Derbez is considered, according to Variety magazine, “the most influential Hispanic man in the entertainment industry”,
The trajectory of the actor and producer Eugenio Derbez will be recognized with the Crossover Award from the PRODU 2021 Awards, which recognizes the Latin talent who has triumphed in Hollywood.
“Eugenio Derbez has managed to conquer with his professionalism, humor and wit one of the most demanding markets in the American audiovisual industry, film and television,” describes a statement issued by the organizers of the awards ceremony.
With active productions in Mexico and the United States, Derbez is considered, according to the magazine Variety, “The most influential Hispanic man in the entertainment industry”, endorsed by a trajectory of almost four decades.
Derbez (Mexico City, 1961) has become a benchmark in Mexican comedy and has shown his versatility as a producer, director and also as an actor in the dramatic genre.
One of his most successful works on open television in Mexico was The P. Luche family (2002).
Since then his career has done nothing but grow and among the achievements he has made in the United States stands out the family comedy Instructions Not Included (2013), which with 44.4 million dollars raised is the highest grossing film in Spanish in history in the United States (worldwide it totaled 100.5 million).
Derbez has also worked on other films such as Overboard (2018) and Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019).
The award for Derbez will be presented within the framework of the PRODU 2021 Awards Gala that will take place on December 1 and 2 via streaming with a continuous 50 hour broadcast to reward the best of the Hispanic audiovisual industry.
On November 18, the first awards ceremony was held in which Mexico was the most recognized country of the night, having won six of the 17 categories that made up the meeting.
The PRODU 2021 Awards Gala will be hosted by Mexican Alan Tacher, Argentine supermodel Valeria Mazza and Venezuelan-Spanish journalist Boris Izaguirre. (I)
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