Produced two Grand Jury Prizes at Sundance Film Festival, has several films in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, and many cinema, TV and music projects completed. Nestor Paiva (1905–1966), 1930s–60s actor who appeared on Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Addams Family. Harold Peary (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer. Kevin Pereira (born 1982), co-host of G4's Attack of the Show! Frank Perry (1930–1995), film director, uncle of singer Katy Perry Jada Pinkett-Smith, American actress of African-American, West Indian, Creole, and Portuguese -Jewish ancestry. Pedro Mendonça Pinto (born 1975 in Lisbon, Portugal), Portuguese American journalist who is currently a sports anchor for CNN International based in London, England. Amy Poehler (born 1971), actress and comedian (Irish, English, German, and Portuguese descent) J. G. Quintel (born 1982), Emmy Award-winning Animator and writer; Creator of Regular Show. Father is Azorean Portuguese. Keanu Reeves (born 1964), best known for his role as Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix. (English, Portuguese, Irish, Chinese and Native Hawaiian descent) Daniela Ruah (born 1983), best known for her role Kensi Blye in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles (Portuguese Jewish, Ashkenazi Jewish, and 1/16th Spanish) Al Santos (born 1976), New York actor/model. (Portuguese & Irish ancestry) Tom Silva, general contractor on the PBS show This Old House. John Soares, director, actor, editor, and fight choreographer known for Sockbaby and The Danger Element. (Portuguese-born grandparents). Joe Souza, actor. His grandmother is from Lisbon, Portugal. Tammie Souza, meteorologist Jonathan Taylor Thomas (born 1981), actor and former teen idol. (Portuguese-American maternal grandfather) Dilshad Vadsaria (born 1985), actress. Karen Valentine (born May 25, 1947; Sebastopol, California), American actress of Italian and Portuguese extraction. She is best known for her role as the idealistic schoolteacher "Alice Johnson" in the television series Room 222. Meredith Vieira (born 1953), host of NBC's Today and the syndicated game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Literature Millicent Borges Accardi, Portuguese-American poet. She has received literary fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the California Arts Council, Barbara Deming Foundation Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Portuguese-American poet and writer (Enos family). She is a Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at the University of California Riverside and has received several literary fellowships including the Library of Congress (Witter Bynner). Larry Correia, Portuguese-American fantasy novelist, known for his Monster Hunter and Grimnoir Chronicles series. Nancy Vieira Couto, well