Dago García

Darío Armando García Granados, better known as Dago García (Bogota, 11 February 1962), is a screenwriter, film producer and director, and social communicator. He works currently as production vice-president of Colombian private television network Canal Caracol. He is one of Colombia's most well-known screenwriters.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is García and the second or maternal family name is Granados.

Personal life

Dago García has a degree in Social Communication from Universidad Externado. García was married to actress Martha Osorio, with whom he has two girls (18 and 26 years old). From 2000 on he has been in a relationship with journalist María Mercedes (Mechaz) Sánchez. His brother, Mario Iván García Granados, is currently an executive producer of Dago García Producciones, the producing company he founded. García also used to play as DJ in the well-known “Quiebracanto” pub in Bogota.[1]

Work

Dago García has been writing for television, theatre and cinema from the 90's, during which time he has written and produced more than thirty series and soap operas (some in association with Luis Felipe Salamanca), a fellow graduate from University Externado of Colombia. Among his creations are popular soap operas “Pedro el Escamoso” (2001), “Pecados capitales” (2002), and “La saga” (2004), among numerous others, which have obtained him national and Latin American awards like Simón Bolívar, India Catalina, Tv y Novelas, and El Tiempo for Best Screenwriting and Best Soap opera.[2] He also obtained the prize to Best Screenwriting and Best Producing Company in the Latin American meeting of soap operas of 2004, in Uruguay.

In addition to his work in soap operas, Dago García has been working prolifically in producing and writing movies. "La mujer del piso alto" and "Posición viciada" both obtained the Cinemateca Distrital 25 years award Best Script, and were nominated by Colombia to the Goya Awards in 1998. His Es mejor ser rico que pobre participated in the Official Selection in the Festivals of Cartagena, Chicago, Montreal, Miami, and Villaverdey.

"Dago García Producciones" was created by him and Juan Carlos Velásquez in 1995, and from 1999 has managed to produce a film every year aimed at the general public in Colombia. García has been producer and screenwriter of several films with the company. Despite receiving very negative reviews from critics, these movies have proved to be quite successful at the box office in Colombia, grossing on occasion more than Hollywood films.[3][4][5][6]

García has also been teacher of screen writing for many universities in Colombia (Externado, the Javeriana, Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Rosary, Central University, and Minuto de Dios) and in Cuba (International School of Cinema and Television of Saint Antonio of the Bathrooms).

Filmography
Year Film
1995La Mujer del Piso Alto
1997Posición Viciada
1999Es Mejor ser Rico que Pobre
2001La Pena Máxima
2002Te Busco
2003El Carro
2004La Esquina
2005Mi abuelo, mi papá y yo
2006Las Cartas del Gordo
2007Muertos de susto
2008Ni te cases, ni te embarques
2009In fraganti
2010El paseo[7]
2011El escritor de telenovelas
2012Mi gente linda, mi gente bella
2012El paseo 2
2013El control
2013El paseo 3
2014Carta al Niño Dios
2014Uno al año no hace daño
2015Reguechicken
2015Vivo en el Limbo
2015El coco
2015Uno al año no hace daño 2
2016El paseo 4
2017El coco 2
2017El paseo de Teresa

References
  1. "Quiebra Canto - vive.in". Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  2. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "'Dago y yo somos como Chávez y Uribe', dice Luis Felipe Salamanca". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  3. "Dago García: el rey midas del cine colombiano". www.semana.com. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  4. País, Ediciones El (2016-01-29). "Dago García, el 'rey' de la taquilla del cine en Colombia". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  5. Tiempo, Casa Editorial El. "'El público de cine es impredecible': Dago García". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  6. Dago García supera a la nueva de Star Wars
  7. Sanint, Antonio; Gómez, Carolina; Giraldo, María Margarita; López, Adelaida (2010-12-25), El paseo, retrieved 2017-03-19
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