Jose Tamez is director of development for
Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions. 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 highly acclaimed
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 a top executive at Televisa Editorial.