Paco Arango

Francisco (Paco) Arango was born in Mexico City in 1962. He and his family moved to Spain when he was very young.He was educated in the United States (Deerfield Academy and Tufts University).Arango became a successful solo recording artist for Sony Records in Latin America and Spain.In 1999 he started his own television production company. He created and wrote several shows, one of which Ala Dina became one of Spain's top-rated shows, and ran for three seasons.In December 2011, he wrote and directed Maktub. The film was well received in Spain and garnered three nominations at the Spanish Academy (Goya) Awards. The movie benefited the Maktub Center, the number one bone marrow transplant wing in Spain.Paco combines his passion for storytelling with a deep commitment to helping seriously ill children.His Aladina Foundation provides volunteers, builds teen rooms in hospitals, and helps fund expenses for children and their families.In 2012, Aladina used profits from Arango's first film to build one of Europe's most advanced bone marrow transplant center in Madrid.In 2016, Aladina Foundation rebuilt Hospital Niño Jesús' ICU with a cost of over 1.5MEUR creating Aladina ICU with the latest technology and comfortable installations for the families.In 2008, Arango was elected to the Board of Directors of SeriousFun Children's Network, which runs camps and programs for seriously ill children around the world. His last project "The Healer", the first film in the world with a 100% philanthropic cause. It features a cast of well-known actors. The film is dedicated to Paul Newman.It is a feel-good movie about a man who doesn't know he has the power to heal, and it is suitable for families and people of all ages. Alec, the main character, gets a break to clear his debts in exchange for moving to rural Nova Scotia for a year. Once there, he discovers he can heal people, but struggles to accept this gift and the responsibilities that come with it. A teenager with cancer shows him the way. Show less «