Javiera Balmaceda is the Amazon Studios Head of Originals for Latin America Canada & Australia, overseeing the development of all local original content in these territories for Prime Video. Since joining Prime Video in 2017, Javiera has served as the creative lead on a growing slate of Amazon Original series including fan favorite De Viaje con los Derbez, Llaves and Noticias de un Secuestro, as well as the wildly popular FIFAGATE drama El Presidente showrun by Armando Bo, the Emmy wining political talk show hosted by Diego Luna, Pan y Circo and most recently the Golden Globe winner for Foreign Language Film, Argentina, 1985 directed by Santiago Mitre starring Ricardo Darin.  

With a career spanning nearly two decades in the entertainment industry, Javiera has managed a range of content related departments for various international media companies, such as  Director of Programming for HBO Latin American, head of content Startgey fro Claro Video, programming at Cartoon Network and programming sales at Comedy Central.

A native of Chile, Javiera holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University.