MARÍA CONTRERAS has an extensive career in the entertainment sector. After nearly 11 years as a development executive and executive producer at Atresmedia Cine – greenlighting projects such as El Cuerpo, Villaviciosa de al lado, Toc Toc, and El Club de los incomprendidos – she joined the Amazon MGM Studios team in 2021. During her time at Prime Video, she’s taken on increasingly more responsibilities; she spent three years working as a film development executive for Prime Video, and this past April was promoted to head of Spanish original films at Amazon MGM Studios. At Amazon, she’s been behind titles such as the science fiction thriller Awareness, the comedies Mañana es hoy and Un hípster en la España vacía, the YA film trilogy Culpables, and the psychological thriller La virgen roja. In September 2024 she became head of movies and scripted TV for Spain, leading titles such as Enemigos, Viaje de fin de curso, and Su Majestad.