Jeff Valdez
Jeff Valdez was born in Pueblo, Colorado, United States on January 31st, 1956 and is the Film Producer. At the age of 68, Jeff Valdez biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jeff Valdez (born January 31, 1956) is a Hispanic American writer, scriptwriter, studio executive, and entrepreneur. Valdez has been credited with the development of Latino Programming in English, which is a segment of the Hispanic market that has yet to be embraced or threatened by the media before.
Valdez has written, directed, and produced TV shows and films aimed at this audience within the Latino community over the past 20 years, with some of his shows going on to be syndicated in more than 35 countries.
Valdez founded S TV, a national English language cable television channel aimed at Latinos in 2003.
Valdez wrote, directed, and produced the program, and it reached 90 million viewers around the country, and the channel has received numerous awards for its programming.
Valdez expanded his film career in 2007 and joined Maya Entertainment's board, whose primary interest was Latino themed films in English.
Career
In 1993, Valdez moved to Los Angeles, and created the show "Comedy Compadres", for KTLA, channel 5. He then wrote scripts, produced and directed pilots for Disney (Play Ball), Showtime (Latino Laugh Festival), NBC (Valdez and Hacienda Heights), Galavisión (Cafe Ole, Funny is Funny), and Nickelodeon (The Brothers Garcia).
In 2003, and based on the potential of this English-speaking market of the Latino population, Valdez paired with Bruce Barshop, a venture capitalist and founded Sí TV, the first Latino national channel for English-speaking Latinos in the United States. Sí TV became the leading producer of Latino themed English-language cable programming network, reaching 22 million homes in the first 3 years. Valdez became the CEO of the channel for the first 2 years, and produced the original programming of Sí TV.
In 2007 Valdez was named Chairman of Quepasa Corp./Quepasa.com (NASDAQ-QPSA) a bi-lingual social network aimed at US and Latin American markets. Valdez contributed to QuePasa's recovery in that period with an overall re-branding and creative vision. He also helped with a digital product called "Papacito", which increased the reach of the social network.
Valdez joined Maya Entertainment as a co-chairman at the invite of producer, Moctezumq Esparza. From 2007 to 2011 Maya was the only Latino Global Film Distribution Company. The company produced, owned and distributed films and content, primarily in English for theatrical release, as well as syndication.
From 2011 to 2014, Valdez headed up Max 360 Entertainment, which was a group of investors pursuing a variety of Television projects. In 2015 Valdez teamed up with financier Jeffrey Soros to develop a slate of Latino comedy films aimed at the New Mainstream Latino audience.
Early in 2018, Valdez and Sol Trujillo co-founded New Cadence Productions, a U.S. television and film content creation studio, with the intention of continuing to promote Latinos and their role in the media. New Cadence Productions has since partnered with Warner Media. The studio's first project was the 2020 HA Comedy Festival, which resulted in a 1-hour comedy special streaming on HBO Max. The festival was green lit for a second year in 2021 and the 2021 HA Comedy Special will be released on HBO Max in December 2021, along with the all female comedy special “Comedy Chingonas,” which airs November 18, 2021. The 10 episode reboot of The Brothers Garcia called The Garcias was shot in the Riviera Maya, Mexico, in summer 2021 and is scheduled to release on HBO Max in early 2022.
Valdez created the HA Comedy Festival in 2020, an annual weekend long festival which features Latino comedian performances and ends with a live comedy special that airs on HBO Max. Jeff is credited with writing and producing the HA 2020 festival, and writing, producing and directing the HA 2021 festival.
Awards and recognitions
- "Top 50 People Who Matter" by CNN
- "Top 50 Minorities in Cable" by Multichannel News
- "50 People to Watch" by Los Angeles Times
- "Top 10 Players in the U.S. Hispanic Media Market" by Ad Age
- "Top 50 Marketers in America" by Advertising Age
- Quasar Award, for his groundbreaking Sí TV
- Racial Harmony Award, from the Center for Ethnic Understanding
- NHMC Impact Award (2001)
- ALMA Award, from National Council of La Raza