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- Actress
- Producer
Everlayn "Ever" Borges is a Cuban-born actress, dancer, and singer. She began her career as a principal dancer and soloist touring internationally with Julio Iglesias. Her motion picture debut was in the Michael Mann big-screen adaptation of the hit series "Miami Vice," where she played Miss Cuba. She has also appeared in various films and TV series, including "Matrimonio alle Bahamas," "Dostana," "Get Out," and "Going to California." Borges is known for her versatility as an actress, with a range that includes comedic sketches, thrillers, and dramas. She has also been featured in numerous music videos and TV commercials for well-known brands.
Everlayn's journey started in Matanzas, Cuba, near Varadero Beach. Her father, a popular musician, disappeared at sea while attempting to find freedom in the United States. Despite this loss, she inherited his talent and courage.
At the age of 9, Everlayn was chosen to attend the prestigious National School of the Arts in Havana, where she excelled in classical ballet, contemporary, and modern dance. At 17, she made her escape from Castro's Cuba while touring with an international dance troupe. Her journey took her from Juarez to Texas, across the Rio Grande, and finally to Miami. Everlayn recently completed her first book, "Siempre en el Límite" chronicling her harrowing flight to freedom. It is available on Amazon.
Everlayn is not only a triple threat in the entertainment industry but also an extreme sports athlete. Despite her humble beginnings, she has always aspired to reach for the stars.
In Miami, Everlayn has made a name for herself on stage, playing Maria and Virgen Caridad in the hit musical "Miami Libre" at the Adrienne Arsht Center. She has also starred in the improv comedy "Tony and Tina's Wedding" and received a FREC award for her performance as the manicurist Martika in the comedy "Combing Through Life's Tangles."
An entrepreneur as well as a performer, she is developing several projects as producer and CEO of her own production company, Buddha Belly Productions, LLC. She is currently working on her own reality TV series, "Ever On The Edge" and is focusing her talents to more significant topics like human trafficking, and racism with her recent appearance in the award-winning films "Sisters of Vengeance" and the "The Poison Garden."
She attended the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and continues to study under Jay Goldenberg. Everlayn splits her time between Miami, New York, and Los Angeles.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Amalia Aguilar was born on 3 June 1924 in Matanzas, Cuba. She was an actress, known for En cada puerto un amor (1949), Al son del mambo (1950) and Los platillos voladores (1956). She was married to Raúl Beraún. She died on 8 November 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico.- Erniel Baez was born in Cardenas, Cuba. He lived there until the age of 8, at which point he moved with his mother and step father to Montreal, Canada. As a kid, Erniel would watch movies every night with his grandfather. This is where his love of acting began. Being a huge fan of Al Pacino, he was convinced that the actor was Cuban until the age of 13.
At the age of 15, Erniel started training with Josa Maule at the Montreal School of Performing Arts. This is where he started developing his craft as a theatre performer. Shortly after, he transitioned to Film & Television.
Erniel got his first on-screen speaking role in the acclaimed Canadian TV series 19-2 (2014). He then went on to land one of the lead roles in the cult horror film, Game of Death (2017), which premiered at the prestigious SXSW!
At that point his career began to shift into American productions, where he booked roles on Reacher (2022), opposite Alan Ritchson, and a recurring role on Cross (2024), opposite Aldis Hodge. Both series air on Prime Video.
Audiences will be able to see Erniel as a recurring guest star in the upcoming series, Hotel Cocaine (2024). Erniel plays the role of Ray Dorado, an untrustworthy Cuban banker with criminal ties who is seen regularly at the Mutiny Hotel. The series stars Danny Pino & Michael Chiklis, and will air on MGM+. - Actor
- Composer
- Music Department
Pop orchestra leader responsible for the mambo craze that swept America during the early 1950s. Numerous hit recordings included, among others, "Patricia", "Mambo Jambo" and "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White". Would often interject his musical numbers with his signature grunt of "Dilo!".- Adrián Navarro was born on 24 October 1969 in Laferrere, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Ay Juancito (2004), Vidas robadas (2008) and El Asesor (2015).
- Joseph Capote was born on 29 May 1900 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was married to Lillie Mae Capote and Clotilde Burkett. He died on 12 November 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Actor
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Leopoldo Fernández was born on 26 December 1904 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was an actor and composer, known for ¡Olé... Cuba! (1957), La tremenda corte (1965) and Hotel de muchachas (1950). He died on 11 November 1985 in Miami, Florida, USA.- Enrique Alzugaray was born on 26 July 1915 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was an actor and writer, known for Mariana de la noche (1975), Siete muertes a plazo fijo (1950) and Emanuelle - A Woman from a Hot Country (1978). He died on 4 November 1987 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Eloisa Alvarez Guedes was born in 1916 in Matanzas, Cuba. She was an actress, known for El bautizo (1968). She died in 1993 in Havana, Cuba.
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Adrian Sanchez Avila was born on 4 April 1990 in Matanzas, Cuba. Adrian Sanchez is a director and cinematographer, known for Nacho: Nadie Sabe (2019), Leoni Torres: Pasándola bien (2023) and Chris Tamayo ft. Leoni Torres - Flores (2023).- Writer
- Director
- Cinematographer
Journalist, graphic designer, comic book illustrator and animation director. He was director of the children's magazines Zunzún and Bijirita (1982-1998). He collaborated with his brother Juan Padrón in the feature films "Elpidio Valdés", "More was lost in Cuba", "Vampires in Havana", and was assistant director in "More vampires in Havana". In July 2014, "Meñique" was released, his first feature film as a director, and the first animated 3D feature from Cuba, which won the Coral Award for Animated Feature Film at the 36th International Havana Film Festival and nominated for best animated feature at the Goya Awards and the Platino Ibero-American Film Awards.- Pedro Knight was born on 30 September 1921 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was married to Celia Cruz. He died on 3 February 2007 in Arcadia, California, USA.
- Music Department
- Writer
- Composer
María Elena Walsh was born on 1 February 1930 in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was a writer and composer, known for Juguemos en el mundo (1971), Necesito una madre (1966) and Tiempo de crear (1962). She died on 10 January 2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.- Lotario was born on 7 January 1918 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Goldface, the Fantastic Superman (1967), La loba (1973) and Rosangelica (1993). He died on 30 June 2001 in Caracas, Venezuela.
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Richard D. Maurice was a pioneering filmmaker of African descent. Born in Cuba, he migrated to the United States in 1903, eventually moving to Detroit, where worked as tailor. In July 1920, he founded the Maurice Film Company there. His debut feature, Nobody's Children (1920) premiered in Detroit on September 27th of that year and played throughout the eastern United States. Unfortunately, no prints of the film are known to exist.
Maurice's second and only surviving feature, Eleven P.M. (1928) is generally dated as being released in 1928, but scholars Pearl Bowser and Charles Musser speculate that the film was actually released a year or two later because it "possesses a cinematic style and internal evocations of other race films" of the period. Also, the film's use of unusual camera angles and dream-like visual elements suggest that he was perhaps influenced by Surrealism.
Later, Maurice became involved in the railroad industry and helped found the Dining Car and Railroad Food Workers union, local 370 in New York City.
He died in New York City on May 5, 1955. He was 61 years old.- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Humberto Lopez y Guerra was born in Cuba, in 1942. He began his film career 1960 producing and directing a series of documentary films for the Cuban Institute of Art and Cinema, ICAIC. In 1963 he was given through election a scholarship to study film directing at the Cinema Superior School at Babelsberg Berlin, Germany. After graduating from Babelsberg's Film Institute he returned to Cuba where he directed his film "Juventud 67", (Youth, 67). However, he went back to Europe in 1968 and he moved to Sweden. In 1973, he was photography and co-director of the film "Rene Char" produced by the Swedish Film Institute.
In 1976 he directed his film "Lorca: Death in Granada", produced by the Swedish Television. In Octuber 1980 the New York Times described the transmission of the film by Spanish Television in June that same year as attracting "one of the largest audiences in the history of Spanish Television. In 1978 he directed two documentaries titled "Spain two years after Franco", produced for Swedish Television. In 1979 he directed "Arrabal", a documentary about the Spanish writer Fernando Arrabal. In 1981 this film represented Sweden in the international television festival Prix d'Italia. In 1980 he directed for Swedish Television his film "Det Langa Straffet" (The Sentence) about Huber Matos. The Sentence represented Sweden in EMMY Awards in New York in 1981. In 1987 he wrote and directed "Ondskans ar" a TV film in three parts about Nazism in Sweden during the second world war. The film was very successful in Sweden and in the Nordvision Awards in 1989.- Nelida Ponce was born in 1933 in Matanzas, Cuba. She is an actress, known for El Rostro de la Venganza (2012), Acorralada (2007) and Passions of the Heart (2011).
- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
Santiago Pedrero was born on 27 February 1979 in Isidro Casanova, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and composer, known for Rooster's Blood (2015), The Migration (2018) and Love After Loving (2017).- Producer
- Production Manager
- Executive
Co-founder and director of two film production companies: BellaSombra and Habitación 1520, with eighteen years of experience in the industry. He has produced films such as 'Gilda: no me arrepiento de este amor' with Natalia Oreiro (one million tickets sold), 'Con el viento' (Berlín 2018), and 'Infancia Clandestina' (Cannes 2012 and Argentinian Oscar contender). He developed and executed every production stage in more than twenty documentaries and more than twenty TV series. Maximiliano Dubois has been jury, tutor and adviser in different film productions, both national and international. He coordinates the audiovisual sector at the Argentine Nation's Secretary of Culture. He is member of the Motion Graphics Academy in Argentina and is also a teacher at the University of Buenos Aires.- Actress
- Soundtrack
María Elizabeth Vera was born on 31 January 1982 in Isidro Casanova, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is an actress, known for 27: The Cursed Club (2018), Vivir intentando (2003) and Frecuencia .04 (2004).- Actor
- Editor
- Director
Sebastián D'Angelo was born on 25 March 1974 in San Justo, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and editor, known for Tríada (2016), El deseo de la noche (2005) and El murmullo de las venas (2003).- Odaline de la Martinez was born on 31 October 1949 in Matanzas, Cuba. She is a composer, known for Mercy (2015), Ps and Qs (1992) and Proms Encore 2019 (2019).
- Editor
- Director
- Writer
Roberto Fandiño was born on 28 September 1929 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was an editor and director, known for Gente de Moscú (1963), María, la santa (1977) and El bautizo (1968). He died on 26 July 2009 in Miami, Florida, USA.- Juan Alberto Badía was born on 29 November 1947 in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor, known for Los simuladores (2002), La noche viene movida (1980) and Videomatch (1990). He was married to Liliana. He died on 29 June 2012 in Pilar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Aurora Basnuevo was born on 13 August 1938 in Colón, Matanzas, Cuba. She was an actress, known for Salsa and Love (1999), Day of the Flowers (2012) and Rosa la China (2002). She was married to Mario Limonta. She died on 26 September 2022 in Havana, Cuba.
- Juan Ignacio Chela is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Chela went on to reach the quarterfinals of the 2004 and 2011 French Open, and the 2007 US Open, attaining a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 in August 2004.
As part of the Argentine team for the Davis Cup, he holds a record of six victories and four losses, the most important of his victories in April 2006, giving Argentina the third point to beat defending champions Croatia in the quarterfinals. - Art Director
- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
Derubín Jácome was born on 12 January 1948 in Matanzas, Cuba. He is an art director and production designer, known for La bella del Alhambra (1989), A Successful Man (1986) and Clandestinos (1987). He has been married to Diana Fernández since 24 January 1972. They have two children.- Leo Cardenas was born on 17 December 1938 in Matanzas, Cuba.
- Composer
- Music Department
Julio Padrón was born on 13 April 1971 in Colon, Matanzas, Cuba. He is a composer, known for Habana Blues (2005), Un lugar limpio y bien iluminado (1991) and Interactivo La Película (2011).- Actress
- Costume Designer
- Make-Up Department
Iracel Rivero was born in Cuba and immigrated to the United States at a very early age with her mother and sister, giving her a uniquely American experience. She fell in love with theater and acting after seeing a performance of West Side Story. After university, Iracel moved to NYC to purse acting full time.- Fernando Suarez Paz was born on 1 January 1941 in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He died on 12 September 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina(undisclosed).
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
Saúl Yelin was born on 1 February 1935 in Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba. He was a production manager, known for Stories of the Revolution (1960), ¡Cuba Sí! (1961) and Cooperativas Agropecuarias (1959). He died on 16 February 1977 in Havana, Cuba.- Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino was born on 18 October 1936 in Jagüey Grande, Matanzas, Cuba. He died on 26 July 2019 in Havana, Cuba.
- Music Department
Rogelio Martínez Furé was born on 28 August 1937 in Matanzas, Cuba. He is known for A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972), Karussell (1977) and Obá Ilú (1985). He died on 10 October 2022 in Havana, Cuba.- Composer
- Actor
- Music Department
Nilo Menendez was born on 26 September 1902 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was a composer and actor, known for Hollywoodland (2006), Memphis Belle (1990) and In the Mood for Love (2000). He died on 15 September 1987 in Burbank, California, USA.- Ultiminio Ramos was born on 2 December 1941 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Las glorias del gran Púas (1984), Buscando un campeon (1980) and La pulquería ataca de nuevo (1985). He died on 3 September 2017 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
- Soundtrack
José White was born on 17 January 1836 in Matanzas, Cuba. José died on 15 March 1918 in Paris, France.- Manuel Pineiro was born on 14 May 1934 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was married to Martha Harnecker. He died on 13 March 1998 in Havana, Cuba.
- Miguel Navarro was born on 4 February 1929 in Matanzas, Cuba. He is an actor, known for Clandestinos (1987), Amores (1994) and Le retour d'Arsène Lupin (1989).
- Roberto Barbon was born on March 13, 1933 in Matanzas, Cuba. After a successful stint playing baseball in Canada in the early 1950s he then moved to Japan. There he signed with the Hankyu Braves to become the first Latin American star in Nippon Pro Baseball known to fans as "Chico" or Chico Barbon. Roberto stayed in Japan after his playing career ended, marrying a local woman and becoming an interpreter for Hankyu. He is said to be the longest continuously serving figure in Japanese baseball. In the 1960s he also briefly experimented with acting in films.
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Producer
- Writer
Armando Dorrego was born on 25 November 1962 in Matanzas, Cuba. He is an assistant director and producer, known for Dos Veces Ana (2010), María Antonia (1990) and Nazca (1995).- Abelardo Estorino was born on 19 January 1925 in Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, Cuba. He was a writer, known for El robo (1965) and Casa Vieja (2010). He died on 22 November 2013 in Habana, Cuba.
- Claudio Nasco was born on 17 June 1976 in Cárdenas, Matanzas, Cuba. He was an actor, known for Un Asalto en la Lincoln (1999), Noticiario CDN (1998) and Enfoque Final (2013). He died on 13 December 2013 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Francisco Aguabella was born on 10 October 1925 in Matanzas, Cuba. He is known for Mambo (1954), Maria Costa's Macho Men and the Women Who Love Them (2010) and Comandante (2003). He died on 7 May 2010 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Juan Herbello was born on 3 September 1915 in Matanzas, Cuba. He was a writer, known for Obsesión (1957), Obsesión (1968) and Ante la ley (1955). He died on 15 March 1967 in Havana, Cuba.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Pelado López was born in 1970 in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and writer, known for Sin código (2004), Juego Chino (2022) and Montaña rusa (1994). He has been married to Nella Ghorghor since 13 March 2020.- Dora Alonso was born on 22 December 1910 in Matanzas, Cuba. She was a writer, known for Sierra brava (1960), Donde anidan las gaviotas (1962) and Tierra brava (1997). She died on 21 March 2001 in Havana, Cuba.
- Jose Cardenal was born on 7 October 1943 in Matanzas, Cuba.
- Actor
Jorge Luis Calvo was born on 14 February 1934 in Arcos de Canasi, Matanzas, Cuba. He is an actor.- Horacio Lalia was born on 23 January 1941 in Ramos Mejía, La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentina.