Silvio Horta
Template:Short description Template:DMCA
Page Module:Infobox/styles.css has no content.
Silvio Horta | |
|---|---|
| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Page Template:Hlist/styles.css has no content.
|
| Years active | 1998–2020 |
| EmployerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| OrganizationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| AgentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Notable creditTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| LabelTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Notable work | Ugly Betty |
| OpponentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
Criminal chargeTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| SpouseTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| PartnerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Template:Pluralize from text |
| Template:Pluralize from text | |
Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for deprecated parameters".
Silvio Horta (August 14, 1974 – January 7, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television producer widely noted for adapting the hit Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea into the ABC series Ugly Betty. Horta served as head writer and executive producer on the series.
Background and death
Horta, a first-generation Cuban-American, was born and raised in Miami. He was a popular performer and playwright in high school, attending both International Baccalaureate Theater, and Experimental Theater programs at Coral Gables Senior in Miami. After graduating in 1992, he attended the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, majoring in film.[1] Horta was openly gay, coming out to his family at 19.[2]
He was found dead in a Miami hotel room on January 7, 2020. Variety reported that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was 45 years old.[3][4][5]
Career
Horta penned many as yet unproduced screenplays including "Even Exchange" and "The Furies" (with Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy). Prior to Ugly Betty, Horta wrote the screenplay for the 1998 teen satirical hit slasher film Urban Legend and he can be heard on the DVD commentary. Before Legend, he was working as a perfume spritzer.[6]
Horta was also creator of two short lived sci-fi television shows Jake 2.0, which starred Christopher Gorham, who would later join the cast of Ugly Betty, and The Chronicle. In 2007, he accepted the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series Ugly Betty, stating, "Like most of us up here, Betty is an immigrant and The American Dream is alive and well and in reach of anybody who wants it".
Horta started the production company "Silent H Productions", named as a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgement of the common mispronunciation of the silent H in Horta's last name. In 2011, his production company signed a deal with Sony.[7]
Writing credits
Film
- Urban Legend (1997)
Short film
- The Furies (1999)
- Horror Movie: The Movie (2012)
Television
| Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer |
Creator | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–2002 | The Chronicle | Yes | Yes | No | 22 episodes |
| 2003–2004 | Jake 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | 16 episodes |
| 2006–2010 | Ugly Betty | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also developer |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Sold | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | The Curse of the Fuentes Women | Yes | Yes |
Consultant
- P-Valley (2020)
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jensen, Michael (September 30, 2008). "Interview with "Ugly Betty'"s Silvio Horta". Logo. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Oldham, Stuart (January 7, 2020). "Silvio Horta, 'Ugly Betty' Creator, Found Dead in Apparent Suicide". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ugly Betty Star America Ferrera Is 'Heartbroken' Over the Death of Show's Creator Silvio Horta". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Petski, Denise (January 8, 2020). "'Ugly Betty' Cast Mourn Death Of Creator Silvio Horta". Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The LAist Interview: Silvio Horta". Gothamist. October 11, 2004. Archived from the original on January 11, 2020. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wallenstein, Andrew (June 11, 2011). "Silvio Horta inks overall deal with Sony". Variety. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
External links
- Silvio Horta at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Silvio Horta at The Interviews: An Oral History of TelevisionTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Authority control/config' not found.
