Sergio Aguero

Sergio Agüero segued to film and television production from a successful career packaging, financing and distributing motion pictures. He has produced “Quarantine” at Sony Screen Gems (2008) and “No Reservations” at Warner Brothers (2007).

At Maya Entertainment, under a producer housekeeping deal to generate movies and television with a Latino protagonist and/or theme geared to mainstream audiences, Sergio has most recently executive produced “The Dry Land” starring America Ferrera, Melissa Leo and Wilmer Valderrama. He is currently developing and co-financing a slate of genre movies (action, horror, musically driven) that speak to a 12-34 year old multi cultural demo.

He is also in development on “Operation Checkmate” and the sequel to “Quarantine” at Sony, “Diego Ascending” at Big Beach Films. He also developed the series pilot “Red Ball,” at 20Th Century Television and adapted the international bestseller “The Queen of the South” at Warner Independent.

Agüero was an executive producer on 2005 multiple Goya Awards winner in Spain “Princesas,” and Alfonso Cuaron’s “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” a 2003 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Screenplay.

Previously, at Endeavor Agency, Agüero established their independent financing and international efforts, representing talent, financing companies and completed films. Among the titles he worked on were Joe Carnahan’s “Narc,” “Phillip Noyce’s “Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence” and Paul Schrader’s “Autofocus.” He also sold distribution rights to a number of films, including the box-office hit “The Blair Witch Project.”

As Executive Vice President of Trimark Pictures, and one of three key executives managing the company, he built and ran international film and television sales. He was instrumentally involved in specialized production and acquisition efforts for such films as Kasi Lemmon’s “Eve’s Bayou,” Mira Nair’s “Kamasutra” and Marc Levin’s Sundance Audience Award winner “Slam.”

Agüero also served as Vice President of International Sales at Vision International and, prior to that, at Epic Pictures. He began his entertainment career in acquisitions at Bjorck Film, as the Los Angeles representation for, among others, powerhouses Shochiku in Japan and Village Roadshow in Australia.

Agüero earned his B.A. in economics and political science from Yale and became a financial analyst at Salomon Brothers in New York, participating in valuation analyses of takeover targets as well as fixed income and equity financings. He worked and traveled throughout Asia before relocating to Los Angeles and entering the entertainment industry.