Laredo native wins Emmy for ‘Spider-Noir’

LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Laredo native has won an Emmy for the limited Prime Video series “Spider-Noir.”

Jorge Macias, 31, grew up in South Laredo and Rio Bravo. Movies including “Toy Story,” “Jurassic Park,” and the 1998 “Godzilla” introduced him to film. He spent his free time watching movies and playing with toys to bring his own stories to life.

“At the time, at that specific moment, I didn’t have any friends yet. So, I would watch a lot of movies, a lot of TV, you know, and I’d get in my own little head playing with my little toys. And I’d build these worlds, and these scenarios in my head,” Macias said.

Rafaela Macias, Jorge’s mother, said, “He loved to play. He never wanted to sleep, because he felt he was losing time to play with his toys.”

Jorge graduated from LBJ High School before moving to Los Angeles.

Jorge was working at a TV station in Houston when he got a call from his old college teaching assistant, asking if he would like to join him in Los Angeles for a special project. Macias packed up his car and left for Los Angeles that night, ready to represent his Rio Bravo and Laredo roots.

“I always have to pinch myself when I’m in certain events. You know, I’m looking around and I’m surrounded by X, Y, Z people I always think about them. You know, what’s this is nice the fact that I’m from Rio Bravo and grew up in Laredo, and here I am! Who would have taught? I wouldn’t have never thought that,” Macias said.

Jorge worked on the limited TV series “Spider-Noir,” in which he incorporated his Rio Bravo and Laredo roots.

Eliodoro Macias, Jorge’s father, said Jorge was never ashamed of where he came from.

Macias encourages anyone entering the industry to be themselves.

“Don’t let your skin color, and your last name, and where you’re from, the accent you have or whatever be a demotivator… Now I feel like it’s way more accepted to go in there with Spanish, go in there with your accent, go in there with, anything. And it’s it’s, you’ll get an equal opportunity,” Jorge said.

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Laredo native wins Emmy for ‘Spider-Noir’

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