Zetna fuentes biography
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Zetna Fuentes
ZETNA FUENTES has established herself as one of the most in-demand directors helming many of television’s notable, award-winning shows. Most recently, Fuentes directed and executive produced episodes of the highly anticipated upcoming Hulu series, “Black Cake,” based on The NY Times Bestseller. She also recently directed the pilot of &#;Bosch: Legacy” and served as an Executive Producer on the series. She also directed the pilot and second episode of Netflix’s “Cursed,” based on Frank Miler and Thomas Wheeler’s graphic novel. Fuentes also returned to “This is Us” during its final årstid to direkt “Miguel,” one of the most talked about episodes of the NBC hit series.
Her work has been showcased on numerous series including Hulu’s “The Girl From Plainville” and “The Great,” FX’s “The Old Man” and “Snowfall,” HBO’s “The Deuce,” and “The Nevers,” Showtime’s “Super Pumped,” “Ray Donovan” and “Shameless,” and ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with
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Zetna Fuentes has established herself as one of the most in-demand directors, helming many of television's notable, award-winning shows. Most recently, Fuentes directed and executive produced episodes of the highly anticipated Hulu series, "Black Cake," based on the NY Times Bestseller. She also recently directed the pilot of "Bosch: Legacy" and served as an Executive Producer on the series. Her work has been showcased on numerous series including "The Old Man," "Ray Donovan," "The Girl From Plainville," "The Deuce," "The Great," "Shameless," and "This is Us." Fuentes has received multiple nominations for her work including NAACP and Imagen Award nominations for Outstanding Directing. Prior to her primetime success, Fuentes first earned recognition on the popular daytime dramas, "Guiding Light" and "One Life To Live," for which she was awarded three Daytime Emmy nom
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NYWIFT Talks with Cursed Director Zetna Fuentes
On our August 12, NYWIFT Talks, we joined director Zetna Fuentes to discuss her new Netflix limited series, Cursed. The series premiered Netflix on July 17th, and you can binge it here.
The conversation was moderated by NYWIFT Advisory Board Member Annetta Marion.
Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Cursed is a re-imagination of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a young woman with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother&#;s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a humble mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther. Cursed is a coming-of-age story whose themes are familiar to our own time: the obliteration of the natural world, relig