Filipino filmmaker

Like many creative talents, Michele Josue found herself in a contradictory situation during the pandemic. The Emmy award-winning filmmaker is the executive producer and director of the Netflix documentary “Happy Jail,” about the dancing inmates of...

Sun, surf, and sand! It must be paradise… well, almost. The show Almost Paradise is the brainchild of Dean Devlin, producer of blockbuster films such as “Independence Day” and “The Patriot.” A tribute to island culture...

Although he grew up in the U.S. and fell in love with filmmaking as an American, Francis Dela Torre was born in the Philippines. That’s why he said it gives him tremendous pride to be a...

It’s documentary by a young undocumented immigrant, which highlights the dire situation of those without legal status in America, focusing on the lack of healthcare access. Cover/Age, produced by the California Immigration Policy Center and written...

QUEENS, NY — Across the nation, a glimmer of hope as nearly 20,000 patients have been able to recover from the disease. Among them is Fil-Am filmmaker Steven de Castro, who tested positive for COVID-19 on March...

Filipino-American producer and filmmaker Dean Devlin shares what it means to him to produce “Almost Paradise,” a new series showcasing the Philippines. “I think that the talent that we have brought together on the show, the...

Sundance features film following Maria Ressa’s fight for truth and democracy By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau SALT LAKE CITY — A film that follows a Philippine journalist’s fight for press freedom premiered at...

Raymund Ribay Gutierrez attended the Golden Globe Awards last weekend for the first time, bearing great news. He is now represented by a Hollywood agent, which he secured after winning the Orizzonti Special Jury Prize at...

TEMPE, AZ — The first Asian International Film Festival Arizona, or AIFFA, made its way to the blue carpet of the Pollack Theatre in Tempe with the theme, “Bridging the World Through Asian Cinemas.” A total of...

NEW YORK — A one minute video for peace — titled “Next to Me,” created by Filipino filmmaker Breech Asher Harani, won the JCS International Young Creatives Award at the 2019 International Emmys in New York...