Club de Cuervos, also known as Club of Crows, is a Mexican comedy-drama television series created by Gary "Gaz" Alazraki and Michael Lam. Premiering with its full first season on August 7, 2015, it is the first Spanish-language Netflix original series. The story centers on the football club Cuervos FC, based in the fictional city of Nuevo Toledo, Mexico, and the power struggle that follows the death of its long-time owner and patriarch. Club de Cuervos stars Luis Gerardo Méndez and Mariana Treviño as two siblings who fight over ownership and direction of the team.
Club de Cuervos
Club de Cuervos cast at the 2017 Premios Fénix
Club de Cuervos is filmed in Pachuca, Hidalgo (Pachuca's historic center pictured)
Gary "Gaz" Alazraki is a Mexican director, screenwriter and producer known for directing the film Father of the Bride (2022); for writing and directing Mexico's record breaking comedy Nosotros los Nobles (2013); and for being the co-creator, executive producer and director of Club de Cuervos (2015), Netflix's first original series in Spanish. He heads Alazraki Entertainment and is a Board Member of Oceana.
Alazraki in September 2019