Jorge Saralegui

Jorge Manuel Saralegui (born 1953) is a Cuban-American film producer and screenwriter. 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.

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 Speed 2: Cruise Control, Alien: Resurrection and Great Expectations. 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. 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.

Film Year Film Credit Notes 2000 Red Planet Warner Bros. 2002 Queen of the Damned Material Films The Time Machine Executive producer Material Films Showtime Material Films 2004 The Big Bounce Material Films 2006 The Plague Midnight Picture Show; direct-to-video 2008 The Midnight Meat Train Midnight Picture Show 2009 Book of Blood Midnight Picture Show Dread Midnight Picture Show 2016 Paradox Executive producer Kill Ratio Executive producer

As writer

Year Film 2002 Showtime 2018 Incoming

Recognition

Year Film Role 2015 The Idol Special thanks