Jose Tamez is director of development for Salma Hayek's Ventanarosa Productions. For Disney’s ABC television network, he developed and is executive producing the English-language adaptation of the Colombian television telenovela Ugly Betty, starring America Ferrara. He is also producing (with Hayek, Rick Schwartz, and ) , a Spanish-language romantic comedy, starring Hayek, and written by Issa Lopez. For Viacom’s Showtime network, he produced the highly acclaimed , starring Salma Hayek. He also produced the television adaptation of Julia Alvarez’ novel, In the Time of the Butterflies, starring Salma Hayek. Previously, Tamez was a top executive at .