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name: "Jesús Colmenar"
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roles: ["Producer","Director"]
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average_as: "producer"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:15:19.348759+00:00"
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# Jesús Colmenar

Producer and director. Born in Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Also known as:** Jesús G. Colmenar 
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94988354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2912775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1608537

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Money Heist*](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md) (70)

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## Biography

Jesús Colmenar is a Spanish television director and producer. He began his career directing episodes of series such as *Los Hombres de Paco* (Paco's Men, 2005) and *El Barco* (The Boat). He has worked extensively with creator Álex Pina, initially at Globomedia and later at Vancouver Media.

Colmenar directed multiple episodes of *Vis a Vis* (Locked Up, 2015), *El Embarcadero* (The Pier, 2019) and *Sky Rojo* (2021). He served as director and executive producer on *Money Heist* (La Casa de Papel, 2017), directing the pilot and over twenty episodes across its run. He received an Iris Award for Best Director for the series in 2019.

His recent credits include directing episodes of *Billionaires' Bunker* (2025). He has also directed the short film *Sabine*.

*Sources: variety.com, imdb.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Money Heist* (2017), Fi1m 70, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Billionaires' Bunker* (2025), series, Director
- *Sky Rojo* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *The Pier* (2019), series, Director, Executive Producer
- *Money Heist* (2017), series, Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/money-heist.md)
- *Locked Up* (2015), series, Director
- *El chiringuito de Pepe* (2014), series, Director
- *Paco's Men* (2005), series, Director
- *Perfect Liars*, Director, Screenplay

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