Juan Paolo Aquino

Juan Paolo "Jaypee" Aquino is a Filipino film director and photographer. He is considered one of the most prolific directors in Filipino 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 throughout the years in the Philippines.

A graduate of the London Film School, Aquino lived in London for almost four years and 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 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 Southeast Asia and mainland China to document the wealth of cultures from the different countries in the region. [http://flickr.com/photos/bohemian_child/sets/72057594119791534 Emotional Core] was the name of the project, and is now presently exhibited in [http://www.uncutcreative.com Uncut Creative's] Web Gallery. Some of his works have also been selected to be a part of the [http://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/wanted/Photography.asp?action=viewimage&categoryid=3&text=&imageid=2883&box=&shownew= Dazed And Confused] European Exhibit Project.

References

cite web
last = Aquino
first = Paolo
title = London Film School Alumni Search
url=http://www.lfs.org.uk/associates/alfs_db_details.php?ID=419
accessdate = 2002-11-02

cite web
last = Aquino
first = Paolo
title = British Film Institute Page
url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/883798
accessdate = 2002-11-02