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Jeff Valdez (born January 31, 1956) is an American producer, writer, studio executive and entrepreneur. Valdez has been credited with creating the category of Latino Programming in English, which is a segment of the Hispanic market that had not been addressed or targeted by the media before. This block within the Latino community is formed of Americans with Latino heritage, who consume media in English, and live mostly a mainstream American life. Jeff Valdez has written, directed and produced TV shows and films targeting this segment within the Latino community during the last 20 years, and some of his shows have gone on to be syndicated in more than 35 countries. In 2003, Valdez founded a whole new national cable channel targeting Latinos in English called SiTV. The channel reaches 22 million homes nationwide, and has won many awards with the programming Valdez wrote, directed and produced for it. In 2007 Valdez extended his reach to the film industry and founded Maya Entertainment together with well-known producer Moctesuma Esparza. Maya is a company that produces and distributes more than 30 films a year, mostly in the Latino Programming in English category. Maya also distributes films in more than 30 countries. ==Early Years== Jeff Valdez was born in Pueblo, Colorado, to a Mexican-American family with roots in New Mexico since the 1600s. His mother, Mary Garcia, and his father, Alfonso Valdez were blue collar workers, with Spanish, Mexican and Comanche blood. Jeff is the youngest on 9 children. Valdez worked hard since he was 7, cleaning the local Drive-in cinema every morning before going to school. Throughout his early teen years he played drums in his father's band, earning his first money and saving enough to move to Colorado Springs to found his own band called "the Giving Tree." After some years, and after having liked performing live in front of an audience, Jeff became a comedian, working on the road for more than 6 years, and finally owning his own comedy club, "The Comedy Corner" in Colorado Springs. It was then when he became a producer, and created a comedy show which aired live every Saturday in a Colorado Springs' local channel, right after "Saturday Night Live." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Valdez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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