Presentation of the comedy “I Brake for Gringos Puerto Vallarta”

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The movie "I Brake for Gringos" was presented in a press

conference in Mexico yesterday. The filming is scheduled

to begin on May 14th in this exuberant Mexican

destination.
I Brake for Gringos Puerto Vallarta
In attendance were The Puerto Vallarta's Tourism Board

Director, Guillermo Ohem; Puerto Vallarta's Tourism

Director, Jose Luis Diaz Borioli; Producer, Leonardo

Zimbrón; Director, Fernando Lebrija and cast members:

Devon Werkheiser, Sean Marquette, Camille Belle and

Mexico's own Silverio Palacios.

Puerto Vallarta's history as a filming location dates

back to 1963, when "The night of the Iguana" was filmed

in Mismaloya, located in Vallarta's southern coast. This

film was directed by John Huston and starred Richard

Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr. Tennessee

Williams, author of The night of the Iguana, regularly

visited the movie set while production.

Moreover, Puerto Vallarta left anonymity when Richard

Burton's and Elizabeth Taylor's romance became public in

1963. Enchanted by the city's charm and aura, the couple

decided to buy a property, Casa Kimberly.

Some of the Movies that have been filmed in Puerto

Vallarta are:

• The Night of the Iguana
• The Savage is Loose
• Le Magnifique, starring Jean Paul Belmondo and

Kaceline Bisset
• Swashbuckler
• The Domino Principle, starring Gene Hackman, Candice

Bergen and Mickey Rooney
• Herbie Goes Bananas
• Caveman, starring Ringo Starr and Denis Quaid
• Down Twisted
• Firewalker, starring Chuck Norris
• Predator, starring Arnold Shwartzeneger and Jesse

Ventura
• Revenge, starring Kevin Costner
• Gunmen
• Blind side
• Kiss me Goodbye
• Deadly swarm
• Puerto Vallarta Squeeze
• Kill Bill 2
• A Chihuahua in Beverly Hills, starring by Jaime Lee

Curtis, Edward James Olmos, and Jose Ma. Yazpik
• Dinoshark, starring Eric Balfour and Aaron Díaz
• Sharktopus, starring Eric Roberts
• Dónde Está Lupita, starring Dulce María y Carmen

Salinas.
• Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper
• Baño de damas, starring Eduardo Santamarina, Viviana

Gibelli y Andrea Montenegro
• Mar de Fondo, starring Christian Meier, Sergio

Basáñez, Julio Bracho, Aura Christina Geithner, Lía

Ferré, and María José Magán.

TV Series:
• Acapulco Heat
• Conan

"I Brake for Gringos" storyline is based on Logan, a

high school student that is riddled with insecurities.

His parents view him as an immature child and don't

really trust them. Logan does not exist to Lina, who

already has a boyfriend. This film is about Logan's

attempts to win Lina's heart.

Logan's best friend, Blake, finds out that Lina is going

to Puerto Vallarta for Spring Break and convinces Logan

to follow the girl of his dreams to Mexico. There the

duo will meet Gaby, a sexy Mexican girl and Chuy, an

intrepid taxi driver. Together they live a great

adventure that will change their lives forever.

The film's producer, director and actors agreed that

Puerto Vallarta is a beautiful place to produce the

film, and projects itself as a top Mexican destination.

I Brake for Gringos Puerto Vallarta
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fernando Lebrija
Scriptwriter: Miguel Tejada Flores
Producers: Fernando Lebrija, Leonardo Zimbrón, Willie

Kutner
Language: English
Length: 110 minutes
Approximate Release Date: Fall 2013
Approximate Cost: 4.4 million dollars.

Director – Fernando Lebrija - Received his Bachelors

degree in Communications from Guadalajara's Universidad

Autonoma, and earned a Masters Degree in Production from

the American Film Institute based in Los Angeles,

California. In addition, Mr. Lebrija holds a degree in

Scriptwriting from UCLA and a directing degree from USC.

Mr. Lebrija has worked in the film and television

industry for more than 15 years and producing more than

30 TV series and short films. His film debut came with

Amar a morir, which has been viewed in many festivals

throughout the world.

At the Mexico's 2010 Diosas de Plata awards, Mr. Lebrija

won the Best Young Director category and was nominated

in other seven categories including best Director.

Fernando splits his time between Los Angeles and

Guadalajara while developing projects with his

production company, Cine irreversible.

www.irreversiblecinema.com.

Scriptwriter – Miguel Tejada Flores - Most famous work

is in the film Revenge of the Nerds that became an

instant hit at movie theaters across the globe. Miguel

has written in different genres, his works include:

Almost dead starring Shannon Doherty and The Unsaid

starring Andy Garcia.

His other work includes: writing and production of the

Sci-Fi acclaimed series Welcome to Paradox, and was one

of the writers for Disney's classic The Lion King.

Producer – Leonardo Zimbrón - Was a Production Director

for Warner Bros. Pictures in Mexico until 2010.

Currently, is partner of Mexico's Filmadora Nacional and

is head of the Peliculas Imaginarias división and TRZ

communication. Additionally, he collaborates as a

consultant/producer for Warner Bros Pictures, Paramount

Pictures, and Universal Pictures in Mexico.

He has produced the following Spanish tittles: Efectos

Secundarios (Issa Lopez, 2005), Bajo la Sal (Under the

Salt, Mario Muñoz, 2008), No eres tu soy yo (It's not

you, it's me, Alejandro Springall 2010), and Viento en

Contra (Against the wind, Walter Dohener 2011), among

others.

Currently, he is in the post production process of the

family comedy Nosotros los Nobles (Gary Alazraki, 2013)

and the family drama El Entranador (Walter Doehner,

2013), and will next start the production of I Brake for

Gringos in Puerto Vallarta. In addition, Leonardo

counts with experience as a distributor, with a special

focus in digital platforms. Leo has given several

conferences throughout Latin America, and has

participated as a judge in renowned film festivals in

the region. Furthermore, he is the Vice President of the

Mexican Association of Independent Producers (AMPI).