Javiera Balmaceda

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Javiera Balmaceda
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Balmaceda in 2024
Born
Javiera Balmaceda Pascal

1972 (age 53–54)
Chile
Education Wesleyan University
Occupations
Children2
Relatives
Family Allende family
Balmaceda family

Javiera Balmaceda Pascal (born 1972) is a Chilean and American film and television producer, and the head of content for Amazon Prime Video Latin America, Canada, and Australia. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Javiera Balmaceda Pascal was born in 1972 in Chile to Verónica Pascal Ureta (1953–2000), a child psychologist, and José Balmaceda Riera (1948–), a reproductive endocrinologist. [2] [3] In 1975, aged 3, Balmaceda's family received political asylum in Denmark before settling in San Antonio, Texas. [1] [4] The family later settled in Orange County, California. Balmaceda is the older sister of the actors Pedro Pascal and Lux Pascal, and Nicolás Balmaceda Pascal, a doctor. [1] [4]

Through her parents Balmaceda is related to the aristocratic Allende and Balmaceda family. [5] [6] Balmaceda is the great-niece of Laura Allende, a politician and sister of Salvador Allende, President of Chile, and the second cousin of Denise Pascal, a Socialist Party politician, and Andrés Pascal Allende, a sociologist, former Secretary General of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left and prominent member of the Chilean Resistance and Solidarity Movement. [7] [8]

Balmaceda studied art and economics at Wesleyan University. [1]

Career

Balmaceda first worked as an economist at JPMorgan Chase. [2] Balmaceda subsequently for worked Locomotion, Claro Video  [ es ], Comedy Central, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang. [4] [9]

From 2014 to 2017, Balmaceda was the programming director for HBO Latin America. [4] In 2017, Balmaceda began working for Amazon Studios and later became the head of content for Prime Video Latin America, Canada, and Australia. [1] [4]

Personal life

Balmaceda is married to the Argentinian producer Fernando Gastón, with whom she has two children. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Javiera Balmaceda, Responsable de los éxitos de Prime Video Latinoamérica, Canadá y Australia". ¡HOLA! Américas (in Spanish). September 28, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Levy, Úrsula (September 9, 2024). "Javiera Balmaceda, la cabeza detrás de series originales de Amazon Prime Video como 'Pimpinero: Sangre y Gasolina'". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Casa Editorial El Tiempo S.A. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  3. ↑ Dodge, Mary; Geis, Gilbert (2003). "José Balmaceda, M.D.". Stealing Dreams: A Fertility Clinic Scandal. Boston: Northeastern University Press. pp. 137–154. ISBN   1-55553-585-2 . Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Mora, Francisca (October 18, 2024). "Quién es Javiera Balmaceda, la exitosa directora de Prime Video y hermana de Pedro Pascal". El Dínamo (in Spanish). Providencia, Santiago. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
  5. ↑ Ito, Robert (March 28, 2014). "A Lethal Prince, Even if a Bit Clumsy: Pedro Pascal Becomes Red Viper on 'Game of Thrones'". The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Koblin, John (February 3, 2017). "Pedro Pascal: Making It at 41". The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 29, 2020. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ Centro de Investigación y Documentación, Universidad Finis Terrae (2023). "Registro de autoridad : Andrés Pascal Allende (1943 - )". Archivo CIDOC (in Spanish). Providencia: Universidad Finis Terrae. Retrieved April 16, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Pedro Pascal, en su punto". La Tercera. September 1, 2017. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  9. 1 2 Juárez, Paola (September 13, 2023). "Javiera Balmaceda Pascal, la mujer que está transformando la industria del entretenimiento". Glamour México y Latinoamérica . Condé Nast. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
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