Perla Farías

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Farías and the second or maternal family name is Lombardini.

Perla Farías Lombardini (born April 23, 1962) is a Venezuelan-American television director, producer, screenwriter, and an executive at Telemundo.

Perla Farías Lombardini
Born	(1962-04-23) April 23, 1962 (age 61) Venezuela
Alma mater	Northwestern University
Occupations	Actor Director Producer Screenwriter Executive

Early life

She is the daughter of Italian actress Gioia Lombardini and Cuban director Daniel Farías.^[1] Her younger sister, Gioia Arismendi, is also an actress, and her brother, Dionisio, also worked in television.^[2] As a child, Farías reportedly did not enjoy the atmosphere of fame around her parents, but still chose to be an actress.^[3]

At the age of 14, Farías was enrolled in an international high school in Switzerland. She studied Social Communication at Northwestern University.^[3]

Career

Farías was formerly a telenovela actress in Venezuela. Both uncomfortable with acting^[3] and unhappy with the storytelling of the typical novelas, she had her character killed off and then began a new style of telenovela in the United States, promoting her network Telemundo to overtake rivals Univision.^[4] She began writing with her cousin José Ignacio Cabrujas, who had encouraged her to write and not act because it suited her better.^[3] Her move to the United States to continue television production in 2005 is considered to be part of the Venezuelan diaspora.^[1]

Farías' productions have become popular in the regular prime-time markets: Juana la virgen was remade into Jane the Virgin, and La Reina del Sur, and Miss Farah's premiere beat out even English-language programming and stars an unconventional female lead.^[1] She has also been applauded for creating shows that depict Latin Americans positively and start discussions.^[1][5] She has described creating La Reina del Sur as "a big risk",^[6] but several years later was steering Telemundo into dramas with fewer telenovela stereotypes, accounting for growing change in tastes and the Spanish-language US broadcast sector.^[7]

In 2011 she helped write the musical Magicus: El Bosque Reciclad, created by her sister.^[8] In 2016 she was promoted to be Senior VP of Scripted Development at Telemundo,^[9] where she is also Head Writer.^[10]

In 2018, some of her creative works were seized and broadcast by RCTV.^[11]

Television series

• Falsa identidad (2018)^[12]
• Bajo el mismo cielo (2015)^[9]
• Marido en Alquiler (2013)^[13]
• Flor Salvaje (2011)^[14]
• Alguien te mira (2010)^[15]
• ¿Donde está Elisa? (2010)^[16]
• Dame Chocolate (2007)^[17]
• La Tormenta (2005)^[17]
• Corazón partido (2 episodes - 2005)^[18]
• La Ley del silencio (2005)^{[citation needed]}
• Ser bonita no basta (2005)^[19]
• ¡Anita, no te rajes! (2004)^[20]
• Juana la virgen (2002)^[9]
• Mis 3 hermanas (2000)^[19]
• Cambio de piel (1998)^[21]
• Sol de tentacion (1996)^[22]
• Divina obsesión (1992)^[23]
• Rubí rebelde (1989)^[24]

References

1. Erlick, June Carolyn (October 2, 2017). Telenovelas in Pan-Latino context. New York, NY. ISBN 9781134811953. OCLC 993752374.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
2. redazione (March 2, 2009). "Gioia Lombardini: "A dieci anni recitavo con De Sica"". La Voce d'Italia (in Italian). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
3. "Gioia Lombardini: la actriz". Prodavinci (in European Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
4. "Episode 722: The New Telenovela". NPR.org. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
5. "Ten Celebrities Who Are Making Hollywood More Inclusive". The Color Vision. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
6. "Former Telenovela Actress Changed Landscape Of Spanish-Language TV". NPR.org. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
7. Jaramillo, Cassandra (September 19, 2016). "Telemundo Rethinks Telenovela Format to Reach New Audiences". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
8. "Gioia Arismendi, Candy en Natalia del Mar, se deja seducir por la dirección y escritura". Informe21.com (in Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
9. Petski, Denise (May 4, 2016). "Telemundo Studios Promotes Two Key Scripted Executives". Deadline. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
10. "Telemundo Studios shakes up its management ranks". Media Moves. December 12, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
11. "Denuncian". El Universal (in Spanish). August 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
12. "Falsa identidad: ¿Telemundo y Netflix renovarán la serie para una temporada 2?". laprensa.peru.com (in Spanish). March 3, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
13. De Luca, Isabel (July 21, 2013). "Nos moldes brasileiros, 'Fina estampa' vira 'Marido en alquiler' em remake para o público hispânico". oglobo.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 10, 2017.
14. "Perla Farías es la escritora de Flor Salvaje". June 3, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
15. "Alguien te mira de Telemundo debuta en Televen". July 12, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
16. "¿Dónde está Elisa? de Telemundo Int'l debutó en Rumania". January 18, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
17. "Escritora venezolana Perla Farías: No hay fórmulas". September 8, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
18. "Corazón partido". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
19. "Nicolas di Blasi". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
20. "Cast and credits of ¡Anita, No Te Rajes!". Retrieved August 18, 2019.
21. "RCTV (1997), 110 capitulos Cambio de Piel". vencor.narod. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
22. "CUAL DE ESTA TELENOVELA TE GUSTO MAS?". July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2019.
23. "Ellos nos echan el cuento..." eluniversal.com. Revista Estampas. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
24. "RCTV (1989), 172 capitulos Rubi Rebelde". vencor.narod. Retrieved April 4, 2017.

External links

• Perla Farias at IMDb