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Joe M. Aguilar

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  • Production Manager
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Joe Aguilar Chief Creative Officer / Head of Production, Features & Television Oriental DreamWorks

Emmy award-winning producer Joe Aguilar (Steven Spielberg Presents Taken) has served as a senior executive and key producer at DreamWorks since the company's inception. Recently, Aguilar was named to the dual position of chief creative officer and head of production, features, and television at Oriental DreamWorks. Established in 2012, Oriental DreamWorks creates high-quality entertainment, including CG animated feature films and television series for audiences around the world. With the ambition to become a China-based family branded company, Oriental DreamWorks creates entertainment in China for China and for export to the rest of the world.

For DreamWorks Animation, Aguilar most recently served as the producer on the 2011 blockbuster film Puss in Boots, which was honored with both Academy Award® and Golden Globe® nominations for Best Animated Feature Film. Aguilar was integral to the formation of DreamWorks Animation's strategic alliance with Technicolor in 2008, which led to the formation of the DreamWorks Dedicated Unit (DDU), the Company's production home in Bangalore, India. Aguilar has been responsible for leading the recruitment, training and development of top-tier animation talent to the DDU facility in India. As a result of his efforts, DreamWorks Animation has successfully tapped into and further developed the talent base in India such that high-quality, feature-level CG animation is now completed at the DDU.

Aguilar began his career with the studio as Head of Production for DreamWorks Television, where he oversaw the production of such shows as the Judd Apatow comedy Undeclared, the Steven Spielberg drama The Others, the popular sitcom Freaks & Geeks, the Peter Mehlman comedy series, It's Like, You Know, and the hit sitcom Spin City. Aguilar served as co-executive producer on the Emmy award-winning Sci-Fi Channel mini-series, Steven Spielberg Presents Taken, the computer-animated comedy Father of the Pride, as well as the holiday television special Merry Madagascar.

Prior to joining DreamWorks Television, Aguilar served as a production executive at 20th Century Fox, where he oversaw such feature films as: Courage Under Fire, The Great White Hype, Girl 6 and A Walk in the Clouds.
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Puss in Boots (2011)
    Puss in Boots
    6.6
    • Producer
    • 2011
    'Weird Al' Yankovic in UHF (1989)
    UHF
    6.9
    • Producer(as Joe Aguilar)
    • 1989
    Taken (2002)
    Taken
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Producer
    Christina Ricci, Winona Ryder, Cher, and Bob Hoskins in Mermaids (1990)
    Mermaids
    6.7
    • Additional Crew(as Joe Aguilar)
    • 1990

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    • Extinct (2021)
      Extinct
      5.5
      • produced by
      • 2021
    • Puss in Boots (2011)
      Puss in Boots
      6.6
      • produced by
      • 2011
    • Merry Madagascar (2009)
      Merry Madagascar
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • produced by
      • 2009
    • Father of the Pride (2004)
      Father of the Pride
      6.7
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2004
    • Taken (2002)
      Taken
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2002
    • Antonio Banderas, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Mia Farrow in Miami Rhapsody (1995)
      Miami Rhapsody
      5.4
      • associate producer
      • 1995
    • 'Weird Al' Yankovic in UHF (1989)
      UHF
      6.9
      • associate producer (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 1989

    Additional Crew



    • Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, Cloris Leachman, Ryan Reynolds, Clark Duke, Chris Sanders, Randy Thom, and Emma Stone in The Croods (2013)
      The Croods
      7.1
      • head of studio: India, DreamWorks Animation (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 2013
    • Jerry Seinfeld in Bee Movie (2007)
      Bee Movie
      6.1
      • marketing production: DreamWorks Animation (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 2007
    • Medal of Honor: Vanguard (2007)
      Medal of Honor: Vanguard
      7.2
      Video Game
      • IT partner: support team (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 2007
    • Medal of Honor: Rising Sun (2003)
      Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
      7.2
      Video Game
      • it support (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 2003
    • Medal of Honor: Frontline (2002)
      Medal of Honor: Frontline
      8.1
      Video Game
      • network administrator: studio (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 2002
    • Medal of Honor: Underground (2000)
      Medal of Honor: Underground
      8.1
      Video Game
      • network administrator (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 2000
    • Medal of Honor (1999)
      Medal of Honor
      8.3
      Video Game
      • network administrator (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 1999
    • Christina Ricci, Winona Ryder, Cher, and Bob Hoskins in Mermaids (1990)
      Mermaids
      6.7
      • production controller (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 1990

    Production Finance and Accounting



    • Christina Ricci, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Hart, Judith Malina, Carel Struycken, and Jimmy Workman in The Addams Family (1991)
      The Addams Family
      7.0
      • production accountant (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 1991
    • Vietnam War Story (1987)
      Vietnam War Story
      7.9
      TV Series
      • production accountant (as Joe Aguilar)
      • 1988

    Production Management



    • Antonio Banderas, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Mia Farrow in Miami Rhapsody (1995)
      Miami Rhapsody
      5.4
      • unit production manager
      • 1995
    • Claire Danes in My So-Called Life (1994)
      My So-Called Life
      8.4
      TV Series
      • unit production manager
      • 1994
    • Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson in Made in America (1993)
      Made in America
      5.1
      • unit production manager
      • 1993
    • Jennifer Grey and Peter Berg in A Case for Murder (1993)
      A Case for Murder
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • unit production manager
      • 1993
    • Rodney Dangerfield in Ladybugs (1992)
      Ladybugs
      5.5
      • unit production manager
      • 1992

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