Carla Patricia Estrada Guitrón (born March 11, 1956) is a Mexican television producer, one of the foremost telenovela producers of Latin America.Described as "one of the foremost telenovela producers in the world" by BBC News (UK), April 1, 2006 in How telenovelas conquered the world
Biography In 2005, the Mexican government decided to place a statueCarla Estrada ya tiene su estatua, Univision.com, Jan 27, 2006 of the producer in one of Mexico City's most important parks and in January 2007 she appeared on People En Español's list of The 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the world. When aired in the United States, Estrada's telenovela Amor Real shocked the world by having higher ratings than all of the other television shows in America; placing Univision on top of American networks such as NBC and ABC.
Estrada went to the UAM in Xochimilco to study psychology. She decided not to follow that career soon after, however, and she asked to have her major changed. Given a choice of new classes she could take, she chose communications, in part because her father was a journalist and her mother an actress.
Before graduating from the UAM in 1978, Estrada had already been hired by Televisa. She made history at Televisa by becoming the first woman producer in Mexican television history, but her beginnings were humble: at first, no celebrity wanted to work with her. Over the years this has changed, however, and she has produced some of Mexico's (and Latin America's) most famous soap operas, while working with such famous actors as Adamari López, Adela Noriega, Lucero, Fernando Colunga, Gabriela Roel and many more. Estrada was asked to produce soap operas for Televisa by Victor Hugo O'Farril. Her first soap opera was Pobre Juventud. Before that, she had been the producer of the teen-oriented show, Xe-Tu, where many superstars, such as Gloria Trevi, participated.
Estrada has spoken about the abuse she had to go through during the production of Pobre Juventud, both on the mental and physical aspect. According to her, she was subjected to mistreatment by her own employees, who went as far as hitting her on her legs with a cable once, because they were not used to having a woman boss.
She has often spoken about the importance of transmitting positive messages through her shows and her fascination towards love stories.
Carla Estrada is considered by many, including personal friend Cristina Saralegui, to be the greatest soap opera producer in Mexico, and her soap operas generally have wide international acceptance. One of her projects, Amor Real, was once watched by 59 percent of the Mexican audience.
Filmography Executive producer, Comedy Series, Music Show, Contest, TV Show Year Title Notes1982-87 XE-TU Executive producer1986-87 Pobre juventud Executive producer1987Pobre señorita Limantour Executive producer1987-88 Quinceañera Executive producer1988 Amor en silencio Executive producer1989-1990 Cuando llega el amor Executive producer1990-91 Amor de nadie Executive producer 1992De frente al sol Executive producer 1993Los Parientes Pobres Executive producer1993-94 Más allá del puente Executive producer1995 Alondra Executive producer 1995-96Lazos de Amor Executive producer1996-97 Te sigo amando Executive producer1997-98 María Isabel Executive producer1997-00Picardía mexicana Contest1998-99 El Privilegio de Amar Executive producer2000 Mi Destino Eres Tú Executive producer2000-07 La hora pico Comedy Series2001-02 El Manantial Executive producer2002-07 La parodia Comedy Series 2003Amor real Executive producer2005-06 AlboradaCarla Estrada presenta Alborada, esmas.com, Oct 18, 2005 Executive producerEl Privilegio de Mandar Comedy Series2007-08 Pasión Executive producer2009 Sortilegio Executive producer2011 La vida es mejor cantando Music Show2012-13 Los doctoresTV show2013-2016Hoy TV show2016Por siempre Joan Sebastian Executive producer2019This Is Silvia Pinal Executive producer
Awards and nominations
Premios TVyNovelas + As Executive Producer Year Category TelenovelaResult 1988Best Telenovela of the Year Quinceañera rowspan=2 1989 Amor en Silencio 1990 Cuando llega el amor 1993 De frente al sol 1994 Los Parientes Pobres 1996 Lazos de Amor 1998 María Isabel 1999 El Privilegio de Amar rowspan=4 2002 El Manantial 2004 Amor Real 2006 Alborada 2008 Pasión rowspan=2 2010 Sortilegio
+ As Producer of TV Programs Year Category TelenovelaResult 2003 Best Comedy Program La Parodia 2004 La hora pico Best Variety Program La Parodia rowspan=2 2006 Best Program Variety or Musical Best Comedy Program or Series La hora pico El Privilegio de Mandar 2007 Best Comedy Program rowspan=2 La hora pico Best Variety Program La Parodia 2012 Best Musical Talent Program La vida es mejor cantando rowspan=2 2013Best Variety Program Los Doctores 2014 Hoy
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