DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING

I’m the fellow who crosses over - moving from another hemisphere... between rivaling colleges... examining the personal human narrative in fiction and real life. Eventually landing in L.A., I took my first screenwriting class as a junior at USC - from one of creators of Saved By The Bell! I eventually studied for my MFA in Film across town at UCLA - and before graduating, was invited to film a medical mission back in the Philippines, the country of my birth.

Therefore, I stayed longer in film school to better learn doc filmmaking (I may now hold the record for attendance length). I dug in and helped make a few documentary shorts in the meantime - with my favorite connecting dance, music, and identity through my uncle's Filipino-American cultural arts troupe. I was also selected to participate in a special partnership between the UCLA School of Theater, Film, & Television with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, helping create short docs exploring dreams and challenges in the world of education.

"NATIVE. ARTS."

PREMIERED at UCLA FESTIVAL OF CREATIVE WORS

GATES FOUNDATION
STORYTELLERS INITIATIVE