HIGHER GROUND ENTERTAINMENT (323) 286 2011
HIGHER GROUND ENTERTAINMENT (323) 286 2011
The Company
HIGHER GROUND ENTERTAINMENT was formed with the intention of producing work that reflects our commitment to stories and issues that are important to the communities we serve. We produce stories to inspire and create transformative experiences. In addition to providing dramatic real-life situations, we offer you an opportunity to step up into a world of individuals whose lives are seldom documented, a world where we shine a light on those who have been ignored and forgotten. Our company’s creative purpose is to serve society through the stories we tell.
Combining our creative abilities as storytellers and community activists, Quintero and Haro have produced award-winning projects, not only inside Hollywood but across the nation as well.
The partners
DANNY HARO’S career includes over thirty years of media production/directing, marketing, and grassroots organizing. He has worked as a Producer/Director of Edward James Olmos Productions for 18 years.
Awards and nominations include the Director’s Guild Academy Award in the category of Best Documentary; the National Education Foundation’s Golden Apple Award for Best Film in the Classroom; and a recipient of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, NAMIC award, and Imagen Award.
ERNESTO QUINTERO is the Creative Director of Higher Ground Entertainment. Along with his partner Danny Haro, their focus is to acquire current socially relevant projects that otherwise would go unnoticed. He is currently directing Mission Possible, a documentary that will bring light to health disparities, inequities, and patient-related issues around the medical industry. Most recently, his feature documentary A Sacred Journey, a story of his brother’s fight with ALS was awarded Best Documentary Film at DOCUTAH International Film Festival (2019).
His other awards include the Imagen Award for Outstanding Stage Production for Veteranos: A legacy of Valor, a nomination for an Alma Award for Outstanding Made-for-TV Documentary for Warrior of the Court, Imagen Award for the PBS national television series Voces, Cine Golden Eagle Award for Lalo Guerrero: The Original Chicano and a NAMIC award for the mun2 Hookup.