Mark Meily

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Mark A. Meily is a multi-awarded film director in the Philippines. He is presently teaching at the Marilou Diaz Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center in Antipolo City, Philippines.

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[edit] Early life

Meily was born in the city of Manila, Philippines. He is a brother of UNTV director Dominic Meily and actor/comedian Bearwin Meily. He studied at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts and at the Mowelfund Film Institute.[1]

[edit] Filmmaking

Meily has made several short films that won several prizes. He won the Best Short Feature Award at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 1989. He also received a nomination from the Gawad ng Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (Philippine Movie Critics Award) known as the Urian Awards for Best Short Feature.[2]

He represented the Philippines at the Festival of Independent Cinema in Belgium for the years 1988, 1989 and 1998.[3]

In 1989, he became a scholar of the French Government. He studied film at the Ecole Superieure d’Etudes Cinématographiques]] (ESEC) in Paris, France; and also at the Centre Audio-Visuel de Langues Modernes (CAVILAM) in Vichy, France.[4]

[edit] Television

In 1991, Meily started directing commercials and music videos for Philippine television. For his television work, he won numerous awards such as the Catholic Mass Media Award, the Anvil Award, and the Philippine Advertising Creative Guild Prize. He is also the recipient of several awards from the Advertising Congress of the Philippines.[5]

[edit] Writing

Meily has written two screenplays, Bayad Luha and The Good Friday Archipelago, which have won prizes from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Foundation annual literary contest.[6]

[edit] Critical success

Meily directed Crying Ladies, his first feature film. The film won six (6) awards at the Metro Manila Film Festival including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received several nominations from different award-giving bodies in Philippines.[7]

Crying Ladies premiered in the United States and has received good reviews from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Village Voice. It has also been shown at the Montreal World Film Festival, Brussels Festival of Independent Cinema, Hamburg Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Dallas Asian Film Festival, Calcutta Film Festival, and Palm Springs Film Festival.[8]

The film received the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film and awarded for Meily the Best Director prize at the International Film Festival of Kerala, India. It is also the Philippine entry to the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards of the United States.[9]

Meily also directed Pasyon U.S.A. (commercial title: La Visa Loca), a film largely based on his Palanca–prize winning screenplay Good Friday Archipelago.[10]

[edit] External links

Marilou Diaz Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center

[edit] References

  1. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  2. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  3. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  4. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  5. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  6. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  7. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  8. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  9. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.
  10. ^ Faculty profile, Asia Pacific Film Institute, June 2007.