Luis Moro
Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Luis Moro (born January 2, 1964[1]) is a Cuban-born American actor, filmmaker, and writer. He first gained notability for co-writing, producing and acting in the film Anne B. Real, which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Award.
Career
In 1991, Moro created and hosted the Real Estate America television series, which followed the format of news magazine shows but covered topics on real estate news. Moro worked in real estate and held a show for 10 years on the local TV station Univision, but in the last eight years he worked on film and stage productions across the country.[2]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Moro received screen story by credit for his screenplay rewrites on Anne B. Real. He also co-wrote all the main hip-hop rap lyrics in the film performed by the lead character of Cynthia. After Anne B. Real, Moro produced three films, the southern drama The Unseen, Love and Suicide, a bilingual love story set in Havana, Cuba that was the first film shot by an American in Cuba since 1959,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and Venus & Vegas, a buddy comedy set in Las Vegas.
Moro's other film projects include The Siege and King of the Ants. Moro also performs comedy.
In 2008, Ben Kingsley's SBK-Pictures announced it would work with Moro to produce Whispers Like Thunder, a film about the Conley Sisters legal battle over the Wyandot National Burying Ground in Kansas. Kingsley agreed to play the role of Charles Curtis, the first and only Native American to become Vice President of the United States. The screenplay was written by Moro and Trip Brook.[3]
Political views
Moro has been active in promoting his political views on human rights. According to Vanessa Arrington of the Associated Press, "Cuban-American filmmaker Luis Moro expressed his disdain for the long-standing U.S. trade and travel restrictions against Cuba in a very public way: he made a movie there."[4][5]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Filmography
| Television and film roles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1991 | Real Estate America | Host | Also creator and writer |
| 1996 | Lowball | Slick | |
| 1998 | The Siege | Hubbard FBI Decoy | |
| 1999 | For The Love of The Game | Detroit Tiger | |
| 2001 | Firestorm Rising | Marcus | |
| 2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | FBI Agent | |
| 2003 | King of the Ants | Coach Garcia | Also stunt coordinator |
| 2003 | Anne B. Real | Tommy Morrel | Also producer and writer |
| 2003 | The Weather Report | Bob | Short film |
| 2004 | The Tollbooth | Consulting Producer | |
| 2005 | Love & Suicide | Alberto | Also producer and writer |
| 2005 | The Unseen | Producer | |
| 2010 | Venus & Vegas | Bathroom Bob | Producer |
| 2015 | Where We Begin | Consulting producer | |
| 2017 | Roll With Me | Producer | |
See also
References
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- ↑ Jessica Rosero Union City Reporter The Revolution Begins Within
- ↑ Ben Kingsley's SBK announces slate-Variety Nov 17, 2008
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Luis Moro at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Official Website Moro Films
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- Cuban film directors
- American people of Cuban descent
- Cuban male film actors
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Actors from Union City, New Jersey
- Cuban film producers
- 20th-century Cuban male actors
- 21st-century Cuban male actors
- Male actors from New Jersey
- American people of Afro-Cuban descent