Diane Paragas | |
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![]() Paragas in Brooklyn 2019 | |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2005-present |
Children | 1 |
Diane Paragas is a Filipino-American documentary and narrative film and commercial director. She is best known for writing, directing and producing the 2020 film Yellow Rose. Yellow Rose was Paragas' debut narrative feature. [1] The film was selected as the Opening Night Film of the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. [2] [3] Yellow Rose won Grand Jury Prizes at LAAPFF, [4] [5] Bentonville Film Festival, [6] CAAMFEST37, [7] and Urbanworld [8] where it also took the Audience Award. The film also won the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. [9] [10]
Her 2011 documentary film Brooklyn Boheme [11] was about the African Arts movement [12] that documented the careers of Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, and Rosie Perez, and more. [13] [14] It was the opening night film for the 2011 Urbanworld Film Festival [15] and premiered on Showtime. The film won the Black Reel Outstanding TV Documentary Award. [16] [17] [18] Paragas co-directed the film with Nelson George as well as serving as a producer, editor and cinematographer.
Paragas is currently developing a feature documentary The Three Lives of David Wong, which was selected for Sundance Creative Producing Lab [19] and won the CAAM Documentary for Social Change grant. [20]
Paragas was selected as a 2020 Creative Capital Awardee. [21] In March 2021, the Philippine Consulate General honored Diane Paragas with a Distinguished Filipino Women in New York award. [22] In 2022 she was named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow. [23]
Diane Paragas | |
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![]() Paragas in Brooklyn 2019 | |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin |
Occupation | Filmmaker |
Years active | 2005-present |
Children | 1 |
Diane Paragas is a Filipino-American documentary and narrative film and commercial director. She is best known for writing, directing and producing the 2020 film Yellow Rose. Yellow Rose was Paragas' debut narrative feature. [1] The film was selected as the Opening Night Film of the 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. [2] [3] Yellow Rose won Grand Jury Prizes at LAAPFF, [4] [5] Bentonville Film Festival, [6] CAAMFEST37, [7] and Urbanworld [8] where it also took the Audience Award. The film also won the Audience Award at the Hawaii International Film Festival. [9] [10]
Her 2011 documentary film Brooklyn Boheme [11] was about the African Arts movement [12] that documented the careers of Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, and Rosie Perez, and more. [13] [14] It was the opening night film for the 2011 Urbanworld Film Festival [15] and premiered on Showtime. The film won the Black Reel Outstanding TV Documentary Award. [16] [17] [18] Paragas co-directed the film with Nelson George as well as serving as a producer, editor and cinematographer.
Paragas is currently developing a feature documentary The Three Lives of David Wong, which was selected for Sundance Creative Producing Lab [19] and won the CAAM Documentary for Social Change grant. [20]
Paragas was selected as a 2020 Creative Capital Awardee. [21] In March 2021, the Philippine Consulate General honored Diane Paragas with a Distinguished Filipino Women in New York award. [22] In 2022 she was named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow. [23]