W Studios | |
Type: | Privately held company |
Foundation: | [1] |
Founder: | Fernando Restrepo Suárez[2] |
Location City: | Miami, Florida |
Location Country: | United States |
Key People: | (CEO and Executive producer)[3] [4] |
Industry: | Production company |
Area Served: | United States Mexico |
Products: | Telenovelas Television series |
Parent: | TelevisaUnivision[5] |
W Studios (Wills Studios) is an American production company based in Miami, Florida owned by TelevisaUnivision, was founded in 2016 as a joint venture between Univision and Colombian producer (who worked at the Colombian programadora company RTI Producciones).[1] [6] The current CEO is since 2018.[4]
On February 26, 2016, the Colombian producer Patricio Wills, Fernando Restrepo Suárez and Univision Communications, Inc. (currently TelevisaUnivision), would create a low-cost production company. It was originally created to produce television series and programs for UniMás in the United States and production of series and short formats for Televisa in Mexico.[1] [2]
On March 26, 2016, Carlos Bardasano becomes the Executive Senior Vice President of Content (who was also the Executive Vice President of Original Content of Univision), in turn, the foundation and name of the company is made official.[3] On May 6, 2016, the recordings of the telenovela La Piloto began, being its first production[7] [8] and being co-produced with the Mexican production company Lemon Films.[6] [9]
On March 5, 2018, Wills becomes the corporate vice president of content, replacing Mexican producer Rosy Ocampo and also becoming president of Televisa Estudios, leaving Carlos Bardasano in charge of W Studios.[10] [11] [12]
Year | Production | No. Eps. | First/last aired | Author/creator | Executive producer | Ref. | |
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2010s | |||||||
1 | 2017 | La piloto | 162 | – | Jörg Hiller María Cecilia Boenheim | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano | |
2 | La fuerza de creer | 7 | – | Jimena Romero | Patricio Wills | ||
3 | 2018 | Descontrol | 7 | – | Various | ||
4 | La bella y las bestias | 82 | – | Juan Camilo Ferrand | |||
5 | Amar a muerte | 82 | – | Leonardo Padrón | Carlos Bardasano | ||
6 | Las Buchonas | 81 | – | Andrés López López | Patricio Wills | ||
7 | 2019 | 82 | – | Arturo Pérez-Reverte | Carlos Bardasano | ||
2020s | |||||||
8 | 2020 | Rubí | 27 | – | Leonardo Padrón | Carlos Bardasano | |
9 | Como tú no hay 2 | 85 | – | Ximena Suárez | [13] [14] | ||
10 | 2021 | Si nos dejan | 83 | – | Leonardo Padrón | [15] | |
11 | 2022 | Los ricos también lloran | 60 | – | Esther Feldman Rosa Salazar Arenas | [16] | |
12 | La mujer del diablo | 26 | – | Leonardo Padrón | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano | [17] [18] | |
13 | Travesuras de la niña mala | 10 | – present | María López Castaño | [19] [20] | ||
14 | 2023 | Pienso en ti | 75 | – | Ximena Suárez | Carlos Bardasano | [21] [22] |
15 | El gallo de oro | 10 | – | Lina Uribe Darío Vanegas | [23] | ||
16 | La hora marcada | 9 | Laura Wills Dávila | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano | [24] | ||
17 | 2024 | El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar | 10 | Patricio Wills Carlos Bardasano | Esther Feldman Carlos Algara | [25] | |
18 | La historia de Juana | – present | Perla Farías Verónica Suárez Basilio Álvarez Felipe Silva | Patricio Wills | [26] | ||