Juan Guillermo Torres - Colon, known professionally as Guillermo Torres or Guillermo Torres Productor (born June 26, 1966) is an American music, television, and movie producer, and songwriter. He has worked for Sony and Universal Music. He produced, directed and arranged music for artists including Chayanne, Manny Manuel, Olga Tañon, Bonny Cepeda, Toño Rosario, Sergio George, Lourdes Robles, Victor Manuelle, Yolandita Monge, Andy Montañez, Ashley (La Chica Bomba).
Torres has contributed as a producer and consultant in programs such as Dame a Break, El Show de Eddie Miró (Noche de Gala), Que Noche, Santo Domingo Contigo, Magazin Cubano, Bombazo Latino, Factor Suerte, and Operacion Chef for Telemundo. As an event producer, he worked with artists such as Hilary Duff, Jonas Brothers, Luis Enrique, Guillermo Davila and Belinda. Projects such as Navidad Boricua, Grupo KAOS (band where he was also a singer) are recognized in Puerto Rico.
He contributed as a writer in programs such as Dame a Break, Bombazo Latino and operation chief for Telemundo, [1] [2] and as a writer for other projects. [3] [4] [5] In 2020 he started writing screenplays. Electric (2020) and Sylvia (2022), are screenplays in production.
Las Noticias Teleonce is the flagship news program for Puerto Rican television network TeleOnce it is currently anchored by Celimar Adames Casalduc during its day editions and by Ricardo Curras and Shirlyan Odette during its night edition.
Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo Cain for the screenplay of the cult classic film Vanishing Point (1971).
Eddie Miró is a television show host in Puerto Rico. He is best known for being the host of Telemundo Puerto Rico's variety show El Show de las 12 for over 40 years. Like Dick Clark in the United States, Miró is known for his longevity in front of the cameras while aging relatively little physically. During the long television run of "El Show de las 12", he came into contact with many famous entertainers, both local and foreign. Some of the local celebrities he worked with as co-hosts and guest stars were Nydia Caro, Luis Antonio Cosme, Awilda Carbia, Ángela Meyer, Otilio Warrington, Dagmar, Lou Briel, the members of El Gran Combo and Menudo, Machuchal and others. Foreign acts that he presented included Raphael, Celia Cruz, Julio Iglesias, Rocío Jurado, Sandro de América, Marilyn Pupo, Gloria Trevi, José Luis Rodríguez, Hugo Henríquez, and many others.
Guillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Babel and his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award.
Santiago Segura Silva is a Spanish filmmaker and actor. He also worked to a lesser extent as a television presenter, voice actor and comic book writer, as well as being a collector of original comic books.
Jaime Bayly Letts is a Peruvian writer, journalist and television personality.
A Oscuras Pero Encendidos was the first late night variety show produced for the Hispanic market in the United States. The "live" show, produced by Astracanada Productions Inc, launched in 1995 in Miami, Florida on WJAN-CA America CV, and was a combination of celebrity guests, games, practical jokes, and audience participation. It differed from traditional American late night shows, incorporating sexy co-hostesses, interactive phone games, and a variety of vaudeville acts. For its six-year run, the nightly show was hosted by its creator and producer Paul Bouche. In 1997, the show won an Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in the Entertainment Series category. A Oscuras Pero Encendidos generated ratings results attracting a substantial share of the young 18-35 demographic.
Tomás Torres Carrasquillo, known professionally as Tommy Torres, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, and record producer. Named "#1 Hot Latin Tracks Producer" of 2007 by Billboard magazine and Composer of the Year at 2010 ASCAP's Latin Music Awards, Torres has written and produced songs for many artists including Ricardo Arjona, Jaci Velasquez, Ednita Nazario, Alejandro Sanz, Ricky Martin and Franco De Vita.
Mary Ann Acevedo Rivera, better known as Mary Ann, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. She is known for being a contestant on the third season of Objetivo Fama (2006) and the first season of Idol Puerto Rico (2011). After her stint on Objetivo Fama, Acevedo was the first contestant of that season to release an album.
José Guillermo Cortines is a Dominican actor and singer who is involved in films, telenovelas, musical theatre and television. He lives in Dominican Republic and is best known for his role as Mauricio Montiel in Telemundo's "El Rostro de Analía" and for his role as Osvaldo Guerra in Más Sabe el Diablo. He was also the host of the Miss Dominican Republic 2002 and Miss Dominican Republic 2004 beauty pageants. He played a role in the movie La Fiesta del Chivo.
"Cántale a tu Bebé" is the name given to the second studio album by the Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and actress, Mary Ann Acevedo who performs with her husband, producer Guillermo Torres and features songs by the happy couple. Mary Ann is in the hopes of their first child so this project has all the feeling and love of an artist who is living the whole process of a woman waiting for her firstborn.
Alejandro Licona Padilla is a Mexican dramatist who has won awards for his stage plays and screenplays.
Operación Chef is a Puerto Rican cooking show that airs on Telemundo Puerto Rico. The show started as a reality competition with several cooks competing for a top spot, with the winner receiving a contract for a cooking show in the channel.
Marido en alquiler is an American telenovela premiered on Telemundo on July 10, 2013, and concluded on January 13, 2014. The telenovela is created by the Venezuelan author Perla Farías, based on the Brazilian drama written by Aguinaldo Silva, entitled Fina Estampa. Produced by Telemundo Studios and Rede Globo de Televisão, and distributed by Telemundo Internacional.
Escobar: El Patrón del Mal is a 2012 Colombian telenovela produced and broadcast on Caracol TV, based on a true story about the life of Pablo Escobar – the notorious druglord. It is available only in Spanish. There is a version available with English dubbed, as well as a version dubbed in Hindi on the ZEE5 app. It also aired in Arabic dub on Lana TV. It is also available in version dubbed in Turkish on Netflix.
Francisco Suarez is an independent producer/director. He was the Senior Vice President of Special Events and Manager at Univision Communications Inc. (UCI), a Spanish language television network. Suarez is a producer/director of many live events and has participated successfully towards Hispanic Americans, including the Latin GRAMMY Awards, Premios Lo Nuestro Latin music awards, and Premios Juventud youth awards. As well as special event productions such as La Banda 2015. Suarez joined UCI as Director of Project Development for the subsidiary TeleFutura in 2001 and became SVP of Special Events for Univision in 2004.
Atención Atención is a Puerto Rican live-action/puppet children's television show and band formed in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1999 starring three costumed characters and their friends, the Atención Atención band. Atención Atención explores a specific theme in each episode, e.g. "Colors", "Friends" and "Means of transportation" through songs and short storylines in the half-hour program. Additionally, the show teaches children life and social skills, such as sharing and travels around the world with Vera, the traveling flea. It also encourages viewers to move along with and dance with the characters in the program. It all started in 1999 giving music workshops to kindergarten teachers in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic and with Víctor Rivera's vision of a live action TV show that was a cross between Sesame Street and MTV, the band filmed their first DVD in 2006.
Natalia Denegri producer and writer, residing in Miami, United States. She began her career as an actress and host in Argentina, where she participated in TV shows, plays and a radio program. In the United States, she has won 22 Emmy Awards.
Sylvia Gómez is a Puerto Rican television journalist and show host. For 50 years, Gómez has been active on Puerto Rican television. She is best known as an anchorwoman for canal 2's television news show, Telenoticias en Accion, and for her investigative reporting on environmental issues. Gómez has also received recognition for her coverage of the environment from the Puerto Rico House of Representatives. In 2005, she was nominated for an Emmy award for the news series, Roosevelt Roads: La última frontera.