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Frida Torresblanco is a film, television, and documentary producer based in New York City. She has produced The Dancer Upstairs, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Disobedience and Pan’s Labyrinth. In 2002, Torresblanco launched a New York-based film production company, Esperanto Filmoj, in partnership with Alfonso Cuarón. She produced Cronicas, The Possibility of Hope and Rudo y Cursi.

Early life and career

Torresblanco graduated from The Complutense University in Madrid, where she completed degrees in both literature and film, specializing in post-production and new media. While still a student, she began working as an assistant director, line producer, and finally as a producer. She later joined Lolafilms as head of international productions in English, including The Dancer Upstairs (directed by John Malkovich) and Susan Seidelman’s Gaudi Afternoon (starring Marcia Gay Harden. Torresblanco worked with Spanish directors including Carlos Saura, Fernando Trueba, Manuel Iborra, and Emilio Martinez Lazaro.

In 2002, Torresblanco moved to New York City to launch a film production company Esperanto Filmoj. She served as Executive Producer and Creative On-Set Producer for The Assassination of Richard Nixon and Cronicas. She also produced The Possibility of Hope and Rudo y Cursi, the latter of which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

She co-produced Pan’s Labyrinth. In 2006, the film won three Academy Awards, three BAFTAs and a Golden Globe.

In 2008 she was taken to court for allegedly abusing one of her domestic staff. She was said to have required long hours and she paid the nanny $12,000 a year.

In 2010, Torresblanco launched a film production company named Braven Films. The company’s first film, Magic Magic, was a psychological thriller released in 2013. Braven Films also released Disobedience, an adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel.

Filmography

• 1992 Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
• 2001 Gaudi Afternoon
• 2001 Girl from Rio
• 2001 Rain
• 2001 Off Key
• 2002 The Dancer Upstairs
• 2004 Duck Season
• 2004 Crónicas
• 2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
• 2005 Black Sun
• 2006 Pan's Labyrinth
• 2007 The Possibility of Hope
• 2007 The Shock Doctrine
• 2007 Year of the Nail
• 2008 Rudo y Cursi
• 2010 Locked In
• 2013 Magic Magic
• 2019 Boléro
• 2020 The Roads Not Taken
• 2020 Karnawal
• 2020 Fatima
• 2020 Greencard
• 2021 Man in the Attic