BPS 097: How to Make People Laugh & Cry with Your Screenwriting with Eduardo Cisneros

Today on the show we have screenwriter, Eduardo
Cisneros. He began his screenwriting career in his home
country of Mexico. Working on countless television series including
Saturday Night Live: Mexico. His career took an upward trajectory
when he began working with one of the biggest comedy
actor/writer/producer and director in the Latinx world,
 Eugenio Derbez. Eduardo help develop the massively successful
crossover smash Instructions Not Included.

Eduardo Cisneros's latest project hits close to home. Half
Brothers, who he co-wrote and produced with Jason Shuman, is based
on his experiences as an immigrant from Mexico in America. His
father was the basis of the main character's father in the
story.

Renato, a successful Mexican aviation executive, is shocked to
discover he has an American half-brother he never knew about, the
free-spirited Asher. The two very different half-brothers are
forced on a road journey together masterminded by their ailing
father, tracing the path their father took as an immigrant from
Mexico to the US.

“Half brothers is about bonding. It’s about empathy. It’s
about the challenge of developing the ability to put yourself into
somebody else’s shoes and realizing that you have more in common
than things that separate you.” - Eduardo Cisneros

It was an absolute pleasure speaking to Eduardo and discuss how he
approaches each story, what it was like work on SNL Mexico, how
it's like writing with a partner, and how he hopes his films change
the conversation on how Latinx people are perceived in our culture.
He wants to bring his Spanish-speaking audience a greater
representation in Hollywood.

Enjoy my conversation with Eduardo Cisneros.

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