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Paul Tei Paul Tei was born and raised in Hollywood, Florida. As an actor he's been in some of the most indelible television shows such as Bloodline on Netflix and Burn Notice-one of cables biggest hits. After Paul received his MFA in directing at The Theatre School at De Paul University,he moved back to Miami where he founded the Mad Cat Theatre Company. Paul has remained the Artistic Director sin...

In this special edition podcast recorded during a special charity event this past December which gifted 1000 local needy families with a large Holiday food basket known locally as The Jabas we rebroadcast an interview with newly elected Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, the first woman Mayor elected in Miami Dade County history. The Jabas has been presented by Camacol one of Screen Heat Miami...

For this special edition of Screen Heat Miami Producer Shona Tuckman and Director Yaniv Raz speak about their new film Dr. Birds Advice For Sad Poets. Shona Tuckman As founder of Kreate Films, Shona Tuckman wrote and produced their first feature, FINDING JOY, a romantic comedy-drama, which was released in theaters in 2013. She then produced the drama FAT, a touching, gut-wrenching story of a man b...

In this special 2 on 2 edition of the Screen Heat Miami podcast, we interview Critical Thinking co-star and rising talent Jeffry Batista along with the film's Producer Carla Berkowitz on releasing this hot indie film starring and directed by John Leguizamo during the Covid-19 pandemic. As always, our co-hosts Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez provide all the latest screen industry buzz and newsworthy...

Lucius Baston Lucius Baston Junior, the youngest of three boys, was born in South Richmond Hill Queens, NY to a father who was Army veteran turned transportation (train) conductor and a mother who was a nurse and home maker. Lucius played high school basketball, and was an 11-year-old disk jockey (DJ) in the early days of Hip-Hop music. Following grade school, Lucius enlisted to the United States...

Seth Schachner Seth Schachner is Managing Director of Strat Americas, a Los Angeles-based consultancy that provides strategic guidance and helps clients with media and technology partnerships. Strat Americas has worked with clients in digital & social music, beauty subscriptions, AI and enterprise software. Recent clients include Microsoft, IPSY, live streamer Dream Stage, and social music communi...

William Garcia William Garcia, a Multi-Suncoast EMMY® award-winning producer is based in Los Angeles, California. Having a passion for television and film, he has been involved in filming and producing television and feature films for over 25 years. As a producer and director of photography, he started his career at ABC-TV in Miami, FL in 1983. Traveling the world, he documented programming on his...

Part two of two Kyle Patrick Alvarez Kyle Patrick Alvarez most recently directed and executive produced every episodes of Season 2 of the Amazon series HOMECOMING, starring Janelle Monae, Chris Cooper, Hong Chau, Stephan James and Joan Cusack. Prior to HOMECOMING, he worked on two Netflix series, directing and producing episodes in the first and second season of the hit show 13 REASONS WHY, and di...

Part one of two Kyle Patrick Alvarez Kyle Patrick Alvarez most recently directed and executive produced every episodes of Season 2 of the Amazon series HOMECOMING, starring Janelle Monae, Chris Cooper, Hong Chau, Stephan James and Joan Cusack. Prior to HOMECOMING, he worked on two Netflix series, directing and producing episodes in the first and second season of the hit show 13 REASONS WHY, and di...

Sandra Avila Sandra Avila is a partner-manager at Inclusion in Los Angeles where she is oversees a roster of talented, diverse film & TV screenwriters and directors. A priority of which is creating content for the U.S. Latino Market. Prior to joining Inclusion, she had her own production company, Avila Entertainment for six years. She also did a four-year stint at Maya Entertainment where she over...

Adriana Barraza Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza is considered one of the most accomplished and respected Latina film and television actresses in the entertainment industry. In 2018 Forbes Magazine Latin America named Adriana the most influential Latina film actress and one of the 100 most powerful Latin American actors of all time. Her big breakthrough role was in Alejandro...

Dudley Alexis An independent filmmaker and visual artist. Dudley Alexis is both a cultural anthropologist and historian who sees his world through unique multicultural eyes. His mission as a Creative is to mine the wealth of hidden details that provide meaning to the lives of those often written off by the mainstream, finding in their stories, real treasure. His gift is in gaining the trust of oth...

Gloria Fan works at Fox21 Television Studios as the Head of the Current Department. Some of the shows she covers include HOMELAND (series finale this Sunday April 26), GENIUS: EINSTEIN, PICASSO, USA’S QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, and MAYANS, the spin-off to FX’s SONS OF ANARCHY (along with FX Productions). In addition, she is developing several new shows including PROMISED NEVERLAND (based on the popular J...

Shane Perez Shane's Puerto Rican-Irish background has always provided a rich palette of inspiration to fuel the creative streak he displayed from a young age. He landed his first writing job at age twelve after approaching a local newspaper about a weekly kid-centric current events column. A born and bred New Yorker, Shane went on to study Film & English at Hunter College/CUNY. To date, Shane has...

Kareem Tabsch Kareem Tabsch is the co-founder and co-director of Miami's largest art house cinema, an Award winning documentary filmmaker and an Arts Advocate who strongly believes in the power of the arts, particularly film, to enrich lives and revitalize communities. FILMMAKER As a documentary filmmaker, Kareem's works has been included in several prestigious film festivals including Slamdance,...

Jesus Ramon aka "J. R." Poli is a graduate of Miami Dade College. Marcus (18), his second feature film, is based on his homonymous short film which screened last year at the Miami Film Festival. The short received numerous awards including "Best Actor" at the LA Shorts International Film Festival and "Best of Show" at IndieFest.

Alex Pereira – Bio I am the Founder and CEO of PMI Americas, a leading company in Latin America for payment solutions, online processing, digital wallets, and B2B payment logistics. But my career started very differently. For many years, my main focus was in management and media business, mostly packaging movies, and television deals, supervising sales across the globe, and managing multiple produ...

Jim Hammond Executive Producer/Puppet Master Jim has been a puppeteer and producer since his first job at 17 working for an amusement park in the Adirondacks in Upstate New York. Jim is a puppeteer, live entertainment consultant, and character driven brand designer. Carrying a Masters degree in puppet arts design alongside credits as a puppet master for National Tour of Broadway’s The Lion King, h...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is hosted by veteran Miami based producers Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez and each week covers the latest trends in the film, tv, and entertainment industry, including interviews with global and local industry leaders, all told from a "Miami" point of view. Sandy Lighterman Sandy Lighterman is the Film and Entertainment Commissioner for Miami-Dade County....

Max Wyler Max Wyler is the Co-Founder and President of Accord Productions. Via Accord, Wyler has produced for TV, commercials and corporate productions. Credits include HGTV – “House Giveaway Key Largo”, Velocity Channel – “South Beach Classics”, HULU – scripted drama “South Beach”. Latest projects are for History Channel – “It’s How You get There” and “Volo, House of Cars." Max currently oversees...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is hosted by veteran Miami based producers Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez and each week covers the latest trends in the film, tv, and entertainment industry, including interviews with global and local industry leaders, all told from a "Miami" point of view. Shona Tuckman As founder of Kreate Films, Shona Tuckman wrote and produced their first feature, FIND...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is hosted by veteran Miami based producers Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez and each week covers the latest trends in the film, tv, and entertainment industry, including interviews with global and local industry leaders, all told from a "Miami" point of view. Michael Arcos Michael Arcos is a Miami-raised, Ecuadorian-American filmmaker who began his career as...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is hosted by veteran Miami based producers Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez and each week covers the latest trends in the film, tv, and entertainment industry, including interviews with global and local industry leaders, all told from a "Miami" point of view. Kevin Chinoy And Francesca Silvestriv Chinoy and Silvestri are producers on Sean Baker’s The Florida...

In this special edition we take an excerpt from an interview we did with Gregory Allen Howard, writer and one of the producers of the movie "Harriet" speaks about how the film was made after he wrote the screenplay 26 years ago and his predictions for the award season, Golden Globes and Academy Awards. Gregory Allen Howard Gregory Allen Howard is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, author, pl...

JOSE DANIEL FREIXAS Jose Daniel Freixas is an, award winning writer/producer/director from Miami, Florida. He co-wrote and produced the feature film MAGIC CITY MEMOIRS, which was executive produced by Academy Award nominated actor Andy Garcia. The film was optioned by Fox TV Studios, and picked up for pilot by FOX Broadcast Channel. MAGIC CITY MEMOIRS, a coming of age drama about three best friend...