Danny Gavidia

Danny Gavidia (born January 24, 1963) is a Peruvian film and television director/cinematographer. He is best known for directing the Telemundo series El Señor de los Cielos, Enemigo Intimo and the film Reportaje a la Muerte.[1]

Career

Gavidia started his career directing Peruvian telenovelas María Emilia, Pobre Diabla, Soledad, Gorrión, Canela and Nino. He went on to direct the telenovela Al Son del Amor for Puerto Rican television.^[citation needed] He has been in charge of feature films such as Reportaje a la Muerte,[2] as well as a dozen short films and music videos.

From 2002 to 2003 he was made Director and Executive Producer of the Discovery Channel Latin America series Casos Medicos. The episodes followed different medical cases happening throughout Caracas, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Buenos Aires.^[citation needed]

From 2004 to 2009, Gavidia worked for Telemundo Studios in Miami, where he directed the telenovelas Prisionera, Anita No Te Rajes, El Cuerpo del Deseo,[3] Tierra de Pasiones, La Viuda de Blanco, Pecados Ajenos,[4] Mas Sabe el Diablo,[5][6] and El Rostro de Analia.[7] He also directed the made-for-TV film El Primer Golpe.[2]

In early 2010 he began directing the second season of Disney-Discovery Channel reality show Amazing Race Latinoamerica.^[citation needed][7]

Since 2014 he has directed multiple series for Telemundo including El Señor de los Cielos (seasons 1-5),[8] El Chema,[8][9] Señora Acero (season 3),[8] and Enemigo Intimo.[10] He directed the telenovela El Baron in 2019.[11]

Personal life

Danny Gavidia was born in Lima, Peru on January 24, 1963.^[citation needed]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Juliana	Cinematographer
1992	La Misma Carne, La Misma Sangre	Cinematographer/Camera Operator
	La Lengua de los Zorros	Cinematographer
	Viaje de Pascual y Pedro	Director/Producer	Short
	Una Pequeña Mirada
	La Ilusión de una Niña
	El Aniversario
1993	Reportaje a la Muerte	Director
1996	Go, Run, Fly	Cinematographer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Malahierba	Director
1994	Nino
1995	Canela
	Al Son Del Amor
	Gorrión		154 episodes (1994-1995)
1996	Hombres de Bronce
1999	Maria Emilia
2001	Pobre Diabla
2002	Soledad
2003	Estos Chicos de Ahora		Panamericana Television
	Casos Medicos	Director/Executive Producer	Discovery Channel Latam
2004	Prisionera	Director
	Anita, No te Rajes
2005	El Cuerpo del Deseo		123 episodes
2006	Tierra de Pasiones
	La Viuda de Blanco
2007	Dame Chocolate
2008	Pecados Ajenos
	El Rostro de Analía
2009	Mas Sabe El Diablo
2010	Mas Sabe El Diablo: El Primer Golpe		TV movie
	Amazing Race Latin America		Season 2
2011	Puertas al mas Álla	Director/Producer	2 seasons
2012	Corazon Valiente	Director
2013	El Señor de los Cielos		Seasons 1-5 (2013-2017)
2016	Señora Acero		Season 1,3
	El Chema
2018	Enemigo Intimo		Season 1-2 (2018-2020)
	El Barón

References

1. "Reportaje a la muerte / Danny Gavidia". tls-cid (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 11, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
2. "Danny Gavidia". MUBI. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
3. SensaCine. "Danny Gavidia". SensaCine.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
4. A Chance to Love, archived from the original on September 9, 2019, retrieved July 10, 2020
5. "Danny Gavidia - PLAY Personajes". abc (in Spanish). April 9, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
6. ""Más sabe el diablo" llega a Pasiones | Ernesto Jerardo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 12, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
7. "Danny Gavidia". IMDb. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
8. "Danny Gavidia es finalista como Director de Serie, Superserie o Telenovela del Año en los PRODU Awards". PRODU.COM (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
9. "Próximo lunes 15 de abril a las 12:30 am | Ernesto Jerardo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
10. "TELEMUNDO REVELA EL ELENCO OFICIAL DE LA NUEVA TEMPORADA DE "ENEMIGO INTIMO", PROTAGONIZADA POR LAS ESTRELLAS FERNANDA CASTILLO Y RAÚL MÉNDEZ | NBCUniversal Media Village". www.nbcumv.com. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
11. Valdez, Yvonne H. "Telemundo: Estrena 'El Barón' el miercoles 30 de enero a las 10 p.m. Serie filmada en Colombia". sun-sentinel.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.