Cattleya & ITV Studios Launch Spanish Production Venture

Cattleya, part of ITV Studios, is launching a new production company, Cattleya Producciones, which will specialize in the creation and production of high-end drama for Spain.

Cattleya Producciones will be led by Managing Director Arturo Díaz, who joins from Netflix, where he was director of local language originals. He has worked on Las Chicas de Cable, Élite and Memorias de Idhún in Spain; Club de Cuervos, Diablero and the reboot of Rebelde in Mexico and El Robo del Siglo and Frontera Verde in Colombia, among others.

Located in Madrid, Cattleya Producciones will be overseen by Cattleya Founder and Co-CEO Riccardo Tozzi alongside Co-CEOs Giovanni Stabilini and Marco Chimenz and by Lisa Perrin, managing director of international production for ITV Studios.

Díaz said: “Being at the forefront of the expansion of Spanish language storytelling to a global audience has been absolutely thrilling and every day I see how many more avenues and possibilities there are for Spanish-speaking talent to work on series and films that impact Spain, Latin America, and the rest of the world. Having ITV Studios and Cattleya as our companions in this journey, with their incredibly successful track record and network of contacts, unlocks even bigger opportunities for creators to tell their stories.”

Tozzi added: “Spain, indeed all the Spanish-speaking world, is incredibly rich with creative talent. Over the years we have co-produced many films with Spanish partners and had the pleasure of working with some of their biggest stars, such as Penelope Cruz, Victoria Abril and Aitana Sánchez-Gjión. More recently, we shot part of Gomorrah in Spain, not to mention ZeroZeroZero, which was largely filmed in Mexico, and working in these territories has enriched our productions artistically. ITV Studios giving Cattleya this opportunity to work on Spanish productions—it’s like a dream come true for us. We are also extremely lucky to have Arturo Diaz as the managing director to guide Cattleya Producciones in this vibrant, but also very competitive, market.”

Perrin said: “It’s long been ITV Studios’ ambition to work within the Spanish scripted market. Spain is renowned for its creativity and storytelling. It doesn’t get any better than launching this production company, Cattleya Producciones, with the dream team—Cattleya and Arturo—and I’m looking forward to working on exciting new projects with them.”