Award-winning writer, director Joe Menendez is the New York born son of Cuban exiles, who got his first break in Spanish TV, which he credits with being his informal filmmaking graduate school. When he was 17, he began working in the sports department at Miami's Univision affiliate, Channel 23, as a cameraman and editor, covering South Florida's sports scene, while making short films at Miami-Dade Community College.At 19, Menendez worked as camera-man and editor for Miami's Jewish Federation ...[Read Story]