We are what we create so we can change who we are.

Coming from diverse sectors leveraging our experience to harness creativity.

Reality supersedes fiction, that’s were we exist.  Stories based on real life characters and events.

The Team

SANTIAGO DIAZ

Producer, Director

- Producer: Paraiso Travel (2007).
- Executive producer: National Geographic documentary “Inside: FARC Hostage Rescue” (2008).
- Executive producer: TV mini-series: OPERATION CHECKMATE. TVE (2009). International EMMY Nominee for best Mini-Series, 2011.
- Executive Producer: INFILTRADOS: DOCUMENTARY (2011), UNIVISION.
- Executive Producer: SAINT OR SINNER: POPE FRANCIS, DOCUMENTARY, 2015. FUSION TV NETWORK.
- Co-executive producer: RESIDENTE (2017), Documentary.
- Executive Producer, Director, Writer: PABLO ESCOBAR: COUNTDOWN TO DEATH. DOCUMENTARY (2017). UNIVISION, STORY HOUSE, NETFLIX.
- Executive Producer: DRUG WARS, DOCUMENTARY SERIES, FUSION TV NETWORK (2013-2018).
Santiago began his career as a producer in 1996 hired by Prego Television in Colombia to head their TV commercials production department. For three years there he was responsible for overseeing the production of hundreds of commercials throughout Latin America for many of the region’s most recognizable brands. In 1999 he left Prego Television to pursue a career in filmmaking. Based mostly out of Miami for the next 19 years, five of those in Spain (from 2001-2005) and now in Cartagena (since 2019), he has been producing different formats of original content for film and TV since.
Some of the most relevant projects he has been involved in are:
Producer: Paraiso Travel 2007. Executive producer: TV mini-series: OPERATION CHECKMATE. TVE 2011. Executive Producer: INFILTRADOS: DOCUMENTARY, 2011, UNIVISION. Executive Producer: DRUG WARS, DOCUMENTARY SERIES, FUSION TV NETWORK, 2013-2018. Executive Producer, Director and Editor: ESCOBAR: COUNTDOWN TO DEATH. DOCUMENTARY, 2017. NETFLIX.
Recently announced at Miami’s NATPE 2020, a co-production agreement between Paraiso Pictures and Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio, a new series based on the true story of a drug kingpin turned government operative after the Sept. 11 attacks of 2001 has just entered development. “El Medico,” to be shot in English, is executive-produced and directed by Netflix’s “Fauda” Season 1 director Assaf Bernstein, and will enlist Academy Award-nominated producer Michael Nozik (“The Motorcycle Diaries”). Santiago is Executive Producer and Co-Creator of El Medico. Santiago is Executive Producer and Co-Creator of El Medico.

ADRIANO DALLA TORRE

Partner

“To awaken desire and make a tear slide or draw a smile. To generate compassion, violence, love and hate, grief or joy, suffering, rejoicing, and why not, discover that God and the Devil sometimes shake hands. In other words, rediscover ourselves as human beings.
That's what we, who love telling stories, do: AROUSE THOSE EMOTIONS TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE ALIVE.”
Adriano has a degree in Advertising, Marketing and Broadcasting and he has developed a successful career as a publicist and audiovisual creator.

ALEX PEREIRA

Partner

Alex Pereira began his career in entertainment as a graduate of Boston University’s Communications School. He is a founding partner of Paraiso Pictures, and an Emmy Nominated producer who started working in Los Angeles, at ICM (International Creative Management), one of the most powerful and respected talent agencies in the World. There he collaborated in projects like the Lord Of The Rings (trilogy), Moulin Rouge and Pirates of the Caribbean amongst many projects the agency was involved with. Seeking to become a producer, he left ICM to work closely with one of the top Hollywood managers, Joanne Horowitz, whose clients included Kevin Spacey and Michael Chiklis. While at Joanne Horowitz Management, he collaborated in projects such as The Life Of David Gale, Beyond The Sea, 21, The Shield, and Fantastic Four. In 2006 Alex became a founding member of Paraíso Pictures, a company structured to building a bridge between Hollywood and the Hispanic market.

PAUL ALEXANDRO

Partner

Don’t let this serious pic disguise a funny guy who strives for perfection. His extensive business background makes him a kick-ass producer and talent, in addition to other business sectors including; golf retail, wine distribution, software development and technological start-ups. He graduated at the top of his class Boston University where he received an MBA in Marketing.
As a serial entrepreneur, he founded, developed and successfully exited several businesses. He's also an amazing golfer, a decent beach volleyball player and a mediocre snowborder.