Mercedes Gamero

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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

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]

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