Jose Rivera (Writing)
Little is known about Jose Rivera, a figure with a modest footprint in Writing. Stay tuned for updates as more details become available.
Works
iGilbert
Gilbert is a lonely man who sees the world through the prism of his phone's screen. When a chance at a real relationship enters his life, can he truly relate to a woman and find love?
Release Date: 2021-03-14
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 2
The 33
Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Release Date: 2015-08-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenstory
Vote Count: 928
On the Road
Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
Release Date: 2012-05-22
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 845
Letters to Juliet
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Release Date: 2010-05-13
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 2892
Tales from the Script
Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries. They also reveal the untold stories behind some of the greatest screenplays ever written, describing their adventures with luminaries including Harrison Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Joel Silver, Martin Scorsese, and Steven Spielberg. The film was produced in tandem with the upcoming HarperCollins book of the same name.
Release Date: 2009-01-10
Character: Self
Vote Count: 38
Trade
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.
Release Date: 2007-01-23
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 283
The Motorcycle Diaries
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.
Release Date: 2004-02-06
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 1299
Alina of Cuba: La Hija Rebelde
Follows the true-life story of Cuban exile turned social advocate, Alina Fernandez, whose birth was the result of the tryst between Revuelta and Castro. Revuelta sacrificed her and her physician husband’s personal belongings and finances to help fund the start of the communist revolution.
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
The House of Ramón Iglesia
Ramón Iglesia, the head of a Puerto Rican family living in Long Island, encounters difficulties fulfilling his dream of moving back to Puerto Rico. Portrays many of the hardships faced by Puerto Ricans and other Hispanics in the United States, including confrontation among family members as traditional Hispanic values conflict with American values.
Release Date: 1986-04-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Counting by 7s
A young girl, who likes to garden, learns to open her eyes when something surprising happens. She will learn to swim against the tide by counting by 7s.
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
La Bamba
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
One Hundred Years of Solitude
In the mythical town Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past — and their fate.
Release Date: 2024-12-11
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 120
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.
Release Date: 2020-04-26
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 335
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.
Release Date: 1998-09-28
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Vote Count: 59
Eerie, Indiana
Teenage weirdness investigator Marshall Teller adventures through his new small-town home with his friends, geeky Simon Holmes and mysterious Dash X.
Release Date: 1991-09-15
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 76
Family Matters
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
Release Date: 1989-09-22
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 301