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June 4, 2013 at 08:24 am

Tough + Love = Awards!

Hi2u world! ^_^ Remember this video circa Valentines last year? Real Men Surprise Their Dates Returning to the wild world of Ad Land, that little video I directed last year for Unilever Philippines via the good people at Ogilvy & Mather continues to surprise and rack up awards here in the Philippines. Under the project […]

April 4, 2013 at 02:07 am

Blowing Up

Music videos are the bomb! Each time I get to step out and direct an MV, it’s a chance to create visually engaging work. I was given another opportunity to play in MTV-land with Vincent Bueno, a talented new artist here in the Philippines. You can check out my Director’s Cut for his music video […]

March 26, 2013 at 03:10 am

Standing Up on Amazon & Hulu!

Thanks to the good people over at Fisher Klingenstein Films my feature length documentary Standing Up: Taking Over The War is now available on Amazon & Hulu.   HULU STREAMING: http://www.hulu.com/watch/460948 AMAZON STREAMING: http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Up-Taking-Over-The/dp/B006JIU9US   You can learn more about the documentary here: http://www.facebook.com/StandingUpTheMovie?fref=ts   And here: www.standingupthemovie.com   I remain very grateful to have […]

January 12, 2013 at 06:14 am

Game Trailers as Cinematic Art

Over the past decade I have been deeply impressed to see games change from mere entertainment to one of the most involving art forms humanity has ever seen. The trailers meant to advertise these games have followed suit – and some of them are unbelievably beautiful and well executed. Take Polish game developer CD Projekt; they […]

November 7, 2012 at 04:10 am

Auguries of Innocence

“To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower” – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence I recently chanced across some amazing microscopic photography and found the visuals so captivating that I just had to share it. The infinitesimal, writ large. ^_^ http://www.livescience.com/24194-nikon-small-world-winning-photos.html

October 22, 2012 at 06:29 am

Improving Ad Workxz

Meanwhile! Back in the mysterious world of Ad Land… … I completed some agitprop for Minute Maid Philippines! They’ve already been posted to MinuteMaid on Facebook but you can can check out the silly lollerskates directly via these links: [Minute Maid Pulpy’s Improv Your Day] Band Romance by DJs Gino, Chico and Delamar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GF1o_h6PXc My […]

October 9, 2012 at 08:35 am

Planet Earth wants more funk, less junk! <3

I just recently finished work on the Earthdance Manila 2012 promo videos! This was easily the most fun I have had on a film set all year! You can check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLRDBq_Qu8A&feature=youtu.be I would like to thank Carla Lalalalalalala for inviting me to design and direct the promo videos for Earthdance Manila. I would like […]

August 29, 2012 at 07:17 am

Your Shot

My work demands that I pay attention and think about new ways of seeing the world through film. Photography leads the way and I try and keep up with great photographers around the world, both famous and obscure. I recently discovered a new resource for my photography reference material. Your Shot is simply an amazing […]

July 8, 2012 at 01:40 am

For Meow <3

As a director I very much enjoy the creative exercise of pre-production. Sometime earlier this year, as an exercise for myself, I put together a concept proposal for a Mother’s Day video for Dove Philippines. Though my friends at Ogilvy were interested in my videomatic, Dove decided to forgo a video promotion in favor of radio plugs […]

July 6, 2012 at 09:12 pm

Making It Better

I would like to congratulate my friend Keith Sicat on his recent music video for [Make It Better by Alessandra De Rossi] You can watch the MTV here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeYO9HskRnQ I would also like to congratulate both Ice Idanan for her beautiful images of the sand dunes of Laoag and Kiri Lluch Dalena for her masterful underwater photography for the […]