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Full Name
  
Silvio Horta

Name
  
Silvio Horta

Years active
  
1998–present


Nationality
  
Cuban American

Role
  
Writer

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Born
  
August 14, 1974 (age 49) (
1974-08-14
)
Miami, Florida, U.S.

Awards
  
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: New Series

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Movies and TV shows
  
Ugly Betty, Urban Legend, Jake 20, Urban Legends: Final Cut, The Chronicle

Similar People
  
Salma Hayek, Fernando Gaitan, Jamie Blanks, Tony Plana, Mark Indelicato

Occupation
  
Producer, screenwriter

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Silvio Horta (born August 14, 1974) is an American writer and producer most notable for adapting the hit Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea into the ABC series, Ugly Betty. Horta served as head writer and executive producer on the series.

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Early life

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Horta, a Cuban American, was born in Miami, Florida. He was a popular performer and playwright in high school, attending both International Baccalaureate Theater, and Experimental Theater programs at Coral Gables Senior in Miami. He graduated in 1992.

Career

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He has written many unproduced screenplays including "Even Exchange" and "The Furies" (with Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy). Prior to Ugly Betty, Horta wrote the screenplay for the 1998 teen satirical hit slasher film Urban Legend and he can be heard on the DVD commentary. Before Legend, he was working as a perfume spritzer.

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Horta was also creator of two short lived sci-fi television shows Jake 2.0, which starred Christopher Gorham, who would later join the cast of Ugly Betty, and The Chronicle. In 2007, he accepted the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series Ugly Betty, stating, "Like most of us up here, Betty is an immigrant and The American Dream is alive and well and in reach of anybody who wants it".

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Horta started the production company "Silent H Productions", so named because he found that people in the United States always pronounced the silent H at the start of his last name.

Personal life

Horta is openly gay; he came out to his family at nineteen.

References

Silvio Horta Wikipedia