Cuban-American film producer and writer
Jorge Manuel Saralegui (born 1953) is a Cuban-American film producer and screenwriter. Born in Cuba, he was raised in Bronxville, New York, later graduating with a degree in creative writing from Antioch College.
Career.
In 1987, he relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue script writing. A year later, he was hired as a studio reader at Universal Pictures. Following a brief stint as a story analyst at Daniel Melnick's The IndieProd Company, he joined 20th Century Fox in 1989 as a script reader.
At Fox, he was promoted to a junior creative executive position, then, in June 1995, to senior vice-president of production. Two years later, he was appointed executive vice-president of production. There, Saralegui ushered "Speed", "Independence Day", "Broken Arrow" and "Die Hard With a Vengeance" through the development and production processes, and oversaw the productions of "", "Alien: Resurrection" and "Great Expectations".
In late 1997, he negotiated with studios to launch his own film label, settling at Warner Bros. in 1998, where he founded on-lot production company Material Films, with Channing Dungey serving as president.
In 2005, he co-founded horror film production company Midnight Picture Show with Clive Barker.
Fiction.
His writings have appeared in literary magazines and an anthology, "Latinos in Lotusland". Saralegui's first novel, "Last Rites", was published by Putnam Berkley in 1985, followed by Shadow Stalker" in 1987, then "Looker" in 1990.
A fourth novel, "Sentimental Surgery", was a quarterfinalist in the 2019 ScreenCraft Cinematic Book Competition.
Filmography.
He was a producer of the listed films, unless otherwise noted.
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