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Mercedes Gamero

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Gamero attending the 2015 Miami International Film Festival

Mercedes Gamero is a Spanish film producer and the head of Beta Fiction Spain since 2022. From 2009 to 2022, she served as general manager of Antena 3 Films/Atresmedia Cine.

Biography

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She is from Viladecans, Catalonia and the daughter of actor Antonio Gamero.[1] She earned a licentiate degree in German philology and a master's degree in audivisual production from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM).[2] Early in her career, she worked for Telemadrid, AXN Canal España, and Sogecable.[3][2] She joined Grupo Antena 3 (later Atresmedia) in 2004, becoming the CEO of its film production arm Antena 3 Films (later Atresmedia Cine) in 2009.[2] While working for the aforementioned mass media group, she has been responsible for over 150 films,[1] including Palm Trees in the Snow, The Invisible Guardian, Marshland, and The Invisible Guest.[2][4] In 2022, Gamero left Atresmedia Cine after 18 years employed by Atresmedia, to head the newly created Spanish subsidiary of Beta Fiction.[5][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Abel, C. (9 March 2020). "Las mujeres que están detrás de los éxitos de la televisión". Bluper – via El Español.
  2. ^ a b c d Navarro, R (31 March 2021). "Alicante lanza el laboratorio de ficción en impulso a la industria cultural tras 'vender' 8 ideas en 2020". Alicante Plaza.
  3. ^ a b "Lista Forbes | 100 Mujeres más influyentes en España 2022". forbes.es. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Las 50 mujeres más poderosas del negocio audiovisual en España". forbes.es. 27 February 2022.
  5. ^ Hopewell, John (3 May 2022). "Beta Group Launches Film-TV Production, Distribution Arm in Spain, Headed by Mercedes Gamero". Variety.