Jose Tamez is director of development for Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions. [1] For Disney's ABC television network, he developed and is executive producing the English-language adaptation of the Colombian television telenovela Ugly Betty , starring America Ferrara. He is also producing (with Hayek, Rick Schwartz, and Edward Borges) La Banda, a Spanish-language romantic comedy, starring Hayek, and written by Issa Lopez. For Viacom's Showtime network, he produced The Maldonado Miracle , starring Salma Hayek. He also produced the television adaptation of Julia Alvarez' novel In the Time of the Butterflies , starring Salma Hayek. Previously Tamez was an executive at Televisa Editorial.