ABOUT US

Gato Grande Productions develops premium content that elevates Latinx voices for mainstream markets. We know authentic stories resonate, and audiences want to be represented in the shows they watch.

It is a bi-cultural company in Los Angeles and Mexico City. Gato Grande mines unique stories, talent, and IP from across cultures with the expertise needed to sell in Latin America and the U.S.

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Featured Projects

Luis Miguel (series) - Season 1

The officially authorized series based on the life of internationally renowned music superstar and Grammy award-winning multi-platinum recording artist, Luis Miguel.

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Luis Miguel (series) - Season 1

Luis Miguel (series) - Season 2

The officially authorized series based on the life of internationally renowned music superstar and Grammy award-winning multi-platinum recording artist, Luis Miguel.

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Luis Miguel (series) - Season 2

The Team

Carla Vargas

Carla Gonzalez Vargas

President | CEO
Maximiliano Sanguines

Maximiliano Sanguine

VP of Development
Megan Espinoza

Megan Espinoza

Executive Director of Development
Moises Amsel

Moises Amsel

Executive Director of Development
Mayra Garcia

Mayra Garcia

Administrative and Corporate Accountant
Virdiana Garcia

Virdiana Garcia

Production and Corporate accountant
Carla Vargas

Carla Gonzalez Vargas

President | CEO

Born in Mexico City, Carla Gonzalez Vargas started her career as a writer and journalist. Her first book:Woody Allen: His Life and Movies, in 2004 encountered a very successful response. Two more books of her authorship followed: The Routes of Mexican Cinema 1990-2006, and Mexican Cinema from the Spanish publishing house Lunwerg. She has served as a member of the jury at the Guadalajara Film Festival, Los Cabos Film Festival and PRODU awards. In 2014, she directed and produced the documentary Alivio. In 2018, she was the showrunner of Luis Miguel: La Serie, which became one of the most successful TV Series in Latin America. For two consecutive years, Forbes named Carla one of the 100 most powerful women in Mexico.

Maximiliano Sanguines

Maximiliano Sanguine

VP of Development

Maximiliano Sanguine, born in Buenos Aires, has more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry in Latin America. He began his career as an audiovisual designer while working for local media companies until he joined Fox Networks Latam as Executive Director in the areas of Creativity and Production, leading a regional team. He then served as the International Development Manager at Pol-Ka, to finally be recruited by The Mediapro Studio, as Head of Development. He was a television script teacher at the University of Buenos Aires for nine years, from where, in addition, he has a Master in Design and Communication in which he is currently teaching a Postgraduate workshop.

Megan Espinoza

Megan Espinoza

Executive Director of Development

Megan Espinoza is a Los Angeles native who spent her post-college years living in Santiago, Chile. Upon returning to Los Angeles, she got her start in the industry in literary management, before moving into television development at Warner Bros Studios, where she spent time in both the drama and comedy departments. Megan later became the Director of Development at Ted Melfi’s Goldenlight Films, where she shepherded film and TV projects through development and production. At Gato Grande, Megan is thrilled to be able to combine her love of premium content with her passion for bringing to life stories from unique and diverse perspectives.

Moises Amsel

Moises Amsel

Executive Director of Development

Moises Amsel is a passionate filmmaker and entertainment professional with a keen eye for storytelling. A USC Law graduate and alumnus of The Stella Adler Academy, Moises’ expertise is extensive to areas such as development, production, performance, and entertainment law. Moises has found a professional and creative home at Gato Grande, where the vision of creating premium content and elevating Latinx voices, closely align with his personal objectives. He now strives to explore, discover, and develop the kind of ground-breaking stories that could set the stage for ushering in a new great era of American cinema.

Mayra Garcia

Mayra Garcia

Administrative and Corporate Accountant

Virdiana Garcia

Virdiana Garcia

Production and Corporate accountant

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Felices de anunciar que estamos produciendo en México la nueva película documental de la directora chilena, Maite Alberdi, nominada al Oscar (El Agente Topo) y ganadora del World Cinema Grand Jury Prize en el Festival de Cine de Sundance (La Memoria Infinita. 

From our Mexico Office: We’re thrilled to announce that we are producing the new documentary film from Chilean director Marie Alberdi—An Oscar nominee (El Agente Topo) and winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival (La Memoria Infinita).
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Thank you @variety for the amazing write up about our exciting upcoming projects including Talkies with Alvaro Morte. Much more news coming soon🍾 Link to the article in our story!
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Delighted to officially announce our partnership with the incredibly talented Saskia Niño de Rivera.

With Saskia's remarkable career in human rights, social justice and criminology issues. We’ll develop content based on amazing stories that Saskia has been collecting during her admirable career. We are eager to share the projects we are creating together, especially in the True Crime genre. Good news is on the way!! Welcome @saskianino
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Muchas cosas en camino 💥

A lot coming up💥
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