Ramona Diaz
Ramona S. Diaz | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Filipino American |
| Education | Emerson College (B.A.) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University (M.A.) |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Notable work | Imelda |
| Style | Documentary |
Ramona S. Diaz is a Filipino-American documentary filmmaker[1] best known for creating "character-driven documentaries".[2][3][4][5] Her notable works include the 2012 film Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey, featuring the band Journey and its new lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, which won the Audience Award for the 2013–2014 season of PBS's Independent Lens;[6] and the 2003 film Imelda, about the life of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines.[7][8][9]
Three of Diaz's films have screened at The Sundance Film Festival: Imelda, a biographical documentary about Imelda's beginnings as a beauty contest winner to the wife of rising politician and eventual President of the Philippines, Ferdinand Marcos. Motherland, a documentary set at an overcrowded and under-resourced maternity hospital in Manila;[10] and most recently A Thousand Cuts a profile of Nobel laureate Maria Ressa, a journalist working in the Philippines, released in 2020.[11] Motherland received a Special Jury Award at Sundance in 2017 and premiered the same year at the Berlin International Film Festival.[12]
In 2019 Diaz received a United States Artists (USA) Fellowship.[13]
Filmography
- 1997 Spirits Rising[14]
- 2003 Imelda[15]
- 2011 Give Up Tomorrow' (as Executive Producer)
- 2011 The Learning (episode in P.O.V.)
- 2013 Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (episode in Independent Lens)
- 2017 Motherland
- 2020 A Thousand Cuts[16]
Awards
| Year | Award | Festival | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Audience Award | Palm Springs International Film Festival | Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey |
| 2017 | Viktor Award | Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest) | Motherland |
| 2017 | Editing Award | Sundance Film Festival | Motherland |
| 2020 | DocEdge Award | Documentary Edge Festival | A Thousand Cuts |
References
- ^ "Susan Kouguell Talks with Motherland Documentary Filmmaker Ramona Diaz". Script Magazine. September 19, 2017.
- ^ "'Motherland': Ramona Diaz on the Many 'Leaps of Faith' That Got Her Film Into Sundance and Theaters". No Film School. September 9, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Ramona S. Diaz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "A Conversation with Ramona Diaz (MOTHERLAND)". Hammer to Nail. May 24, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ "Ramona S. Diaz". americanfilmshowcase.com. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
- ^ Phillips, Craig (June 30, 2014). "The Winner of 2013-2014 Independent Lens Audience Award Is..." Independent Lens. PBS.
- ^ 'Imelda': Don't Cry for Her. The Washington Post. Published on July 16, 2004. Retrieved on January 8, 2014.
- ^ For a Regal Pariah, Despite It All, the Shoe Is Never on the Other Foot. The New York Times. Published on June 9, 2004. Retrieved on January 8, 2014.
- ^ Keen, Adam (October 1, 2004). Film Review 2004–2005: The Definitive Film Yearbook. Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 9781903111871.
- ^ "Motherland". www.sundance.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "A Thousand Cuts". www.sundance.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "Motherland | ITVS". itvs.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ "United States Artists » Ramona S. Diaz". Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- ^ "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ^ "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
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