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Nicolas Entel

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The story of Pablo Escobar, the infamous boss of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, told for the very first time by his son, Sebastian and his widow Maria Isabel Santos.
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Pecados de mi padre (2009)
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Nicolas Entel has written, directed and produced documentaries and TV series for Amazon, HBO and Netflix. For Amazon, he created S.O.Z., a post-apocalyptic story set in the US-Mexican border scheduled to premiere in the fall of 2021. It stars Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Snowfall), James Moses Black (This is Us) and Horacio Garcia Rojas (Narcos Mexico).

Entel also 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 Charly Garcia, Fito Paez (Argentina), Ale Lora, Café Tacuba, Molotov (Mexico), Los Prisioneros (Chile), Residente (Puerto Rico) y Aterciopelados (Colombia).

Previously, Entel wrote, directed and produced the documentary Sins of My Father, which premiered at Sundance and won the Havana and Miami film festivals. Dubbed "a masterwork" by Hollywood Reporter and "one of the great accomplishments in the history of television" by Literature Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, it has been acquired by, among others, HBO (US), Channel 4 (UK), Discovery (Lat Am) and Arte (Germany and France) -a record for Spanish language doc. As well as the multiple award winner doc, Orquesta Tipica.
BornAugust 14, 1975
BornAugust 14, 1975
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      • 5 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Pablo Escobar in Pecados de mi padre (2009)
    Pecados de mi padre
    7.2
    • Writer
    • 2009
    Orquesta tipica (2006)
    Orquesta tipica
    8.9
    • Writer
    • 2006
    Horacio Garcia Rojas and Adria Morales in S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies (2021)
    S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies
    5.4
    TV Series
    • Writer(creator)
    Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America (2020)
    Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer(2020)

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    • Horacio Garcia Rojas and Adria Morales in S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies (2021)
      S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies
      5.4
      TV Series
      • created by
      • written by (creator)
      • 2021
    • Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America (2020)
      Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • written by
      • 2020
    • Yasuni (2013)
      Yasuni
      9.6
      Short
      • writer
      • 2013
    • Pablo Escobar in Pecados de mi padre (2009)
      Pecados de mi padre
      7.2
      • written by
      • 2009
    • Orquesta tipica (2006)
      Orquesta tipica
      8.9
      • Writer
      • 2006

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    • Horacio Garcia Rojas and Adria Morales in S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies (2021)
      S.O.Z: Soldados o Zombies
      5.4
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America (2020)
      Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • executive producer
      • 2020
    • Cocaine Kingping: The Story of Pablo Escobar
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • ¿Quién mató a Pablo Escobar? (2014)
      ¿Quién mató a Pablo Escobar?
      6.2
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2014
    • La esencia de Carolina Herrera de Báez
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Yasuni (2013)
      Yasuni
      9.6
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2013
    • Desamparados
      • executive producer
      • 2012
    • Pablo Escobar in Pecados de mi padre (2009)
      Pecados de mi padre
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Orquesta tipica (2006)
      Orquesta tipica
      8.9
      • producer
      • 2006

    Director



    • Yasuni (2013)
      Yasuni
      9.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2013
    • Pablo Escobar in Pecados de mi padre (2009)
      Pecados de mi padre
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Orquesta tipica (2006)
      Orquesta tipica
      8.9
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Hip Hop Shop (2001)
      Hip Hop Shop
      7.9
      Video
      • Director
      • 2001

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    Sins of My Father

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      • August 14, 1975
      • Buenos Aires, Argentina

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      Postproducing the doc Orquesta Tipica in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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