Columbus, OH, USA
17 reviews$1000 - $1800 / Day
Request QuoteI’m a Filipino-American documentary filmmaker and photojournalist based in Columbus, Ohio. With over eight years of professional experience, I have worked with prestigious editorial and commercial clients, including Business Insider, BBC, New York Times, Facebook, and Verizon. I'm a grant recipient through the Pulitzer Center, a previous fellow at Kartemquin Films and a fellow at the Wexner Center for the Arts. I lived in the Philippines during the early part of my career and I frequently travel to Latin America for clients as I'm fluent in the language and I have a deep love and affinity for the culture. Since 2022, I have been running my own production company Amihan Films LLC based in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in branded documentaries and creative content. My current passion project is a feature-length documentary film about reconnecting to my donor-conceived family and finding my biological father.
October • 2021
We had a last minute shoot that had a lot of moving parts and plenty of travel. Eli was excellent to work with as always. He was incredibly attentive and brought a much needed creative eye to our production. Looking forward to the next one!
May • 2017
Eli did a great job in covering an ongoing story in Manila. He engaged very well with the audience, provided great footage and audio, sourced interesting voices, and gave continuous context to what was unfolding.
March • 2023
Eli was a total professional. Worked very well and on the fly on a shoot that required a lot of thinking on his feet. Highly recommended.
Produced for Zinc
Filipino Álvaro his brother JP Alvaro spend most of their time begging for food in Metro Manila. In 2014, their lives drastically changed when they met Raven Cruz practicing parkour. He saw potential in the two brothers and several years later the group flourished. Cruz feeds the children before practice and through Parkour they have found an outlet for creative expression.
Produced for Glimmer Studios
Several human rights groups organized in Metro Manila to protest the martial law that was implemented in Mindanao after fights with the AFP and militant islamic group Maute.
Produced for Glimmer Studios
Various protests groups came together in Quiapo, Metro Manila, to stand in solidarity with the moro citizens that are living under martial law that was enacted by President Rodrigo Duterte on May 23, 2017, after the Armed Forces of the Philippine clashed with the militant Maute group.
Produced for BBC Reel
The 29-year-old Paji began the organisation Pedal for HIV to spread awareness in the Philippines after the sudden death of his best friend in 2015. The Philippines is an anomaly with the fastest growing HIV epidemic in all of the Asia-Pacific region. The U.N. reported that the Philippines had 5,000 reported positive in 2006 and by 2016 the number had reached 56,000.
Produced for Zinc
An artificial leg is normally $5,000, which is way beyond earnings of most Philippine poor and homeless folk. Since 2008 however, the non profit Kapamangan Development Foundation has created thousands of free prostheses for physically impaired persons at a charity hospital dedicated to homeless and impoverished PWD. It receives funding from the Philippine federal government and private donors.
Produced for TRT World Digital
Everyday Filipinos share their opinions about their internationally controversial president Rodrigo Duterte.
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