Romeo Candido is a Filipino Canadian film and television director. Peter Knegt
"First-time showrunners Romeo Candido and Amanda Parris on how to trust your vision and own your voice"

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, June 14, 2022. He is most noted as creator of the web series '' Topline'', for which he received two

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nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series and Best Writing in a Web Program or Series. Originally from Flower's Cove,

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, he is a graduate of the

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Career

He first became known for his 2002 short film ''Lolo's Child''. In 2006, he released the feature film '' Ang Pamana: The Inheritance''. In 2011 he directed ''Prison Dancer'', a musical web series starring the CPDRC Dancing Inmates, which was a nominee for Best Original Program or Series, Fiction at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013. In the mid-2010s he was a producer with

, including on the series '' Exhibitionists'' and '' Canada's a Drag''. In 2021 he directed "Shorty", a short film released as part of the '' NBA Films for Fans'' project."NBA Films for Fans created with OLG: 'Shorty' by Romeo Candido"
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'', September 15, 2021. He has also directed episodes of the television series '' Second Jen'', '' Workin' Moms'' and '' The Next Step'', and has written for ''The Next Step'', '' Amateur Life'' and '' Son of a Critch''. In addition to ''Topline'', he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program in 2023 for "One Song Glory", an episode of ''The Next Step''.

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* Film directors from Newfoundland and Labrador Canadian television directors Canadian people of Filipino descent Living people Canadian television producers Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Canadian writers of Asian descent Asian-Canadian filmmakers Year of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from Newfoundland and Labrador {{Canada-film-director-stub