As a child, he dreamed of becoming an archaeologist, inspired by Indiana Jones. Today, instead of digging up ruins, he gathers scattered pieces: ideas, images, voices; and transforms them into films and series. After nearly a decade at Fabula, Daniel Castell joins JUNTOS as Head of the Series Division.
“Indiana Jones searched for artifacts from the past to reconstruct history. I do something similar when producing: I take elements that, on their own, make little sense, but by connecting them, they form a story,” says Daniel.
Castell trained as a journalist and holds a master’s degree in documentary filmmaking, a path that took him from journalism into fiction development. That intersection continues to shape his approach: “Fiction needs a lot of reality to nourish and build itself,” he explains.
His career includes internationally recognized projects. During his time at Fabula, he contributed to expanding the television division toward global markets with series such as La Jauría and El Presidente (Amazon Prime Video), Baby Bandito and Homemade (Netflix), Midnight Family (Apple TV+), as well as A Long Petal of the Sea, an adaptation of Isabel Allende’s novel. He also developed original audio content for Spotify, including Quemar tu casa and Creepyhunters, both created by Julio Rojas.
In 2025, he founded Bandada, a creative lab that supports projects in their most fragile stage: early development. “Writing a story in fifty pages is one thing; condensing it into ten slides and conveying its heart in a few words to an executive is another. Bandada exists so those ideas can survive,” he says.
Making Series with JUNTOS
His partnership with JUNTOS took shape this year, with Castell leading the Series Division. “What most attracted me was the team’s healthy ambition and talent, as well as the chance to keep exploring other projects in parallel,” he notes.
The division is already working on Culpables Inocentes, selected for the Iberseries 2025 Showrunners Workshop, along with a slate of new narratives that blur genre boundaries: luminous dramas, thrillers infused with dark comedy, and layered stories that defy labels.
Beyond his professional path, Castell maintains an intimate bond with cinema: “For me, cinema is the chance to live other lives—to split yourself into characters who aren’t you, and to materialize dreams, those films we see when we sleep or when we daydream.”
Today, from JUNTOS, that vision joins the collective effort of a production company dedicated to entertaining, moving, and provoking thought—bringing locally rooted stories to shine on the international stage.