Actor Miguel Varoni has joined the Telemundo family as director of the channel

Actor Miguel Varoni He has extensive experience in the television world. He stood out as an actor in several famous soap operas such as The Devil Knows More, Pedro the Scaly, The House Next Door, The Thief Who Steals from Thieves, among others. But for Varona that phase ended a few years ago when it was time for him to be on the other side of the screen.

He signed a contract with Telemundo studies, where he held the role of creative director and vice president of production since before the pandemic. “I was exclusive as an actor and Patrick (Willsformer president of Telemundo studio) knew me as a director and all the producers who were around me at the time Patrick They also knew me as a director and wanted me to direct as well as act, so here is my story as an executive director Telemundo“, he said recently via Instagram.

He played the last main role in 2018 in the hit series Lord of the heavens, has been hiding behind the scenes ever since. He is already 58 years old and this is the direction he has chosen at this stage of his career, obviously his vast experience in television made him acquire the knowledge to be one of the big decision makers of the channel.

Since joining the ring with these charges, Varona participated in productions Betty in New York, 100 days to fall in love and The woman of my life. “Production is being in charge of the whole package, it means arranging everything, from money, everything that is cost (…), knowing how to deal with everything that is art, scenography, of course castingof course the script… It’s putting together the whole package,” he mentioned.

What he likes most about his new job in an entertainment company is directing: “Karen Barroeta He gave me that possibility a little bit in the novel that I worked on as an executive producer The woman of my lifewhich was the last one I did in production before I started Count. I had the opportunity to direct and produce and I like that because when I’m in the office for a long time with that budget and all that sometimes I get a little bored,” he said. (AND)