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Moctesuma Esparza (born March 12, 1949) is an American producer, entertainment executive, entrepreneur and community activist. He is the chief executive officer of Maya Cinemas, a theater chain servicing to the United States Latino audience.
Esparza and Robert Katz are partners at Esparza/Katz Productions. His production credits include The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) , directed by Robert Redford; The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1982) , a feature length theatrical film produced for PBS; and Selena (1997) , directed by Gregory Nava.
- January 1, 1
- Producer, Executive, Actor
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Moctesuma Esparza
An award-winning producer, entertainment executive, entrepreneur and community activist, Moctesuma Esparza is well known for his contributions to the movie industry and commitment to creating opportunities for Latinos everywhere.
Feb 19, 2019 · First known as an organizer of the 1968 East LA walkouts, Moctesuma Esparza has spent a fifty-year career in the film industry engaging in various types of activism to change the representations and treatment of Latina/os.
- Elda María Román
- emr@usc.edu
- 2019
Moctesuma Esparza, a native of Los Angeles, has worked diligently to recruit minority students to enroll in film and television departments at area universities, and has taken special interest in teaching motion picture and television production techniques to Chicanos and Chicanas.
Born and raised in East Los Angeles as the son of a Mexican Revolution refugee, Moctesuma Esparza would become a renowned filmmaker, producer, and one of the 50 “Most Powerful and Influential Latinos” in the United States, as recognized by the Imagen Foundation.
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