Underground Producciones

Underground Producciones, a privately owned company headquartered in Argentina, operates as a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises. Founded in 2006 by Sebastián Ortega and Pablo Culell, the company employs approximately 70 individuals. It functions as a vertically integrated mass media film studio, television production company, and intellectual property incubator. The studio was acquired by NBCUniversal on August 14, 2019, subsequently operating as a wholly owned regional extension of Telemundo Streaming Studios. Ortega serves as Senior Vice President of Creative Direction for Telemundo Studios, and Culell operates as Vice President of Original Content Development. The company controls an extensive proprietary intellectual property repository. Its entertainment catalog includes the prison drama El Marginal, the comedy Lalola (licensed and adapted in over 70 countries), Graduados, Los Exitosos Pells, Un gallo para Esculapio, 100 Días para Enamorarse, Botineras, the biographical crime film El Ángel (premiered at the Cannes Film Festival), the documentary feature LA Originals for Netflix, and the female-led prison drama En el barro.