Paul David Soriano (; born October 17, 1981) is a
Filipino commercial and film director, producer.
Personal life
Soriano was born and raised in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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. His father is director and pastor Jeric Soriano, the son of actor
Nestor de Villa and Maria Lourdes Cacho. At the age of eight, Soriano moved to
Manila
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and attended high school at
International School Manila
International School Manila (abbreviation: ISM or IS Manila) is a private, non-profit, non-sectarian international school located in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Founded in 1920 as the American School by a group of Am ...
, before moving back to the United States to attend
De Anza College
De Anza College is a public community college in Cupertino, California, United States. It is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, which also administers Foothill College in nearby Los Altos Hills, California. The college i ...
in
Cupertino, California
Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose, California, San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The ...
and
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University is a private university, private Jesuit university in Santa Clara, California, United States. Established in 1851, Santa Clara University is the oldest operating institution of higher learning in California. The university' ...
, where he studied filmmaking. He then returned to Manila after college.
Soriano married his long-time girlfriend
Toni Gonzaga
Celestine Cruz Gonzaga-Soriano (born January 20, 1984), professionally known as Toni Gonzaga, is a Filipino media personality, host, actress, businesswoman, singer and vlogger. Gonzaga was the former lead host of ABS-CBN's long-running reality ...
on June 12, 2015, in Gonzaga's hometown,
Taytay, Rizal
Taytay, officially the Municipality of Taytay (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Rizal (province), Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 386,451 pe ...
. Gonzaga gave birth to their first child, Severiano Elliott, on September 30, 2016.
Career
Soriano directed ''A Journey Home'' (
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
), ''
Thelma'' (
2011
The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
), ''
Kid Kulafu'' (
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
), and ''
Dukot'' (
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
).
In 2012, Soriano won Best Director and Best Screenplay at the
FAP Awards for ''Thelma''.
That same year, ''Thelma'' won Digital Movie of the Year, as well as Digital Movie Director of the Year and Digital Movie Original Screenplay of the Year with Froilan Medina, at the
28th PMPC Star Awards for Movies.
In 2022, Soriano was named Presidential Advisor on Creative Communications to President
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. (, , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials BBM or PBBM, is a Filipino politician who has served as the 17th president of the Philippines since 2022. He is the second child ...
.
Filmography
As actor
Under TEN17P
Theatrical Feature Films
Notes
References
External links
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1981 births
Bongbong Marcos administration cabinet members
De Anza College alumni
Filipino film directors
Living people
Santa Clara University alumni
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