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For AB InBev · Global Advertising Production Roster

Made in Mexico.
Made in LA.
Made everywhere.

A closer look at how we produce for beer brands from Mexico City and Los Angeles to Bogotá, Lima, Santiago and Madrid, and the details that didn't fit in the RFP.

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A Hispanic and Latino production company at our core, independent and owner-managed since 2005

20+Years of experience
6Offices with our own legal entities
36Directors
15In-house producers
+1000Projects
+100Clients
14Productions running at once
$55K–10MBudget range per project (USD)

Two hubs.
One team.

Mexico City is where we started and where our biggest team lives. Los Angeles puts us next to US brands and agencies. Both work as one production company, alongside our offices across Latin America and Spain.

Mexico City

Home since 2005

  • Our largest office, with 55 people on the team
  • Production Company of the Year in Mexico, three years running
  • Beer work for Victoria, Modelo, Pacifico and more, with W+K, Ogilvy and dL&CO
  • Local bidding and local invoicing in MXN
  • Fluent in Mexico's alcohol advertising rules

Office lead: Antonio Garrido · garrido@themaestros.tv

Los Angeles

The Maestros USA LLC

  • Our US entity, contracting and invoicing in USD
  • US general market and US Hispanic production, including recent Victoria work with Third Ear
  • 10-hour standard days, weather and cancellations per AICP terms
  • 3 days of prep and 1 shoot day in LA for Tequila Cazadores, with The Community Miami
  • Director Fede Álvarez based in Los Angeles

Office lead: Martin Feuerstein · martin@themaestros.tv

Across the border

  1. One team across both markets. A brief can be led from LA and produced in Mexico City, or the other way around.
  2. Spanish and English on set and in every office, with the cultural fluency to speak to Mexican and US Hispanic audiences.
  3. Producers stay with the job from bid to delivery, and post-production is in-house.

Not just
Mexico and LA.

Six offices in six countries, each with its own legal entity, local producers, local bidding and local invoicing. Every office has a roster of directors ready to shoot in that market.

Colombia

Bogotá

Full local production and invoicing in COP, with 15 people on the team and directors available to shoot in Colombia.

Office lead: Carolina Galeano · caro@themaestros.tv

Peru

Lima

Local production and invoicing in PEN, with directors available to shoot in Peru. Our Peru beer work includes Cerveza Cristal's Liga de Fútbol campaign with VML Peru.

Office lead: Alexandra Barrio · alexandra@themaestros.tv

Chile

Santiago

Local production and invoicing in CLP, with 15 people on the team. Directors on our Chile roster have shot Corona, KFC, Uber and Rexona.

Office lead: Montse Miranda · montse@themaestros.tv

Spain

Madrid

Frida by The Maestros, our boutique production company in Spain, led by Eva de Lera and Laura Soto. Narrative-led commercial production for brands and agencies, backed by its AI Lab, invoicing in EUR.

Laura Soto · lau@themaestros.tv

And beyond

Partner production companies in Brazil (Don't Touch My Soda), Argentina (Poster), Uruguay (Metanoia and Pardelion Films) and Bulgaria (B2Y Productions), plus directors based in São Paulo, Buenos Aires, London, Berlin, Nice, Dublin and Barcelona. No visa, union or permit limits on where we shoot.

VictoriaModeloCoronaPacificoMichelob UltraCristalQuilmesSkolBrahmaTigerVictoriaModeloCoronaPacificoMichelob UltraCristalQuilmesSkolBrahmaTiger

Beer is home.

We've partnered with beer brands since our start in the early 2000s. Here's a selection of recent beverage work.

Beer

Corona, Victoria, Pacifico, Modelo, Michelob, Cristal, Cerveza Indio, Becker

Spirits

Don Julio, Gran Centenario, Ojo de Tigre, Bacardi, Tequila Cazadores

Beverages & sport

Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Red Bull, Jumex. World Cup work for Burger King US and Amazon Mexico. Nike, Adidas.

Directors

36 directors on our roster, available across our six countries. These are some of the ones closest to beer, including four with credits on AB InBev brands.

What we make

Full production, start to finish. Most of it in-house, across all six offices.

Core strengths

What we stake our name on

  • Live-action commercials
  • Multi-country production, one team across markets
  • Social and digital content at volume
  • Music videos

Also in-house

Everything around the shoot

Edit, color and finishingVFX, CGI and 3DAnimation and motion graphics AI-assisted productionPhotography and stillsBranded entertainment and documentary Service production for foreign crewsVersioning and adaptation across markets Live events and experiential captureCasting and talentLocations and permits Stages and equipmentSound design and music supervision

We own camera and lighting equipment for smaller and social productions.

Our approach to AI

We generate in-house with our own artists, in a hybrid model. We use AI only where it has a real advantage over shooting for real, for example with animals or babies under two, or when a normal post timeline can't deliver it.

Awards

Recognized at the industry's most prestigious festivals, and in music.

4

Cannes Lions: Time Out Native, Cablevisión, ILAS and Jackpot. Shortlists for El Pitch (Ojo de Tigre) and Nunca Fuimos Niños (Reinserta).

30+

Círculo Creativo awards, including a Grand Prix, and Production Company of the Year three years running.

20+

Awards at Ciclope and El Ojo de Iberoamérica, including Production Company of the Year.

MTV

Latin Video Music Award, Video of the Year, for Café Tacuba, plus MTV recognition for work with Danna Paola.

Working with us

The commercial details behind our RFP answers. Each office's local bidding officer prepares its numbers, and final figures are confirmed per project.

Production fee
20 to 25% on sections A to K
Production insurance
2%
Director fees
Per shoot day
Standard day
10 hours in the US, 12 hours in our other offices
Weather and cancellation
Per AICP terms
Payment terms
30 days, with a 50% advance for local US jobs and a 75% advance for jobs abroad
Insurance
USA: Coaction Specialty Insurance, USD 1,000,000
Mexico: Seguros Inbursa, USD 600,000
Sustainability
We work to make sure our suppliers follow sustainable practices

Director day rates, local currency

OfficeShoot dayPrep or post day
Los AngelesUSD 12K–15KUSD 6K–12K
MadridEUR 12K–15KEUR 6K–12K
BogotáCOP 13M–20MCOP 6.5M–13M
LimaPEN 10.5K–19KPEN 5.2K–10.4K
SantiagoCLP 4.87MCLP 2.5M

Mexico City rates are submitted by our Mexico office in its own RFP. Crew, equipment and post rates for every office are in our RFP file.

Network

Six offices with our own legal entities, each invoicing locally. Partners in four more countries, and no visa, union or permit limits on where we shoot.

InternationalAntonio Acosta
acosta@themaestros.tv
USA · Los AngelesMartin Feuerstein
martin@themaestros.tv
Mexico · Mexico CityAntonio Garrido
garrido@themaestros.tv
Spain · MadridLaura Soto
lau@themaestros.tv
Colombia · BogotáCarolina Galeano
caro@themaestros.tv
Peru · LimaAlexandra Barrio
alexandra@themaestros.tv
Chile · SantiagoMontse Miranda
montse@themaestros.tv

Partner production companies

  • Brazil · Don't Touch My Soda
  • Argentina · Poster
  • Uruguay · Metanoia and Pardelion Films
  • Bulgaria · B2Y Productions
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