Sica"". La Voce d'Italia (in Italian). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Gioia Lombardini: la actriz". Prodavinci (in European Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Episode 722: The New Telenovela". NPR.org. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ten Celebrities Who Are Making Hollywood More Inclusive". The Color Vision. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  6. ^ "Former Telenovela Actress Changed Landscape Of Spanish-Language TV". NPR.org. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Jaramillo, Cassandra (September 19, 2016). "Telemundo Rethinks Telenovela Format to Reach New Audiences". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  8. ^ "Gioia Arismendi, Candy en Natalia del Mar, se deja seducir por la dirección y escritura". Informe21.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  9. ^ a b c Petski, Denise (May 4, 2016). "Telemundo Studios Promotes Two Key Scripted Executives". Deadline. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  10. ^ "Telemundo Studios shakes up its management ranks". Media Moves. December 12, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  11. ^ "Denuncian". El Universal (in Spanish). August 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  12. ^ "Falsa identidad: ¿Telemundo y Netflix renovarán la serie para una temporada 2?". laprensa.peru.com (in Spanish). March 3, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  13. ^ De Luca, Isabel (July 21, 2013). "Nos moldes brasileiros, 'Fina estampa' vira 'Marido en alquiler' em remake para o público hispânico". oglobo.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  14. ^ "Perla Farías es la escritora de Flor Salvaje". June 3, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  15. ^ "Alguien te mira de Telemundo debuta en Televen". July 12, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  16. ^ "¿Dónde está Elisa? de Telemundo Int'l debutó en Rumania". January 18, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  17. ^ a b "Escritora venezolana Perla Farías: No hay fórmulas". September 8, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  18. ^ "Corazón partido". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  19. ^ a b "Nicolas di Blasi". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  20. ^ "Cast and credits of ¡Anita, No Te Rajes!". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  21. ^ "RCTV (1997), 110 capitulos Cambio de Piel". vencor.narod. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  22. ^ "CUAL DE ESTA TELENOVELA TE GUSTO MAS?". July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
  23. ^ "Ellos nos echan el cuento..." eluniversal.com. Revista Estampas. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  24. ^ "RCTV (1989), 172 capitulos Rubi Rebelde". vencor.narod. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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