Diane Paragas Explained

Diane Paragas
Occupation:Filmmaker
Alma Mater:University of Texas at Austin
Children:1
Yearsactive:2005-present

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] It was the opening night film for the 2011 Urbanworld Film Festival[14] and premiered on Showtime. The film won the Black Reel Outstanding TV Documentary Award.[15] [16] 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[17] and won the CAAM Documentary for Social Change grant.[18]

Paragas was selected as a 2020 Creative Capital Awardee.[19] In March 2021, the Philippine Consulate General honored Diane Paragas with a Distinguished Filipino Women in New York award.[20] In 2022 she was named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow.[21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Immigration drama 'Yellow Rose' wants to diversify Asian-American stories in Hollywood. NBC News. 20 March 2019 . 2019-07-03.
  2. Web site: Lea Salonga & Eva Noblezada Immigration Drama 'Yellow Rose' Set As LA Asian Pacific Film Festival Opening Night Film. Ramos. Dino-Ray. 2019-03-18. Deadline. 2019-07-03.
  3. Web site: Asian Pacific Film Festival Spotlights Women Filmmakers. Gray. Tim. 2019-04-02. Variety. 2019-07-03.
  4. Web site: 'Yellow Rose' Takes Grand Jury Prize at Asian Pacific Film Fest. Gray. Tim. 2019-05-11. Variety. 2019-07-03.
  5. Web site: 'Yellow Rose,' starring Eva Noblezada wins in LA film fest. 2021-04-01. 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. en-US.
  6. Web site: BFF 2019 Announces Festival Winners. Bartlett. Carese. 2019-05-13. Bentonville Film Festival. 2019-07-03.
  7. Web site: Fil-Am coming-of-age immigration drama "Yellow Rose" awarded Grand Jury Prize at three film festivals in a row. 2019-05-15. Asian Journal News. 2019-07-03.
  8. Web site: Photo Flash: YELLOW ROSE Starring Eva Noblezada Wins Big at 23rd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival. . BroadwayWorld.com.
  9. Web site: 2019-11-21. YELLOW ROSE and THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM Win Audience Awards at 2019 Hawai'i International Film Festival. 2021-04-01. VIMOOZ. en-US.
  10. Web site: HIFF eNews: HIFF39 Audience Awards presented by Hawaii News Now Winners Announcement / HIFF39 on Maui, Kauai & the Big Island from November 21–24 / Free advance sneak peek of DARK WATERS star. 2021-04-01. Robly Email Marketing. en-US.
  11. Web site: Showtime's Brooklyn Boheme and MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back explore Brooklyn. Patterson. Troy. 2012-02-02. Slate Magazine. 2019-07-03.
  12. Web site: 2012-08-02. Brooklyn Boheme BlackStar Film Festival. 2021-04-01. en-US.
  13. Web site: BROOKLYN BOHEME. 2021-04-01. DOC NYC. en-US.
  14. Web site: 8 Films to see at Urbanworld Film Festival. Mumin. Nijla. 2011-09-13. IndieWire. 2019-07-03.
  15. Web site: Critics Wild About "Beasts!". 2013-02-08. The Black Reel Awards. 2019-07-03.
  16. Web site: 2016-02-21. BRAs Winners. 2021-04-01. The Black Reel Awards. en-US. 2016-02-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20160226112208/http://blackreelawards.com/past-winners/. dead.
  17. Web site: Sundance Institute unveils Creative Producing Program fellows. Kay. Jeremy. July 28, 2017. Screen. 2019-07-03.
  18. Web site: CAAM is Supporting 14 New Documentary Films and A New Podcast in 2019. 2019-03-25. CAAM Home. 2019-07-03.
  19. Web site: 2020 Creative Capital Award Recipients Announced. www.artforum.com. 15 January 2020 .
  20. Web site: Philippine Consulate General Honors Distinguished Filipino Women in New York . Philippine Consulate General of New York, USA. 25 March 2021 .
  21. Web site: United States Artists » Diane Paragas . 2023-03-07 . en-US.

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