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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 ...
- jenny.jarvie@latimes.com
- National Correspondent
- 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...
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Growing up in Burbank as the son of Cuban immigrants, Ozzie Areu never dreamed of a career in Hollywood. The big film studios just a few miles away from his family’s modest home were remote walled-off compounds, so removed from the hustle and grind of his family’s day-to-day life that they felt like another world.
Dec 5, 2019 · Last year, Ozzie decided it was time for the Areus to open their own facility in Atlanta as Perry moved operations to Fort McPherson. Their production studio, aptly named Areu Bros. Studios, makes the Areus the first Cuban Americans, really the first Latinxs at all, to own and operate a film and TV studio in the United States.
An invaluable asset to the Tyler Perry team, and with a work ethic only matched by Mr. Perry himself, Ozzie Areu was named President of Tyler Perry Studios a few years later. As an Executive Producer for many of Tyler Perry Studios’ hit television series, Mr. Areu’s work has been consistently recognized for excellence. In 2012 and 2013 ...
Feb 24, 2020 · ATLANTA — Ozzie Areu is remembering 1995, when he was the main security guard at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California, the iconic studio that represented the magic and mystery of Hollywood films ...
