| Faye Martel | |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Sampaloc, Manila |
| Nationality: | Filipino |
| Occupation: | Producer, Actress, Professor |
| Website: | https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3237486/ |
Faye Martel Abugan (née Martel; born March 9, 1972) is a Filipino entertainment executive, producer, director, actress, professor, and educational administrator.
Martel graduated from Sacred Heart Academy of Novaliches in 1989 and proceeded to the University of Santo Tomas to pursue a bachelor's degree in communication. She was a member of the Artistang Artlets, the theatre society of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters. Martel graduated in 1993. She attained her Master of Arts in communication from the Ateneo de Manila University in 2008, and has been admitted to the University of the Philippines Diliman doctorate program with concentration on media studies.
Martel started working in media as road manager for the Filipino hip hop group Masta Plann and as production assistant at the Associated Broadcasting Company (ABC5). She was a longtime faculty adviser of the Tomasian Cable Television and the UST Tiger Radio which operate under the UST Educational Technology Center. The latter was reorganized in 2018 to become the UST Communications Bureau. Martel is the Founding Director of the UST Educational Broadcasting Unit. She is a tenured professor in the University of Santo Tomas, teaching at the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters and at the UST College of Fine Arts and Design with the rank of Assistant Professor. She is known for teaching courses on television production and theatre arts, and directing shows and events within the said university.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Martel was an Executive Producer for several shows of TV5 Network from 1994 to 2016. She has been involved in several television programs and movies, and was credited as an actress in the 2007 film Tribu by Jim Libiran.
| Production | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Wow Mali | Segment Producer | TV5 |
| Eezy Dancing | Supervising Editor | ||
| 1998 | Sing Galing! (1998 TV program) | Segment Producer | |
| 2000 | By Request | Executive Producer | |
| 2004 | Anime Ring Kaisho | ||
| 2006 | Believe it or not | ||
| 2008 | Everybody Hapi | ||
| Kiddie Kwela | |||
| 2010 | Camp Tiger | ||
| McDonald's Kiddie Summer Workshop Special | |||
| 2011 | Hey It's Saberdey! | ||
| 2012 | Sugo mga Kapatid[6] | ||
| Artista Academy | |||
| Sunday Funday | |||
| 2013 | Boracay Bodies[7] | ||
| 2013 | Misibis Bay | Assistant Director | |
| 2012 | Tropa Mo Ko Unli | ||
| 2013 | SpinNation | Executive Producer | |
| 2015 | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | Executive Producer | |
| 2021 | John En Ellen | Line Producer | |