DAN GUERRERO began his eclectic career in New York where he was a successful theatrical agent with clients in the original casts of countless Broadway musicals from A Chorus Line to Cats. He returned home to Los Angeles for an equally successful time as a casting director for stage and television before turning his talents to producing.

He has been widely acclaimed as a highly creative independent producer of diverse programming for network and cable television in both English and Spanish. At the same time, he has produced, written and directed live events at such prestigious venues as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles and the Cite de la Musique in Paris, France.

He eventually headed Paul Rodriguez Productions with two El Show colleagues where the team produced four “docu-comedy” specials for FOX starring the comic actor: Paul Rodriguez: Behind Bars, Crossing Gang Lines, Back to School and Born to Ride. The highly rated programs were a unique mix of documentary footage inter-cut with music and comedy taped at locations from San Quentin prison to the Black Hills of South Dakota and the barrios of East LA and South Central.

Guerrero was later executive producer of another successful talk/variety show, Al Dia con Maria Conchita. The daily talker was hosted by Maria Conchita Alonso and aired on Telemundo.

As a partner in There Goes the Neighborhood Productions, Guerrero produced Loco Slam, a series of half-hour Latino stand-up comedy shows for HBO and co-produced the PBS Kennedy Center Concert of the Americas with Quincy Jones/David Saltzman Entertainment featuring the biggest names from the U.S., Mexico, Latin America, Canada and the Caribbean. The event at the James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami celebrated the Summit of the Americas hosted by President Clinton who attended the concert with 34 leaders of Western Hemisphere countries.

Under his own banner, Guerrero produced the NBC Vida Awards honoring Latinos in education, business, entertainment, sports, science/medicine and the arts; the CNBC J.D. Power Global Automotive Awards hosted by Tim Allen and the national PBS special, Vikki Carr: Memories/Memorias. The bilingual music concert also featured Arturo Sandoval, Mexican superstar Pepe Aguilar and Jack Jones and included a CD and video release.

An earlier bilingual Christmas special produced for Buena Vista International also created a best-selling CD reaching #8 on the Billboard Top 50 Latin Albums chart. Navidad en las Americas was taped at Disneyland and aired on Univision with Ricky Martin, Chayanne, Celia Cruz, Jose Feliciano, Tito Puente, Pedro Fernandez and Luis Enrique among the TV guest performers.

Guerrero has also produced and directed major non-televised events including the spectacular AmericArtes Gala at the Kennedy Center to launch the multi-year AmericArtes Festival. The concert featured performances by the Costa Rica Youth Symphony Orchestra, Brazil’s Deborah Colker Modern Dance Company, Julio Bocca and Ballet Argentino and Mexico’s Tambuco Percussion Quartet among many other distinguished Latin American artists. He returned to the Kennedy Center to produce and direct Pablo Neruda: A Centenary Celebration, an event honoring the Chilean poet with Il Postino author Antonio Skarmeta, soprano Veronica Villaroel and director Ariel Dorfman among the participants.

Other live events include the Inaugural NCLR Alma Awards Gala at the Biltmore Hotel hosted by Roselyn Sanchez, the Imagen Awards at the Beverly Hilton hosted by Hector Elizondo and Estilo Latino at Ruby Skye in San Francisco featuring fashions by top Latino designers and hosted by Carlos Ponce.

Guerrero produced and staged a Chicano et Tex-Mex concert at the Cite de la Musique in Paris, France featuring the legendary “Father of Chicano Music” Lalo Guerrero and Tejano superstar Flaco Jimenez. He also created the first-ever all Latino stand-up comedy night at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (1989). The English-language Noche de Risa y Susto was produced annually for 7 years as a fundraiser for the Latino Theatre Company.

He recently produced, wrote and staged The Maravilla Concert to inaugurate the new Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The concert featured the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Sandoval, tenor Daniel Rodriguez, the Ysatros Flamenco Troupe, mezzo Suzanna Guzman, the Francisco Martinez Dancetheater, Chicana Diva Rebekah Del Rio and pop group Soluna among the guest artists.

Other projects include the Opening Ceremonies for the city-wide Artes de Mexico Festival featuring more than 300 musical performers and costumed participants on the steps of Los Angeles City Hall and special events for the Los Angeles International Latino Film Festival for Edward James Olmos at Universal Studios in Hollywood.

Guerrero has served on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, addressed special events on a national level including the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Convention and often speaks on panels and seminars throughout the country.

He has been twice honored by the distinguished Imagen Foundation for his positive portrayal of the Latino culture in his work and Hispanic Magazine recognized him as “one of the 25 most powerful Latinos in Hollywood.”

The Dan Guerrero Collection on Latino Entertainment and the Arts was established in CEMA in 2002.