Filipino Filmmaker Wins Award in Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s TV Show on HBO

Brace yourselves! The proudly Pinoy comments are coming–but this time, they’re called for. 

Joshua Ortiz, a Filipino filmmaker, bested over 20,000 entries across the United States and won “Most Unique Short Film” in the first-ever annual Greenie Awards launched by Project Greenlight, a show produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. 

You could watch his award-winning video here:

Apart from that video, Joshua has also done commercial work for celebrities like Shaquille O’neal, Olympic gold medalist Bob Beamon and radio host Monica May. If you aren’t familiar with Project Greenlight yet, here’s a little bit of background information:

Project Greenlight is a documentary series on HBO that takes a revealing, uncensored look at the challenges facing a first-time director. The show begins with a digital competition, and will follow the winner from pre-production and casting through principal photography and post-production. Equipped with a Hollywood-vetted script and surrounded by a team of industry professionals, the fledging director must learn to cope with pressure from the studio and producers, surviving on-set politics and leading a veteran cast and crew, while trying to deliver a viable movie – on schedule and on budget.

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