Diane Paragas

Diane Paragas
Paragas in Brooklyn 2019
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2005-present
Children1

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][14] It was the opening night film for the 2011 Urbanworld Film Festival[15] and premiered on Showtime. The film won the Black Reel Outstanding TV Documentary Award.[16][17][18] 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[19] and won the CAAM Documentary for Social Change grant.[20]

Paragas was selected as a 2020 Creative Capital Awardee.[21] In March 2021, the Philippine Consulate General honored Diane Paragas with a Distinguished Filipino Women in New York award.[22] In 2022 she was named a United States Artists (USA) Fellow.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Immigration drama 'Yellow Rose' wants to diversify Asian-American stories in Hollywood". NBC News. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  2. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (2019-03-18). "Lea Salonga & Eva Noblezada Immigration Drama 'Yellow Rose' Set As LA Asian Pacific Film Festival Opening Night Film". Deadline. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  3. ^ Gray, Tim (2019-04-02). "Asian Pacific Film Festival Spotlights Women Filmmakers". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  4. ^ Gray, Tim (2019-05-11). "'Yellow Rose' Takes Grand Jury Prize at Asian Pacific Film Fest". Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  5. ^ "'Yellow Rose,' starring Eva Noblezada wins in LA film fest". 2019 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ Bartlett, Carese (2019-05-13). "BFF 2019 Announces Festival Winners". Bentonville Film Festival. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  7. ^ "Fil-Am coming-of-age immigration drama "Yellow Rose" awarded Grand Jury Prize at three film festivals in a row". Asian Journal News. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  8. ^ "Photo Flash: YELLOW ROSE Starring Eva Noblezada Wins Big at 23rd Annual Urbanworld Film Festival". BroadwayWorld.com.
  9. ^ "YELLOW ROSE and THE AUSTRALIAN DREAM Win Audience Awards at 2019 Hawai'i International Film Festival". VIMOOZ. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  10. ^ "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". Robly Email Marketing. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  11. ^ Patterson, Troy (2012-02-02). "Showtime's Brooklyn Boheme and MTV's I Just Want My Pants Back explore Brooklyn". Slate Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  12. ^ "Brooklyn Boheme | BlackStar Film Festival". 2012-08-02. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  13. ^ "BROOKLYN BOHEME". DOC NYC. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  14. ^ George, Nelson; Paragas, Diane (2012-03-13), Brooklyn Boheme (Documentary), Rhonda F. Cowan, Spike Lee, Branford Marsalis, Rosie Perez, Civilian Studios, Urban Romances, retrieved 2021-04-01
  15. ^ Mumin, Nijla (2011-09-13). "8 Films to see at Urbanworld Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  16. ^ "Critics Wild About "Beasts!"". The Black Reel Awards. 2013-02-08. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  17. ^ Brooklyn Boheme (2011) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-04-01
  18. ^ "BRAs Winners". The Black Reel Awards. 2016-02-21. Archived from the original on 2016-02-26. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  19. ^ Kay, Jeremy (July 28, 2017). "Sundance Institute unveils Creative Producing Program fellows". Screen. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  20. ^ "CAAM is Supporting 14 New Documentary Films and A New Podcast in 2019". CAAM Home. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  21. ^ "2020 Creative Capital Award Recipients Announced". www.artforum.com. 15 January 2020.
  22. ^ "Philippine Consulate General Honors Distinguished Filipino Women in New York". Philippine Consulate General of New York, USA. 25 March 2021.
  23. ^ "United States Artists » Diane Paragas". Retrieved 2023-03-07.