Jose Tamez
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Jose Tamez is director of development for Salma Hayek
's Ventanarosa Productions. For Disney’s ABC
television network, he developed and is executive producing the English-language adaptation of the Colombia
n television telenovela Ugly Betty
, starring America Ferrara. He is also producing (with Hayek, Rick Schwartz
, and Edward Borges
) La Banda
, a Spanish-language romantic comedy, starring Hayek, and written by Issa Lopez. For Viacom’s Showtime network, he produced the highly acclaimed The Maldonado Miracle, starring Salma Hayek. He also produced the television adaptation of Julia Alvarez
’ novel, In the Time of the Butterflies
, starring Salma Hayek. Previously, Tamez was a top executive at Televisa Editorial.
Salma Hayek
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault is a Mexican film actress, director and producer. She received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.-Early life:...
's Ventanarosa Productions. For Disney’s ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
television network, he developed and is executive producing the English-language adaptation of the Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n television telenovela Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Silvio Horta, which premiered on ABC on September 28, 2006, and ended on April 14, 2010. The series revolves around the character Betty Suarez and is based on Fernando Gaitán's Colombian telenovela soap opera Yo soy Betty, la fea...
, starring America Ferrara. He is also producing (with Hayek, Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz is an independent producer and financier whose credits include The Departed, Black Swan, Gangs of New York, The Aviator and The Others....
, and Edward Borges
Edward Borges
Edward Borges is communications director for the .Previously, he was communications director for the . He developed and guided the agency's narrative, including comprehensive media relations, to advance Governor David Paterson and Commissioner Gladys Carrion's reform of New York State's juvenile...
) La Banda
La Banda
La Banda is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has about 95,000 inhabitants as per the , making it the second largest in the province. It is the head town of the Banda Department....
, a Spanish-language romantic comedy, starring Hayek, and written by Issa Lopez. For Viacom’s Showtime network, he produced the highly acclaimed The Maldonado Miracle, starring Salma Hayek. He also produced the television adaptation of Julia Alvarez
Julia Álvarez
Julia Alvarez is a Dominican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. Born in New York of Dominican descent, she spent the first ten years of her childhood in the Dominican Republic, until her father's involvement in a political rebellion forced her family to flee the country.Alvarez rose to...
’ novel, In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies is a historical novel by Julia Alvarez, relating an account of the Mirabal sisters during the time of the Trujillo regime in the Dominican Republic. The book is written in the first and third person, by and about the Mirabal sisters...
, starring Salma Hayek. Previously, Tamez was a top executive at Televisa Editorial.