9.15.2006

Gene Cajayon




Gene Cajayon

  • 1st Filipino filmmaker to direct the first Filipino-American movie released by Sony, a division of TriStar and Columbia Pictures (The Debut, 2001)
  • 1st Filipino-American Movie Director to win the 1st Best Feature Film about Filipino-Americans (The Debut), Hawaii International Film Festival (2000)



QUOTE
"There are so many stories within the Filipino-American experience, the Filipino experience, the Asian experience."


DATE OF BIRTH
1972

BIRTHPLACE
Saigon, Vietnam

FATHER: Renato Cajayon
MOTHER: Francoise


USEFUL LINKS

Gene Cajayon on his long journey to Hollywood
Wikipedia Article on Gene Cajayon
Grass-roots 'Debut'
Pinoy and proud of it