An award-winning Hollywood television producer, who once made a movie about a landlord killing his tenants, has been convicted of trying to kill his real-life tenant.

Andre Bautista had become enraged when the tenant laughed at his claim he would one day win five Oscars.

The victim had also reportedly played one of the tenants who was "killed" in the movie version.

The producer - who is known professionally as Andre Bauth - now faces 13 years in prison.

Prosecutors say the attack took place at a property in Studio City near Los Angeles in September 2015.


According to court testimony, "Bautista stabbed his tenant in the chest after the victim laughed when the defendant said he would win five Academy Awards".

In an interview with KCBS, the tenant, Clayton Haymes, said: "When he said 'five Oscars' we all kind of laughed a little bit and he got really upset."

He was found guilty of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.

The court heard that Bautista had previously written and starred in an independent movie about a landlord who killed his tenants.

It has been reported that both Bautista and Haymes appeared in that movie, called El Producer, with Haymes as one of the tenants.

Colombia-born Bautista won a daytime Emmy for his work as a producer on the soap opera web series The Bay.

He will be sentenced next month.