Mark Meily
| Mark Meily | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Edward Mark Afable Meily Manila, Philippines |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Education |
University of the Philippines Mowelfund Film Institute École supérieure d'études cinématographiques |
| Occupation | Film Director, TV Commercial Director |
| Notable work |
2003 - Crying Ladies 2005 - La Visa Loca 2007 - Camera Café (Philippine TV series) 2008 - Baler 2010 - Donor 2012 - El Presidente (film) |
| Children | 4 |
University of the Philippines Mowelfund Film Institute
2003 - Crying Ladies
2005 - La Visa Loca
2007 - Camera Café (Philippine TV series)
2008 - Baler
2010 - Donor
Mark A. Meily is a multi-awarded film director, producer and a film educator who started his career in the Philippines. He has directed campaigns for Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, DocuSign, and FICO. His feature films have been presented at the film festivals of Deauville, Hawaii, Seattle, Goteborg, Marrakech, Montreal, Busan, Fukuoka and Brussels. He is currently the chair of the Filmmaking program of the De La Salle-College St. Benilde in Manila.
Meily was born in the city of Manila, Philippines. He studied at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts, the Mowelfund Film Institute., and at the Ecole Supérieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques as French Government Scholar.
Meily took up Visual Communications at the University of the Philippines before studying film at Mowelfund in Manila and in Paris at l”ESEC as a French Government Scholar for cinema. He wrote and directed Crying Ladies and La Visa Loca. These films were shown and have won awards in many international film festivals from Montreal to Kerala. Crying Ladies received the NETPAC Award and the Best Director prize at the International Film Festival of Kerala, India. It had a theatrical run in the US and was positively reviewed by the New York Times, the LA Times, and the Village Voice.
His third film Baler won 10 awards at the Metro Manila Film Festival and was exhibited at the MoMA in New York in 2009. His television sit-com Camera Café won the Best Comedy Program at the Asian TV Awards in Singapore.
His new film Donor won 5 awards at the 6th Cinemalaya Film Festival including Best Film in Manila. It also won the Grand Prize at the 30th Brussels Independent Film Festival . The film is in the official selection at the Pusan, Hawaii Goteborg, Seattle, Marrakesh International Film Festivals, and the Deauville Asian Film Festival.
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