Banijay America’s A Fábrica Mexico & U.S. Hispanic has tapped director-writer Max Zunino, for the newly created place of government director of growth.
Zunino will work carefully alongside Santiago Zapata, government VP of Content material, who joined the fledgling company in August last year.
Mentioned Zapata: “Max’s exceptional narrative sensibility, combined with his dual perspective as both director and screenwriter, is exactly the kind of creative strength we’re looking for. His appointment is a clear example of our ambition to join forces with the region’s top creative talent and build a portfolio of stories for global audiences.”
Except for directing the sequence “Collision” (“Colisión”) for HBO Max and the Fabula-produced “The Dentist” (“El Dentista”) for ViX, Zunino’s writing credit embrace “This Is Not Berlin,” the acclaimed coming-of-age punk rock/New Wave-set function by Hari Sama, Netflix’s political drama sequence “Tijuana” and Prime Video’s darkish comedy sequence “Freddy Larios.”
“This is a brilliant opportunity to collaborate with the leadership and wider teams at A Fábrica Mexico & U.S. Hispanic and EndemolShine Boomdog. I’m focused on shaping the development strategy and creating original projects to connect with audiences around the world,” mentioned Zunino.
Born in Uruguay however based mostly in Mexico, Zunino has garnered quite a few awards and accolades throughout each tv and movie. His debut function movie, “Open Cage” (“Los Bañistas”), which he wrote, directed and produced, snagged the coveted Fipresci Prize on the Pageant du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal. It was additionally awarded the Guerrero Press Award on the Guadalajara Intl. Movie Pageant amongst different honors.
Shot in Berlin and Mexico Metropolis, his second function, “Mist” (“Bruma”), which he additionally wrote, directed and produced, screened within the Visions part of the 2017 Berlinale EFM. It had its world premiere on the 2017 Raindance Movie Pageant.
Zunino is a founding father of Room Service, which has produced a variety of fiction content material for the likes of Amazon, Netflix, Story Home, Sony, Fox, Argos and Televisa, amongst others.
He’s a founding member and a part of the board of Tinta, the Mexican Affiliation of Audiovisual and Cinematographic Writers.
Founded in January 2025 by Endemol Shine Boomdog and Brazil’s A Fábrica, A Fábrica Mexico & U.S. Hispanic, led by Luiz Noronha, has a variety of initiatives within the pipeline, including via a partnership with Leonardo Padrón, announced last year.
