Mónica Montañés

Mónica Montañés
Born22 November 1966
NationalityVenezuelan
Alma materUniversidad Católica Andrés Bello
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, playwright, journalist

Mónica Montañés (born 22 November 1966) is a Venezuelan screenwriter, playwright and journalist.[1][2][3] She is known for producing telenovelas such as Guerra de mujeres, Voltea pa' que te enamores,[4] Válgame Dios and Para verte mejor.

Career

She became known as a playwright thanks to the play El aplauso va por dentro, which premiered in Caracas on 7 June 1996, toured the country's billboards for several years, was presented in cities such as New York City, Madrid, Bogotá, Santiago de Chile, Lisbon, Miami, Los Angeles, Aveiro, Funchal, Tenerife and Huesca and was broadcast on HBO Olé, in the space 7mo Sentido program. Sin voz, a play that premiered in Caracas in 1997, received a Marco Antonio Ettegui Award mention the same year.

As a journalist,[5] she worked in the art and entertainment section of El Diario de Caracas for between 1990 and 1995, as communications director of the Caracas Athenaeum between 1995 and 1996, as entertainment columnist for the SuperClable magazine between 1999 and 2000, and as columnist of the Estampas magazine of El Universal between 2000 and 2006.

Screenwriter

Television

Theater

  • El aplauso va por dentro (1997)[8]
  • Caí redonda (2000)
  • Veintitantos amores y pico (2004)
  • Parece Mentira (2003)[9]
  • Yo, Tú, Ella (2005)
  • Perlas falsas (2005)
  • Desconocidos (2009)

Books

  • Los distintos (Ekaré, 2020)

References

  1. ^ Dubraska Falcón (19 November 2012). "Mónica Montañés: "El escritor necesita la distancia"". eluniversal.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Mónica Montañés: libros y biografía autora". Lecturalia. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  3. ^ @culturizando (7 August 2011). "Entrevista con: Mónica Montañés - culturizando.com | Alimenta tu Mente". culturizando.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Mónica Montañes". s6.zetaboards.com. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. ^ Inés Muñoz Aguirre (20 April 2011). "100 entrevistas: Mónica Montañés:". 100 entrevistas. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  6. ^ Marlene Castillo Marlencas (24 March 2012). "Mónica Montañés sin amuletos ni supersticiones". revistadominical.com.ve. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Mónica Montañés revela detalles de la nueva producción de Venevisión". venevision.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Mónica Montañés". www.compartelibros.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Monica Montañes". EsTeatral. Analitica. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2016.