Ozzie Areu was once the main security guard at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California. 25 years later, he's the first Latino to own and operate a major film and TV studio in the US. - NBCLatino
“I was driving out of the gates one night and thought, ‘Why don’t I buy this studio?’" Areu said laughing. He was worried whether he could afford it, but decided he would find a way.
Both Areu and Leadford have plans to create a tech campus akin to Google’s. Their plans include building a state-of-the-art soundstage and recording studio, and hosting tech incubators and writers' rooms that feature a mix of established and little-known writers and storytellers.Ozzie Areu in his Areu Bros. Studios in Atlanta, Georgia.Their aim is to boost opportunities in the industry.
Just a few weeks before, the hip-hop artist Drake had finished shooting a music video, and the cast and crew of “Coming to America 2” had just packed up after eight months of production. For now, it is these outside productions that pay the bills while the studio builds up its internal portfolio. Montiel said part of the plan for reimagining his 2006 work includes finding and tapping into undiscovered writers, much like an open casting call.Leonor Ayala
Screenwriting credits did increase for people of color — from 10.4 percent in 2018, to 13.9 percent in 2019.
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