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| Born | Cristina Marie Abrina Magno |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Co-CEO, FactoryMade Ventures Co-Founder, El Rey Co-Founder, Tres Pistoleros Media Advisor to Hasbro, Telefonica and JCPenney |
| Website | FactoryMade Ventures |
Cristina "Cris" Patwa is the Co-CEO of FactoryMade Ventures, an entertainment and media business incubator founded in 2011; JJ Abrams was an early investor in the company.
Career
Early on, Patwa was a director of business development at Disney/ABC Television Group. Later she was WME's Head of Strategic Planning. She also served as an adviser to Hasbro on the Transformers and GI Joe franchises as well as Hasbro Studios and the Hub Network with Discovery Communications), HSN (created HSN Arcade), Telefonica and JCPenney.
Patwa co-founded El Rey Network and Tres Pistoleros Studios with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and former WME board member and agent John Fogelman. In February 2012, El Rey closed a national deal with Comcast for distribution, and in May 2013, El Rey announced an investment from Univision. In 2013, Patwa was featured as a Showbiz Strategist in Variety's Dealmakers Impact Report.
Patwa is an Executive Producer on scripted television shows "From Dusk Till Dawn" the series, a remake of the classic film by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, and "Matador," a Latino James Bond series with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. She is working on producing 6 scripted series for the El Rey Network. Patwa is also an Executive Producer on an untitled reality television series with Vice Media as well as Scott Gurney and Deirdre Gurney, the creators of "Duck Dynasty" and "Auction Hunters."
Also at FactoryMade, Patwa started a joint venture with Mexican wrestling league Lucha Libre AAA, and in January 2014, the JV announced a partnership with Mark Burnett and his production company with Hearst Corporation, One Three Media, to produce multiple television shows around the league, including a weekly series on the El Rey Network.
References
- "John Fogelman launches FactoryMade Ventures". Variety. 2011-09-06. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
- ^ "FactoryMade builds up cast of Hollywood players for El Rey Network". LA Times. 2013-09-10. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ "Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network Inks Six-Series Deal With Georgeville Television". Deadline. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
- "Comcast Announces New Networks With Magic Johnson, Sean Combs, Robert Rodriguez". Reuters. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- "A Who's Who Channel Guide of New Cable Networks". CableFax. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- "Univision Communications and El Rey Network Announce Strategic Partnership, Unveil Upcoming Scripted Series". Business Wire. 2013-05-14. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
- "Comcast planning launch of minority-owned networks". Washington Times. 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2013-12-13.
- "Showbiz Strategists: Variety's Dealmakers Impact Report". Variety. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- "El Rey Casts Leads In 'From Dusk Till Dawn', Taps Showrunners For K/O Series". Deadline. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- "D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Don Johnson Cast in Robert Rodriguez's 'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series'". TheWrap. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2013-11-07.
- "Scripted Series 'Matador'to Premiere in Summer 2014 on El Rey Network". TVByTheNumbers. 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
- "Robert Rodriguez's 'From Dusk Till Dawn: A Netflix Original Series' Coming Exclusively To Netflix Members In International Territories This March". Yahoo Finance. 2014-03-06. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
- "El Rey Network Announces New Series of Specials from Gurney Productions, Producer of Hit Reality Series, "Duck Dynasty", and Vice Media". TheFutonCritic.
- "El Rey taps Gurney, Vice for specials". RealScreen.
- "FactoryMade Ventures Forms Joint Venture With Lucha Libre AAA, Plans Franchise Reinvention And U.S. Expansion". PRN. 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
- "Mark Burnett Bringing Lucha Libre Wrestling to El Rey Network". The Hollywood Reporter.
- "Mark Burnett & El Rey Network Bring Lucha Libre Wrestling Events to the U.S." TVByTheNumbers.
- "Mark Burnett Working on Hourlong Wrestling Series for El Rey Network". TVBizwire.
- "Mexican wrestling is coming to American TV". Quartz.