Q. Allan Brocka
| Q. Allan Brocka | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Quenton Allan Brocka 1972 (age 44–45) Guam |
| Residence | West Hollywood, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
Washington High School University of Washington California Institute of the Arts |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Relatives | Lino Brocka (uncle) |
Quenton Allan Brocka (born 1972) is an American television and film director based in West Hollywood, California. He has directed and written a number of feature films while creating an animated television series for the Logo cable network. He also writes a column for The Advocate.
Brocka is of Filipino heritage and is openly gay.
Brocka was born and spent his childhood in Guam. His family moved to the mainland United States, settling in Parkland, Washington where he attended Washington High School. He earned a degree in communications from the University of Washington in Seattle and went on to get a Masters in film from the California Institute of the Arts.
His uncle was Lino Brocka, a famous film director in the Philippines and a Leader and advocate of the LGBT and whose works are known internationally, having won several directing awards some of which was in Cannes Film Festival. Works such as Insiang, Bona and Jaguar to name a few. His mother didn't know Lino, except to say he was in the film industry. His father didn't know his brother well and the family never went to the Philippines so Allan never got to meet him or find out much about him.
It was in Guam where Brocka first discovered film. At the age of eight he discovered it was fun to create simple slide shows from photographs with a soundtrack. At age nine his mother, a saleswoman for Panasonic, brought home a video camera and Brocka began creating short films and sketch comedy. He found an early fascination with science fiction but after seeing The Rocky Horror Picture Show and some John Waters films as a teen he realized sexuality was a legitimate subject. Also, while living in Seattle, he directed a queer public-access television show for several years.
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