Stephen Dypiangco is an American filmmaker. He was a Producer of Marketing and Distribution for

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-Winning short film, '' God of Love.'' He was also a Producer of Marketing and Distribution for Mark Wexler's documentary '' How to Live Forever''. He has also directed a short documentary entitled ''Made In The Bronx'' which was a Regional Finalist for the

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and won the Best Documentary prize at the Starz First Look Student Film Festival. Along with Patrick Epino he makes up the "National Film Societ

which is part of

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and makes original web content about films, film festivals and filmmaking, viewable online. Other than ''Made In The Bronx,'' Dypiangco has directed and written a narrative short film entitled "Clean" which has screened at the

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, the

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, the

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and more. Dypiangco's narrative thesis short film while at

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Film School, ''All Americana'' was also fully funded by the nonprofit

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and premiered at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. He is currently editing a feature documentary that he wrote and directed entitled ''Home Unknown'' - which follows his journey to the Philippines to understand his heritage,

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identity and his parents. Other short films he has directed and written include ''Alone With You'' and ''Irish Blood''.Stephen Dypiangco, IMDb, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2286314/ Dypiangco's most recent film (and also web series), which he co-wrote and co-directed with Patrick Epino, is ''Awesome Asian Bad Guys'', which stars a number of Asian American actors who played villains in 1980-1990s action movies, such as

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and

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. The film/series also stars

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, Aaron Takahashi and more. The film/series made its debut at the 2014

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and also made its Los Angeles premiere at the 2014

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. Dypiangco is a graduate of the graduate film program at

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and also

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's School of Foreign Service.

Filmography

*''Awesome Asian Bad Guys'' (2014) - Writer, Director (with Patrick Epino) *''All Americana'' (2009)- Writer, Director *''Alone With You'' (2007) - Writer, Director *''Made in the Bronx'' (2006) - Writer, Director *''Clean'' (2005) - Writer, Director *''Irish Blood'' (2004) - Writer, Director As Producer of Marketing and Distribution: *''God of Love'' (2010) *''How to Live Forever'' (2009)

References

External links

National Film Society Youtube ChannelNational Film Society Tumblr
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