Juan Paolo Aquino

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Juan Paolo "Jaypee" Aquino is considered as one of the most prolific directors in media today, having directed television shows and short films for almost a decade. His trademark, visually arresting images, has re-invented the pace and the look of the different lifestyle magazine shows that he has directed through out the years in the Philippines.

A graduate of the LONDON FILM SCHOOL, Paolo has lived in London for almost four years and has worked in a number of international film productions before going back to Manila. Some of his films were exhibited in a number of major short film festivals all through Europe.

In early 2000 he was assigned to direct travel documentaries for a Filipino International Channel. He then started producing for mainstream TV in 2001, one of which was for DIGITAL TOUR - now considered as the longest running magazine show on technology in the Philippines. He also directed a diversity of local magazine shows for TV - KISS THE COOK with Ryan Agoncillo, THE GOOD LIFE with Cory Quirino, CHEF'S ON THE GO with Mark Gil and HANAP BUHAY OVERSEAS with Angelique Lazo.


In 2006, he started his own personal project and tried his knack for Photography. He spent more than five months travelling around South East Asia and mainland China to document the wealth of cultures from the different countries in the region. EMOTIONAL CORE was the name of the project, and is now presently exhibited in UNCUT CREATIVE's Web Gallery. Some of his works have also been selected to be a part of DAZED AND CONFUSED European Exhibit Project.



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