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Juan Pablo Buscarini

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Juan Pablo Buscarini in The Roar of the Butterflies (2023)
Born in Rosario, Argentina, in September 1962. Graduated with a «Master of Arts in Image Synthesis and Computer Animation» from Middlesex University, UK (1993).

He has directed eight feature films, among them «El Ratón Pérez» (aka "The Hairy Tooth Fairy") (2006) huge box office success in Latina America and Spain, and Official selection at Toronto Film Festival 2006), Tribeca (2007) and Goya Award 2007, also «The Games Maker" (aka "El Inventor de Juegos» (2014), co production among Canada, Italia and Argentina, with and international cast leaded by Joseph Fiennes, David Mazouz, Ed Asner, Tom Cavanagh and Megan Charpentier, shot in original English language and stereoscopic 3D, and selected in sixteen top film festivals, like Sundance, Valladolid, Munich, Seattle, Dubai and Giffoni, and winner of the Jury's Award at Stockholm Film Festival (2015) and best film at "Barne Festival" , Norway, (2015), and three "Sur" awards (Production Design, Make Up and Costume Design) from the Argentinean Film Academy. In 2015 he directed the European movie "Tini, el gran cambio de Violetta", produced by The Walt Disney Co., and shot in Italy and Spain. He's creator and show runner for "El grito de las mariposas" (aka "The roar of the butterflies"), a fictional TV show based on the epic life of Mirabal sisters under Trujillo dictatorship, that will be worldwide released by Star+ by 8th march 2023.

Juan Pablo is founder and partner of Pampa Films, a leading film and TV production company, based in Buenos Aires. Since 2007, the studio has produced eighteen movies, most of them worldwide distributed due to their artistic and technical quality. Among them, can be highlighted "La Señal" (2007), "La leyenda"(2008), "Un cuento chino" (2011) (Goya Award 2012 as the best Iberoamerican film), "Peter Capusotto 3D" (2012), "Francisco, el padre Jorge" (2015), "Koblic" (2016), "Nieve Negra" (2017) . "Joel" (2017), "No dormirás" (2018), "La gallina turuleca" (2019) and "Un crimen argentino" (2022). In partnership with Disney Media Distribution, Pampa Films also developed and produced "Monzon", a thirteen episodes' TV show that has reached top reviews and massive audience attention, since its release in Latin America by Turner, last June 2019.
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    Henning Sprogøe, Ove Sprogøe, and Jacob Sprogøe in The Games Maker (2014)
    The Games Maker
    5.6
    • Director
    • 2014
    Cóndor Crux (2000)
    Cóndor Crux
    4.2
    • Director
    • 2000
    Susana Abaitua and Sandy Hernandez in The Roar of the Butterflies (2023)
    The Roar of the Butterflies
    7.6
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer(showrunner)
    Un hijo genial (2003)
    Un hijo genial
    3.7
    • Producer
    • 2003

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    • Paola Michelle in Destino en el Escenario (2023)
      Destino en el Escenario
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • co-director
      • 2023
    • The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tales Adventure (2019)
      The Lunnis and the Great Fairy Tales Adventure
      5.3
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Fontanarrosa, a Real Idol (2017)
      Fontanarrosa, a Real Idol
      6.9
      • Director (segment "No se si he sido claro")
      • 2017
    • No sé si he sido claro
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Little Heroes (2017)
      Little Heroes
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Tini Stoessel in Tini: The New Life of Violetta (2016)
      Tini: The New Life of Violetta
      5.3
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Henning Sprogøe, Ove Sprogøe, and Jacob Sprogøe in The Games Maker (2014)
      The Games Maker
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Noah's Ark (2007)
      Noah's Ark
      5.1
      • Director
      • 2007
    • El ratón Pérez (2006)
      El ratón Pérez
      4.8
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Cóndor Crux (2000)
      Cóndor Crux
      4.2
      • Director
      • 2000

    Producer



    • Susana Abaitua and Sandy Hernandez in The Roar of the Butterflies (2023)
      The Roar of the Butterflies
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Show Runner
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • A Singular Crime (2022)
      A Singular Crime
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2022
    • Notes for My Son (2020)
      Notes for My Son
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Joel Noguera in Joel (2018)
      Joel
      6.8
      • producer
      • 2018
    • You Shall Not Sleep (2018)
      You Shall Not Sleep
      5.1
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Black Snow (2017)
      Black Snow
      6.2
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Ricardo Darín in Kóblic (2016)
      Kóblic
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Darío Grandinetti in Bergoglio, the Pope Francis (2015)
      Bergoglio, the Pope Francis
      6.2
      • executive producer
      • 2015
    • Henning Sprogøe, Ove Sprogøe, and Jacob Sprogøe in The Games Maker (2014)
      The Games Maker
      5.6
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Coup de Grâce (2013)
      Coup de Grâce
      6.3
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013
    • We Are Not Animals (2013)
      We Are Not Animals
      4.8
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2013
    • Peter Capusotto y sus 3 dimensiones (2012)
      Peter Capusotto y sus 3 dimensiones
      7.1
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Ricardo Darín in Chinese Take-Away (2011)
      Chinese Take-Away
      7.3
      • producer
      • 2011
    • Cold Sweat (2010)
      Cold Sweat
      4.8
      • executive producer
      • 2010
    • La mosca en la ceniza (2009)
      La mosca en la ceniza
      7.0
      • co-producer
      • 2009

    Writer



    • Susana Abaitua and Sandy Hernandez in The Roar of the Butterflies (2023)
      The Roar of the Butterflies
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • creator
      • 2023
    • Turu y los Turulecos (2022)
      Turu y los Turulecos
      TV Series
      • created by (creator)
      • 2022
    • Turu, the Wacky Hen (2019)
      Turu, the Wacky Hen
      4.7
      • screenplay by
      • 2019
    • Fontanarrosa, a Real Idol (2017)
      Fontanarrosa, a Real Idol
      6.9
      • Writer (segment "No se si he sido claro")
      • 2017
    • Henning Sprogøe, Ove Sprogøe, and Jacob Sprogøe in The Games Maker (2014)
      The Games Maker
      5.6
      • screenplay
      • 2014
    • Cóndor Crux (2000)
      Cóndor Crux
      4.2
      • Writer
      • 2000

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