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- From 'Friends' to Tyler Perry
- Growing Tyler Perry Studios
- Changing The Narrative
- Reimagining Hollywood
Ozzie’s road to Hollywood was full of plot twists and turns of fate. The security guard job at the WB lot placed him — time and time again - in the room where it happens. Areu wanted to be a police officer and was waiting on a training date. As the days passed, the sitcom "Friends" was quickly soaring in popularity and they needed someone like Ozzi...
Areu spent the next 13 years side by side with Perry, growing, learning and leading the rapid growth of Tyler Perry Studios. Working alongside Perry as he built his empire from the ground up was the best education, Areu said, adding that it was also invaluable to have Perry’s complete confidence. Areu still gushes when he talks about his former bos...
Areu is gleaning many lessons from his years of experience with Perry and, like his mentor, is focused on creating opportunities for people of color, in particular, behind-the-scenes creatives like writers, producers and show runners. “It’s good to get out of the echo chamber of Los Angeles,” said Kim Leadford, president of Areu Bros. Studios. Lead...
During a recent visit to the Areu Bros. Studio, the campus was enjoying a rare moment of silence — there were no shows, music videos or movies in production. Just a few weeks before, the hip-hop artist Drake had finished shooting a music video, and the cast and crew of “Coming to America 2” had just packed up after eight months of production. For n...
Dec 16, 2019 · Ozzie Areu, the son of Cuban immigrants, presides over the nation’s first major Latino-owned-and-operated film studio: a sprawling 60-acre site in Atlanta that he plans to turn into an inclusive ...
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- National Correspondent
Ozzie and Will Areu have worked their way up from the bottom of the production industry. Raised in Los Angeles, Ozzie and Will Areu have always put family first. When they were teenagers, their father died of a brain aneurysm and they worked tirelessly to keep their family afloat by helping their mother. When Ozzie received a baseball ...
In a move that feels apropos of the teachings in Perry’s new book, Higher Is Waiting, an announcement came yesterday morning that Ozzie Areu will be leaving TPS to start a new studio venture with his brother, Will, aptly branded Areu Bros. The move is yet another step “higher” for Areu in a career peppered with accolades and awards ...
May 2, 2022 · In the filing, Areu Studios claimed assets of less than $50,000 and liabilities of between $1 million and $10 million. Areu made an agreement with Los Angeles financier Steve M. Greenberg in March 2021 to loan $12.4 million through Arena Limited and provide a $700,000 equity investment to get the studio out of bankruptcy.
Jan 19, 2018 · The long-time president of Tyler Perry Studios, Ozzie Areu, is leaving the company to start his own film and television studio, Areu Bros., according to The Hollywood Reporter. The move could open ...
