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**NALA Films** is a film [production](/source/Filmmaking#Production) and financing company, the production arm of NALA Investments, LLC. It was founded in 2005 by Mexican-American businessman [Emilio Diez Barroso](/source/Emilio_Diez_Barroso).

## Foundation

**NALA (N**orth **A**merica **L**atin **A**merica**) Films, LLC** was founded in 2005[1] by [Emilio Diez Barroso](/source/Emilio_Diez_Barroso) (the great-grandson [Televisa](/source/Televisa) founder [Emilio Azcárraga Vidaurreta](/source/Emilio_Azc%C3%A1rraga_Vidaurreta)), as the production arm of NALA Investments (founded in 1999),[2] an investment vehicle with a portfolio of holdings across various industries. NALA Films, which is headquartered just off [Santa Monica Boulevard](/source/Santa_Monica_Boulevard) in [West Hollywood](/source/West_Hollywood), [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), is a "film development, production and financing company that NALA Films is a financing and production company that focuses on making quality, character-driven projects for film, television and new media.[3] The company "produces and finances three to five feature films per year".[4][5]

### Key people

Under CEO Diez Barroso, [Darlene Caamaño-Loquet](/source/Darlene_Caama%C3%B1o) is President of NALA Films, a role which saw her named the sixth most powerful [Hispanic](/source/Hispanic) woman on the Hispanic Women "Power 25" list of 2007.[1] As President, Caamaño Loquet develops, supervises and produces the financing/production company's feature film and television slate.[4] In 2007, it was reported that the executive ranks had been expanded by the double hiring of Corrie Rothbart as Chief Financial Officer, and Rudy Scalese as Director of Development.[6] Rothbart, whose previous roles included positions with [ICM Partners](/source/ICM_Partners), [Gold Circle Films](/source/Gold_Circle_Films) and [Sony Pictures Entertainment](/source/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment), took on the role of overseer on "financial and strategic planning, corporate treasury, business development, production finance, accounting and operations."[6] Scalese's role new role was to "help identify and develop material to fulfill the company's production slate of four to five relatively big-budget films per year, as well as its lower-budget genre fare," after he came to prominence producing the documentary: *Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film*. Scalese had also previously worked for Caamaño-Loquet's D-No Entertainment.[6]

## Films

Diez Barroso and NALA financed their first film, *[The Air I Breathe](/source/The_Air_I_Breathe)*, with money raised from private investors, "state subsidies" and "film subsidy programs" such as the fund run by the Mexico film institute Imcine.[7] In addition, NALA took "a relatively conservative tack by shooting most pics in Mexico," where it "has fostered relationships with local state authorities." Diez Barroso, Caamaño-Loquet and [Paul Schiff](/source/Paul_Schiff), who brought the production to NALA, produced, in association with Paul Schiff Productions, (whose Tai Duncan co-executive produced with Christopher Pratt).[7]

NALA Films attempt to produce works with Latin American talent "to finance three to four English-language [films] per year in the $6 million to $30 million range."[7] Ultimately, the first film to be released (in association with [Warner Bros.](/source/Warner_Bros.)) was the [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards)-nominated *[In the Valley of Elah](/source/In_the_Valley_of_Elah)* (2007), starring [Tommy Lee Jones](/source/Tommy_Lee_Jones) and [Charlize Theron](/source/Charlize_Theron). *[Dan in Real Life](/source/Dan_in_Real_Life)* (which Caamaño-Loquet developed earlier with Noah Rosen and their D-No Entertainment) followed the same year, in association with [Buena Vista](/source/Buena_Vista_(Walt_Disney_Company)). [ThinkFilm](/source/ThinkFilm) released *The Air I Breathe* at various film festivals throughout late 2007, which then debuted in the United States on limited release in January 2008. *[After Sex](/source/After_Sex_(2007_film))* (2007), starring [Jane Seymour](/source/Jane_Seymour_(actress)), followed a similar pattern.[1]

As of April 2015, NALA Productions has been the major/sole production company behind eight films.[8] They are:

- *[The Air I Breathe](/source/The_Air_I_Breathe)* (2007) starring [Forest Whitaker](/source/Forest_Whitaker), [Andy García](/source/Andy_Garc%C3%ADa), [Sarah Michelle Gellar](/source/Sarah_Michelle_Gellar), [Kevin Bacon](/source/Kevin_Bacon), [Brendan Fraser](/source/Brendan_Fraser), [Emile Hirsch](/source/Emile_Hirsch), and [Julie Delpy](/source/Julie_Delpy)
- *[After Sex](/source/After_Sex_(2007_film))* (2007) starring [Jane Seymour](/source/Jane_Seymour_(actress)), [Mila Kunis](/source/Mila_Kunis), [Taryn Manning](/source/Taryn_Manning), and [Zoe Saldaña](/source/Zoe_Salda%C3%B1a)
- *[In the Valley of Elah](/source/In_the_Valley_of_Elah)* (2007) starring [Charlize Theron](/source/Charlize_Theron), [Tommy Lee Jones](/source/Tommy_Lee_Jones), [Susan Sarandon](/source/Susan_Sarandon), [James Franco](/source/James_Franco), and [Jason Patrik](/source/Jason_Patrik), written and directed by [Paul Haggis](/source/Paul_Haggis)
- *[Shelter](/source/Shelter_(2010_film))* (2010) starring [Julianne Moore](/source/Julianne_Moore), [Jonathan Rhys Meyers](/source/Jonathan_Rhys_Meyers), [Jeffrey DeMunn](/source/Jeffrey_DeMunn), [Frances Conroy](/source/Frances_Conroy), and [Nate Corddry](/source/Nate_Corddry)
- *[Ceremony](/source/Ceremony_(2010_film))* (2010) starring [Michael Angarano](/source/Michael_Angarano), [Uma Thurman](/source/Uma_Thurman), [Reece Thompson](/source/Reece_Thompson), [Lee Pace](/source/Lee_Pace), and [Jake Johnson](/source/Jake_Johnson)
- *[Decoding Deepak](/source/Decoding_Deepak)* (2012) starring [Deepak Chopra](/source/Deepak_Chopra) and [Gotham Chopra](/source/Gotham_Chopra), written and directed by Gotham Chopra
- *[Casa de Mi Padre](/source/Casa_de_Mi_Padre)* (2012) starring [Will Ferrell](/source/Will_Ferrell), [Diego Luna](/source/Diego_Luna), [Gael García Bernal](/source/Gael_Garc%C3%ADa_Bernal), and [Nick Offerman](/source/Nick_Offerman)
- *[The Bling Ring](/source/The_Bling_Ring)* (2013) starring [Katie Chang](/source/Katie_Chang), [Emma Watson](/source/Emma_Watson), [Taissa Farmiga](/source/Taissa_Farmiga), [Israel Broussard](/source/Israel_Broussard) and [Leslie Mann](/source/Leslie_Mann), written and directed by [Sofia Coppola](/source/Sofia_Coppola)

## Partnerships

In November 2006, it was announced that NALA Films had formed a partnership with the [William Morris Agency](/source/William_Morris_Agency), who will "provide consulting services on a slate of at least five films," to which NALA will bring production funds of "$125 million... over the next two to three years."[5] The Agency, who also acts as consultant to [Bob Yari](/source/Bob_Yari)'s financing company El Camino and the Pelican Film and Beverly Bridge Funds, "will help NALA consider possible feature packages for funding."[5] NALA President Darlene Caamaño-Loquet noted that the Los Angeles-based company "plans to fully finance its projects and does not intend to seek partners," while also "continu[ing] to produce projects outside of its WMA partnership."[5] (NALA did, however, partner with both Summit Entertainment, on whose board of directors Diez Barroso sits, and Steve Samuels Media Capital to finance and produce *In the Valley of Elah*.)[5]

## References

1. Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca; Lytal, Cristy; Tucker, Trisha (October 9, 2007). ["*Hollywood Reporter*: Hispanic Women Power 25"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090813092840/http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1%2C1770%2C39370-1%3B58024-3%2C00.html). University of Miami. Archived from [the original](http://www6.miami.edu/UMH/CDA/UMH_Main/1,1770,39370-1;58024-3,00.html) on August 13, 2009. Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. ["NALA Investments"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080402125345/http://www.nalainvestments.com/main.html). NALA Investments website. Archived from [the original](http://www.nalainvestments.com/main.html) on April 2, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. ["NALA Films website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080414040526/http://www.nalafilms.com/nala.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.nalafilms.com/nala.html) on April 14, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. ["*In the Valley of Elah*: About the Filmmakers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080918011002/http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2007_In_the_Valley_of_Elah_about_the_filmmakers.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.celebritywonder.com/movie/2007_In_the_Valley_of_Elah_about_the_filmmakers.html) on September 18, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. McNary, Dave (November 2, 2006). ["WMA's Latin pic pal"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953225.html?categoryid=29&cs=1). Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. McNary, Dave (June 12, 2007). ["Nala Films taps Rothbart, Scalese"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966828.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1). Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. McClintock, Pamela (October 20, 2005). ["Thesps take breath of indie 'Air'"](https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117931368.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1&s=h&p=0). Retrieved April 8, 2008.

1. ["IMDb: NALA Films"](https://www.imdb.com/company/co0154622/). Retrieved April 21, 2015.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.nalafilms.com)

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