Meet the creator of one of the nation's first major Latino-owned film studio
Growing up in Burbank as the son of Cuban immigrants, Ozzie Areu never dreamed of a career in Hollywood. The big film studios just a few miles away from his family’s modest home were remote walled-off compounds, so removed from the hustle and grind of his family’s day-to-day life that they felt like another world.
After working for Perry for more than a decade, Areu left his job last year as president of the studio in the hope of extending Perry’s business model across a broader cross section of minority and female voices.Areu, though, is quick to stress that he does not want to restrict himself to Latino or female audiences.
“His studio is a breakthrough, watershed moment for Latinos in the U.S. and globally,” said Lopez, who has worked with Areu over the last year, recommending emerging Latino voices. “What he’s doing is investing in US-based Latinos and giving this generation of talent a shot in the arm, an opportunity to prove themselves and show their work is profitable. That’s going to signal to the studios: Guess what? This dude is taking a chance already. He’s first dollar in.
A few big blockbuster musical films coming out in 2020 – Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “In the Heights” based on his Tony Award winning show and Steven Spielberg’s version of “West Side Story” – will center around the experience of Latino Americans. Three months ago, Eva Longoria was hired by executive producer Samuel Rodriguez to direct “Flamin’ Hot,” a biopic about Richard Montanez, a Mexican immigrant and janitor who created the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos snack.
“On the subject of choice,” he said, “I support a women’s right to choose across all decisions in their lives.” Areu was dumbfounded, and more than a little fearful he would fail to live up to his boss’s expectations. But he went on to oversee production of 15 feature films and more than 900 television episodes with Tyler Perry Studios.
While Areu has not started production yet, he plans to start in the second quarter of next year. Already, he is discussing TV projects with rising Latino voices, such as Vannessa Vasquez, a Texas actress and producer who starred as a bisexual Mexican teen in East Los High, a popular Hulu series with an all-Latino cast.
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