Charles Cotayo
- Industry: Communications or Media
- Occupation: Journalist/Critic/Filmmaker
- Location: Miami : Florida : United States
About Me
A graduate of the Florida State University (FSU), he won the Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Award for Academic Excellence. Co-producer, director and writer of the indie film "Decapolis II" (1987), and was Assistant Executive Producer of "The Victims" (1989), the first theatrical movie to explore heterosexual AIDS. Recently completed his tenth screenplay, "Suspension of Belief," and a debut novel, "Salvation." Screenplays include the historical-fantasy-drama about the life of Shakespeare, "The Sonnets of the Crow"; the comedy-drama, "Harriet Barnes Goes to Mars"; the gangster thriller, "The Prince and Sister Wrath," and the comedy-horror-fantasy, "The Count of Calle Ocho." Fluent in English and Spanish, he has appeared as a guest on local and international television programs. Began his journalistic career in 1998 with The Miami Herald and then with its sister paper El Nuevo Herald. Winner of 11 National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) prizes in journalism, he has interviewed many of the top actors and filmmakers from around the globe. Selected for inclusion in "Who's Who in America" and "Who's Who in the World." Photo: C.M. Guerrero
Interests
- Excellence in journalism
- filmmaking
- criticism
- screenwriting
- great films
- great books
- classical and popular music
- painting
- poetry
- theology
- philosophy
- ethics
- politics
- aerobics
- dancing
- intelligent conversations
- learning and teaching.
Favorite Movies
- Sansho the Bailiff
- Anne of the Thousand Days
- Gone With the Wind
- 8 1/2
- The Exterminating Angel
- Los olvidados
- Citizen Kane
- The Innocents
- Ugetsu
- Barry Lyndon
- Cabaret
- The Go-Between
- Jules et Jim
- Cries and Whispers
- Persona
- Kind Hearts and Coronets
- The Conformist
- Chinatown
- Decapolis II: A Psycho-Satirical Fantasy
Favorite Music
- Beethoven
- Mozart
- The Beatles
- Fleetwood Mac
- Barbra Streisand
- Enigma
- Diana Ross
- Elton John
- Maurice Jarre
- Nino Rota
- Gustavo Santaolalla
- Madonna
- Shannon
- Cher
- Freestyle
- Salsa
Favorite Books
- Holy Bible
- King Lear
- David Copperfield
- The Leopard
- Madame Bovary
- Don Quixote
- War and Peace
- Pilgrim's Progress
- Voss
- The Prince
- Inferno
- The Turn of the Screw
- Wuthering Heights
- Jane Eyre
- Poetics
- Oedipus Rex
- Foucault's Pendulum
- Making Pictures: A Century of European Cinematography
- On Movies
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
- The Stanley Kubrick Archives
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