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| MARGARITA DE LA VEGA-HURTADO |
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MOCTESUMA ESPARZA |
 delavegahurtado@gmail.com
Margarita de la Vega-Hurtado is an academic and independent media consultant, working with national and international festivals, after having spent several years as the Executive Director of Flaherty International Film Seminars. She began working as a film critic in Colómbia in the late sixties, and has always been dedicated to advancing the cause of independent cinema in Latin America and in the United States. Margarita earned a doctorate in American Culture at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she became involved in the formation of the Latino Studies Program, eventually becoming the program director for several years, teaching the first course in Latino Cinema at that University. |
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 MoctesumaE@mayacinemas.com
Mr. Esparza is a multi-talented, award-winning filmmaker, producer, and entertainment industry executive. He has received over 100 honors including an Academy Award nomination, an Emmy, a Clio Award, and a Cine Golden Eagle Award. Esparza and Robert Katz are partners in Esparza/Katz Productions. His production credits include The Milagro Beanfield War, directed by Robert Redford; The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, a feature length theatrical film produced for PBS; Selena, directed by Gregory Nava; Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. He co-chaired NALIP’s 2000 Conference, and is Chair of the New America Alliance. His new venture, Maya Pictures, will produce and distribute Latino and independent feature films. In 2005 he founded Maya Cinemas, first-run multiplexes in neighborhoods of Latino concentration. |
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| EVY LEDESMA GALAN |
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ALEXIS GARCIA |
 Evy@Galaninc.com
Ms. Ledesma Galan is the founder/director of the 10-year old CineSol Latino Film Festival which provides cultural and educational enrichment in the Rio Grande Valley Border Region. She is also vice-president of Galan Productions, an Austin-based tv/film production company which specializes in long form documentaries and is currently producing “Visiones: Latino Art and Culture,” a 3-hour documentary for PBS. Ms. Galan came to CineSol after working as a remedial English teacher at Texas State Technical College, as well as working with the Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center to bring culturally relevant arts programming to the community. |
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 alexisgarcia@gmail.com
Alexis Garcia is an agent at Endeavor in the independent group. Previously he was an associate in the Entertainment & Media Group in the law firm Sheppard Mullin, where he counseled entertainment industry clients in the development, production, financing and distribution of motion picture and television content. He represented entertainment/media clients targeting U.S. Latino audiences and/or involved in film production in Latin America, whether focusing on English or Spanish content. Mr. Garcia earned his J.D. in 2002 from UCLA School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Entertainment Law Review, Business Editor of the UCLA Law Review, and Coordinating Editor of the Chicano-Latino Law Review. Mr. Garcia is also a board member of the East L.A. Classic Theatre, a non-profit aimed at providing comprehensive literacy training and engaging, relevant theatre experiences to disadvantaged youth and minority communities in the promotion of cultural inclusion and academic excellence. |
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| EVANGELINE GRIEGO |
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JOSE MARTINEZ, JR. |
 Abouttyme@aol.com
Evangeline Griego is a long time independent filmmaker and media activist who recently produced SIR! NO SIR! with David Zeiger which premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary, and was nominated recently for a Spirit Award. As Director she recently completed the “Breathless in LA” segment of the seven part environmental series “Sierra Club Chronicles” with Executive Producer Robert Greenwald. It aired nationally in 2006. Currently, Griego is producing a documentary about the history of Boyle Heights, one of Los Angeles’ original neighborhoods. With Griego in the Director’s chair, her company, About Time Productions, produced the feature documentary GOD WILLING, currently in post production. She also produced the award winning PANO ARTE: IMAGES FROM THE INSIDE and the bilingual documentary BORDER VISIONS, both of which received national broadcast on PBS. |
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 Jose@martinezlawpllc.com
Mr. Martinez is an entertainment and corporate attorney based in New York and Los Angeles. He has represented writers, directors and producers in all aspects of production, finance, acquisition and distribution. He also represents film distributors, and advises on formation, financing intellectual property, acquisitions and sales of real estate, as well as trail counsel. Martinez is co-founder and general manager of Arthouse Films, a joint venture with Chris Blackwell’s Palm Pictures. Also a co-founder of the Santa Fe Film Festival, he is a Chicano born and raised in Los Angeles. He received a BA in political theory from UCLA and his JD from Hastings College of Law in San Francisco. |
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| NEYDA L. MARTINEZ |
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BIENVENIDA MATIAS |
 Neyda@pov.org
Neyda L. Ramírez is the Marketing Manager/Publicist for American Documentary | P.O.V. and is the founder of Monserrat Ltd., offering publicity, marketing, and strategic business development to a variety of clients including international ad agencies. She is a former Assistant Vice President/National Marketing Manager at Citigroup, a former Director of Public Relations for the Vidal Partnership, an Interim Senior Vice President of the Cultural Industry Investment Fund for The Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone, and Director of Marketing and Public Relations at El Museo del Barrio. She is involved NY Women in Film and Television, National Arts Marketing Project, Institute of Puerto Rican Art and Culture, and WNYC. |
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 beni_matias@earthlink.net
Ms. Matias is an executive, educator and filmmaker, as well as former Executive Director of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers in New York City and Publisher of The Independent Film and Video Monthly. She is a founding Board Member and former NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) Coordinator. She was the Executive Director of the Center for Arts Criticism, a Minneapolis-based non-profit. Before coming to CAC, she was Director of Production at the Independent Television Service and Executive-in-charge of Production at WNYC-TV. She has produced documentaries both for public television and independently, including El Corazon De Loisaida. She is a former AIVF board member, and has served on the boards of Intermedia Arts Minnesota and Women Make Movies. Beni is currently producing the documentary For the Record: Guam and World War II. |
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| FRANCES NEGRÓN-MUNTANER |
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DAVID ORTIZ |
 Bikbaporub@aol.com
Ms. Negrón-Muntaner is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and president of Polymorphous Pictures. The recipient of Pew, Ford, Truman, and Rockefeller fellowships, she holds an MFA from Temple University and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Known for her films documenting the Puerto Rican diaspora, including AIDS in the Barrio, and Brincando el charco: Portrait of a Puerto Rican, she is currently completing two documentaries, For the Record: Guam and World War II, and Regarding Vieques. Her latest books are Boricua Pop: Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture and None of the Above: Puerto Rican Culture and Politics. She is also the founder of Miami Light Project's Filmmakers Workshop, a program that seeks to promote independent filmmaking in South Florida. She currently teaches Latino/Caribbean culture and literature at Columbia University in New York City. |
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 LDavid.Ortiz@nbcuni.com
David is a creative executive in the feature film division of Universal Studios in Universal City, CA. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, David graduated in 1998 from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Public Policy. He began his career in advertising, working with Leo Burnett in Chicago. He then relocated to Los Angeles in order to become a trainee in the William Morris Agency mailroom, where he quickly joined then worked in the motion picture department for two years. David spent 1.5 years as a creative exec at Warner Bros. where he supervised CHARLIE & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY and SYRIANA starring George Clooney & Matt Damon, amongst other projects. David returned to Universal Pictures in August of 2005 to work with his former boss and mentor, President of Production Donna Langley. He is currently supervising IDLEWILD, the feature film debut of the rap group Outkast. He sits on the Board of Directors for NALIP, Conference V, VI and 7 committees, and the Nominating committee. |
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| RICK RAMIREZ |
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ELAINE ROMERO |
 Rick.Ramirez@Fox.com
Rick Ramirez serves as Vice President, Emerging Markets for Fox Entertainment Group. In this capacity, he is instrumental in positioning Fox as an entertainment leader in the Hispanic, African American and Asian American consumer markets. Mr. Ramirez participates in the development of business initiatives and strategies for Fox Entertainment Group and its parent News Corporation. His work engages him in the full scope of the entertainment enterprise, including marketing, sales, promotions, publicity, content development, research, business development, strategic planning, government affairs and diversity development. A native of El Paso, Texas, he worked previously at Phil Roman Entertainment, which he joined during the company's inception in early 1999. He was Vice President, and managed development, production and business affairs for animation and live-action projects intended for TV series, specials and motion picture projects. In addition, Rick oversaw all aspects of deal structuring, financing and distribution. Rick has also served as a producer for Galavisión, was a partner of Ron Tequila Productions, and practiced corporate law with Smith, Underwood, Carmichael & Floyd of Dallas, Texas. |
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 ERome1@aol.com
Elaine Romero was one of six participants in the inaugural 2007 NBC Diversity television program, and one of six participants in the 2006 CBS Diversity Mentorship Program for which she shadowed “ Without a Trace.” Through NALIP, Elaine has attended the Latino Writers Lab™, the Latino Producers Academy™, and Los Angeles Film School on full scholarship. Elaine has written and directed Fidelity and The Soldier. She wrote Dream Friend (also produced) and The Family Jewel, which were screened the San Diego Film Festival, CineFestival, the Arizona International Film Festival, and the 24-Hour Film Festival in Los Angeles. An award-winning playwright and fiction writer, Elaine has had her plays Walk into the Sea, Barrio Hollywood, Secret Things, ¡Curanderas! Serpents of the Clouds, and Day of Our Dead presented at such theatres as Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ford Amphitheater, Magic Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Women’s Project and Productions, INTAR, the Working Theatre, and the New Theatre. She has been published by Vintage Books, Samuel French, University of Iowa Press, Smith & Kraus, Heinemann Press, and has upcoming works with Playscripts and Simon and Schuster. A past Guest Artist at South Coast Repertory, Romero serves as playwright-in-Residence at the Arizona Theatre Company, managing their National Latino Playwrights Award. |
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