Ramona S. Diaz

Ramona S. Diaz

Nacimiento : 1962-08-31, Phillipines

Historia

Ramona Diaz is an award-winning Filipino-American documentary filmmaker whose films have screened at Sundance, the Berlinale, Tribeca, the Viennale, IDFA, and many other top-tier film festivals. All of Ramona's feature-length films—Imelda (2004), The Learning (2011), Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey (2012), Motherland (2017) and her latest film A Thousand Cuts (2020) - which chronicles the crackdown on the Philippine press and the work of journalist Maria Ressa, now a Nobel Peace Prize winner. Motherland won an award at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and had its international premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. It was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best Documentary, a Peabody Award, and a Gaward Urian Award from the Filipino Film Critics. She has received funding from ITVS, Sundance, CAAM, Tribeca, Catapult Film Fund, Chicken & Egg, MacArthur Foundation, the IDA, Cinereach and Creative Capital, among others. Ramona served as a film envoy for the American Film Showcase, a joint program of the U.S. Dept. of State and the USC School of Cinematic Arts that brings American films to audiences worldwide. She has conducted master classes and production workshops all over the world. Ramona was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in 2016, and in 2017 received a Women at Sundance Fellowship and a Chicken & Egg Pictures Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. She is a current recipient of a U.S. Artist Fellowship. Ramona is a graduate of Emerson College and holds an MA from Stanford University.

Perfil

Ramona S. Diaz

Películas

Ausencia de verdad
Producer
Ilustra el problema de las "fake news" en uno de los países en los que más se usan y más influyen en su población: en Filipinas, centrándose especialmente en cómo el presidente de Filipinas Rodrigo Duterte emplea los medios y las redes sociales para difundir información falsa.
Ausencia de verdad
Director
Ilustra el problema de las "fake news" en uno de los países en los que más se usan y más influyen en su población: en Filipinas, centrándose especialmente en cómo el presidente de Filipinas Rodrigo Duterte emplea los medios y las redes sociales para difundir información falsa.
Ausencia de verdad
Writer
Ilustra el problema de las "fake news" en uno de los países en los que más se usan y más influyen en su población: en Filipinas, centrándose especialmente en cómo el presidente de Filipinas Rodrigo Duterte emplea los medios y las redes sociales para difundir información falsa.
Docwomentary: Women Behind the Lens
Herself
A filmmaker explores why women are at the forefront of documentary filmmaking in the Philippines by chronicling their narratives of struggle and victories as they navigate the masculine filmmaking industry. Throughout the film, she discovers her own reflexivity as a filmmaker but most importantly, as a woman.
Motherland
Director
The planet’s busiest maternity hospital is located in one of its poorest and most populous countries: the Philippines. There, poor women face devastating consequences as their country struggles with reproductive health policy and the politics of conservative Catholic ideologies.
Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey
Producer
La historia se centra en la vida rockero Filipino Arnel Pinela, que saltó a la fama gracias a un video en Youtube para posteriormente convertirse en el vocalista de Journey, una de las bandas de rock estadounidenses más conocidas.
Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey
Writer
La historia se centra en la vida rockero Filipino Arnel Pinela, que saltó a la fama gracias a un video en Youtube para posteriormente convertirse en el vocalista de Journey, una de las bandas de rock estadounidenses más conocidas.
Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey
Director
La historia se centra en la vida rockero Filipino Arnel Pinela, que saltó a la fama gracias a un video en Youtube para posteriormente convertirse en el vocalista de Journey, una de las bandas de rock estadounidenses más conocidas.
The Learning
Director
Synopsis One hundred years ago, American teachers established the English-speaking public school system of the Philippines. Now, in a striking turnabout, American schools are recruiting Filipino teachers. The Learning is the story of four Filipina women who reluctantly leave their families and schools to teach in Baltimore. With their increased salaries, they hope to transform their families� lives back in their impoverished country.
Ríndete mañana
Executive Producer
Documental que relata los hechos relacionados con el asesinato y secuestro de dos hermanas sucedido en Filipinas en 1997, por el que fue condenado el estudiante de 19 años Paco Larrañaga.
Imelda
Director
A "beyond the shoes" documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
Associate Producer
Documentary on water usage and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries