JOLENE RODRIGUEZ HEADS TO BROKEN ENGLISH PRODUCTIONS
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Broken English Productions, part of film finance company Grandave Capital, announced today Sony’s Screen Gems’ Development and Production Executive Jolene Rodriguez has been hired by Broken English Productions as President.
Jolene Rodriguez is starting immediately as Broken English Productions President overseeing Omar Chaparro’s starrer 7TH & UNION as executive producer.
Independently Jolene Executive Produced the 2019 high profile Cannes Marché feature, KEYHOLE GARDEN starring Zoe Saldana currently in post-production.
During her more than 10-year tenure at Screen Gems, Jolene Rodriguez has been able to leverage her position there to build an impressive list of industry contacts, A-list talent, producers and film financiers and played a critical role in setting up an Untitled Gabrielle Union rom-com, and Untitled Gigi Guerrero Latinx horror.
In addition, she is on the Advisory Board of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF). Her valued talent has garnered her most recent accolade of being recognized as one of the Powerful and Influential Latinos in Entertainment for 2019 by the Imagen Foundation which encourages the positive portrayals of Latinos in all forms of the entertainment media and to reward the excellence of those entities or individuals whose productions elevate the image and status of all Latinos.
"I am beyond thrilled to welcome Jolene Rodriguez, who has been an advocate and trailblazer at Sony Pictures for over a decade, into the Broken English family. Her experience, her influence and her expertise will add a much-needed voice into the dynamic creative company we are building to connect and cultivate relationships in the film industry and make powerful films that encompass the Latinx experience,” said Christopher Acebo, Broken English Productions C.E.O..