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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...

Gregory Allen Howard Gregory Allen Howard is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, author, playwright, and essayist whose credits include, Remember The Titans, and Ali, and the stage play, Tinseltown Trilogy. Mr. Howard is the first and only African American screenwriter in the history of film to script a $100 million movie. He is a two-time NAACP Image Award Winner, winner of the prestigious C...

Join co-host JL Martinez and his two little screen heaters, Sophia and Layla "The Podkids" in this special "minnie" interview with their take on the streaming wars, particularly "Disney+ vs Netflix." Plus co-host Kevin Sharpley joins the intro / outdo. It is going to be fun.

Jaie Laplante Since 2010, Jaie Laplante has led MDC’s Miami Film Festival and Tower Theater Miami as Executive Director & Director of Programming, growing the Festival’s international influence and the Tower as one of the USA’s most celebrated independent art cinemas. In 2018, Mr. Laplante received the decoration Knight’s Cross of the Order of Isabel la Católica from Felipe VI, King of Spain, for...

Brett Potter Brett Potter is a filmmaker living in South Florida. As a producer, he has premiered features and shorts at Sundance, Cannes, SXSW and more. An alumni of the Sundance Labs, Brett currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for Borscht Corp in Miami. As a director, his television pilot The Midnight Service premiered at Tribeca and continues touring on the festival circuit. "I usually...

Mark McCray is an award-winning television writer who was instrumental in the launch of the classic Boomerang Network. He has also worked for Cartoon Network as a television programmer and currently works for the network Adult Swim. He lives in Powder Springs, Georgia. Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is hosted by veteran Miami based producers Kevin Sharpley and JL Martinez and each week...

Eric Gaunaurd Paradiso Pictures & Executive Producer Eric Gaunaurd has produced over a dozen films & TV shows over the last six years. In March 2018, we began season 2 of our hit new show for Nickelodeon titled I AM FRANKIE. In September 2017, we premiered our new show for the US market. Ultimately, Frankie was the number one rated show for Nickelodeon the month it aired, which propelled the netwo...

Prashant Shah Prashant Shah brings 25 years of experience in the industry, including more than 30 feature length blockbuster Bollywood and Hollywood movies and several TV shows in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and India, with budgets ranging from US$3M to $75M. His latest film titled “Jungle Cry” launched at Cannes 2019. "Jungle Cry" is based on an inspiring true story about underprivileged...

Carla Berkowitz Carla Berkowitz is the Executive Producer of the highly anticipated independent feature film Critical Thinking, directed by and starring the Emmy-award winning actor John Leguizamo. She spent over 20 years developing the project from story to screenplay to film. Her company, NRSP, is producing Critical Thinking, and developing other aspirational projects. She first made her mark on...

Tarell Alvin McCraney is an acclaimed writer. His script IN MOONLIGHT BLACK BOYS LOOK BLUE is the basis for the Oscar-winning film MOONLIGHT directed by Barry Jenkins, for which McCraney and Jenkins won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. He wrote the film HIGH FLYING BIRD which premiered on Netflix directed by Steven Soderbergh. McCraney’s plays include MS. BLAKK FOR PRESIDENT (co-written with...

Ethan Banville is a writer-producer and showrunner with over twenty years of experience in television and film, in almost every demographic and format. He has written episodes of primetime comedies, created action sports programing for FUEL TV, been staffed on over ten shows including hits like iCarly and Drake & Josh, helped craft interactive stories for mobile apps, and has been a producer a...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Dean has 30+ years of experience in collaborating with cutting edge directors, studios, productio...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Maricarmen Lopez Maricarmen Lopez has one hand on the pulse of pop culture and the other contribu...

The Screen Heat Miami recording room for whatever reason had a hum that wouldn't stop, so the crew and Emmy Award winning composer Rafael Rivera took a minute to reflect on things while the sound subsided. Here's a behind the sound outtake that goes from Star Wars to advice on staying true to yourself to Old Town Road. Hope you love it!

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Craig Bernstein Craig Bernstein is a senior agent in the motion picture production department at...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Carlos Rivera Carlos Rafael Rivera is a commissioned and EMMY award winning composer whose career...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Karen Hall Karen Hall graduated with a Bachelor’s in English from the College of William & Mary w...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Paul Brett Paul Brett is an Executive Producer and Partner at Flying Tiger. Over the past 5 years...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Matthew Stein Bio Matthew Stein is currently the head of scripted film and TV for Live Nation Pro...

Screen Heat Miami Screen Heat Miami (SHM) is co-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. Adrian Wootton Adrian Wootton OBE is the Chief Executive of Film London, the agency charged with...