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Carlos Quintanilla is a multidisciplinary Mexican artist whose areas of expertise range from screenwriter, stage director, actor to professor. For the past twenty years, Quintanilla has worked on and developed a variety of projects for different platforms and networks. Among the media giants with which he has collaborated are Netflix, Televisa, TV Azteca, Sony Teleset, El Mall, Lemon Studios, Blind Spot Pictures and Amazon Prime Video. Some of his most prominent works include Control Z (Netflix - 2020) Rosario Tijeras (TV Azteca - 2016), Sin Rastro De Ti (Televisa - 2016), Mujeres Asesinas (Televisa - 2010), La Bandida (Amazon Prime - 2019), A Corazón Abierto (TV Azteca - 2012), El Equipo (Televisa - 2011), Lucho en Familia (TV Azteca - 2011), Los Rey (TV Azteca - 2012).
Born and raised in Mexico City (May 11, 1984), Quintanilla enrolled in the acting program offered by TV Azteca (CEFAC) and graduated with honors. He went on to study screenwriting at the Writers Center in TV Azteca. His next steps were to hone his theatrical knowledge and he did so under the tutelage of industry titans like Héctor Mendoza and Ludwik Margules. In 2015 he was bestowed the Best Theatre Director award in New York City for his directing of Woody Allen's play titled Infidelidades.
Quintanilla was Content Director at Televisa as well as leading their famous Telenovela Scriptwriting Course at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. As a professor, he has taught a diverse range of subjects which include acting, text analysis, theatre and dramatic structure. He was former Vice-president of Research & Development for the production house Lemon Studios, where he was also the creator and head writer of Control Z, a Netflix Original project. Currently he serves as the Director of Future Original Development for NBCUNIVERSAL Telemundo Global Studios. Additionally, he directs a year-long capacitation program titled The ABC's of Showrunning at the prestigious CENTRO - an institution for higher education in design communication, film, digital media and architecture. The program aims to engender a new generation of creators and showrunners that will usher in a new era of LATAM media.
