Biography
Joshua Mintz is an International Emmy® award-winning producer and TV executive. As founder of Gilah Studios, he is focusing on premium productions catering to today's most successful distribution platforms, teaming up with the industry's most diverse and renowned professionals in each of the production stages to guarantee unique products.
With more than 30 years of experience in the television industry, Mintz has held leadership and production positions in the four most important Hispanic TV networks in the US and Mexico, having worked at Telemundo, Televisa, Univision and TV Azteca.
From January of 2016 through July of 2018, Mintz served as President of Production (fiction) of the Mexican network TV Azteca. During his tenure, Mintz lead the strategy and execution behind the network's primetime programming restructure since its new CEO, Benjamin Salinas, took office in 2015. Under Mintz leadership, TV Azteca produced and aired the first season of "Rosario Tijeras", the series that became a game changer for Mexico's primetime content and that allowed the network to beat life-long competitor Televisa for the first time in its history for the number one place in ratings in its time slot.
Prior to this role, Mintz served as Executive Vice President of Scripted Programming & General Manager of Telemundo Studios, where he was responsible for all fiction and drama productions in the U.S., Mexico and Colombia, as well as any new co-productions for Telemundo Media, a division of NBC Universal.
Under Mintz' supervision, Telemundo delivered a record-breaking performance for five consecutive years since the 2010-2011 season, becoming the fastest growing Spanish-Language Broadcast Network in the Unites States, surpassing its main competitor by 2015 and even positioning itself as the number one Hispanic network in the country. Mintz accomplished this thanks to the over thirty novelas produced during his tenure at Telemundo, fifteen of which made it to the top of the rating charts for primetime. Amongst which are included "El Señor de los Cielos", the show that has catapulted Telemundo to becoming the US Hispanic network with the most viewers at 10pm during the broadcasting of its five seasons to date; "Señora Acero", a ratings phenomenon that became number one in ratings in its time slot, and "La Patrona", the very first number one show in ratings in the history of the network in its time slot.
Mintz was the precursor of ideas that divided in two the history of telenovelas in the US and Latin America. He created the very successful format of "Super Series" which has now become a registered trademark of Telemundo, and that depicts telenovelas told in a more agile and dynamic way, filled with action and filmed 100% on real locations and not TV Studios. On the same note, he was the pioneer for the adaptation of a season-format in the development of content for telenovelas, turning Super Series into extremely successful franchises that represent record breaking ratings and sales for the network year after year. Creating the very first telenovela spinoff out of a character of "El Señor de los Cielos" was also one of Mintz'original ideas that gave birth to the super series "El Chema", a record breaking sensation that became the highest rating show in its time slot regardless of language in the US during its broadcast.
With simultaneous productions broadcasted all year long in the U.S. and Mexico, and thanks to his vision and strategic leadership, Mintz has established proven ways to successfully deliver a vertically integrated production model. Under Mintz' management, Telemundo Studios earned the international recognition both from its colleagues and competitors as a production powerhouse with the highest quality and productivity standards.
Telemundo's unprecedented growth period started when Mintz was appointed Executive Vice President for Telemundo Entertainment in January 2011. He was responsible for the overall strategy and development of entertainment programming for Telemundo Network. He worked towards the optimization of the process development-to-air, and designed and implemented long-term strategic plans for the programming grid that included original content and the programming acquisition strategy.
Prior to this role, in 2007, Mintz served as Vice President of Strategic Development at Telemundo Studios where he was instrumental in attracting impressive talent to the network, including top international stars such as Rafael Amaya, Kate del Castillo, Aracely Arambula, Victoria Ruffo, Edith Gonzalez, Marlene Favela, among many others.
In 2006, Mintz joined Azteca America as Director of Programming and shortly thereafter was promoted to director of Programming, Production and Operations.
Mintz began his career at Televisa in various technical and production positions. He was appointed general Director of Broadcasting Stations in 1990, where he was responsible for operating four national networks, two international networks and Televisa's cable system in Mexico City. He was later appointed general Director of Logistics of Televisa San Angel. During his tenure with Televisa, Mintz was also a member of the Executive Programming and Production Committees. Mintz was the executive producer of more than 20 entertainment/musical productions including the first three Mexican "Telethons", as well as other highly acclaimed shows such as "La Fabrica de Sueños", "Premios TV y Novelas", "Juan Gabriel at the Azteca", and "Fantastico Amor".
In 2000, Mintz joined Univision as Director of Drama Production and led the design of their first novela studio in Miami. While at Univision, he worked directly with Univision's former chairman and CEO, Jerrold Perenchio, and was executive producer of the Selena Vive! live special from Houston, TX, which became the highest-rated show in U.S. Hispanic television history at that time.
In 2011, the prestigious Billboard magazine included Mintz in its #LatinPowerPlayers list.
In 2014, Mintz received three International Emmy® Award nominations for his telenovelas "Passion Prohibida", "La Patrona" and "El Señor de los Cielos". All three productions were nominated in the same category for best Non-English Language US Primetime Program. "El Señor de los Cielos" won Mintz the first-ever Emmy® award given in this category.
In 2015, the People en Español magazine includes Mintz in its list of the "50 Most Influential Latinos", a coveted recognition that he shared with world personalities including Ricky Martin, Carolina Herrera, Jennifer Lopez, Lionel Messi and Pope Francis.
Joshua Mintz has been quoted on the New York Times, Variety, and NPR Morning Edition among many others.
He received his Bachelor of Arts in social communication sciences with a specialization in television and radio from the Universidad Anahuac in Mexico City.
