Pinoy Producers win an Oscar

God of Love, a short film produced by Filipino-Americans,Gigi Dement, Stefanie Walmsley, and Stephen Dypiangco won Best Live Action Short  in the Academy Awards 2011.

Gigi Dement, Stefanie Walmsley, and Stephen Dypianco

Gigi hails from Baguio City and is now a filmmaker in New York; Stefanie was once a host of GMA-7's noontime show, Eat Bulaga, and has acted in a few films when she was younger; while Stephen is a son of Filipino immigrants in Los Angeles and has been building a name as an international filmmaker.

Their entry, God of Love, is an 18-minute live action short film written and directed by Luke Matheny that revolves around the lives of a lounge singer, Raymond Goodfellow, who fell in love with his band-mate, whose real love is his best friend. He kept praying for her to love him and his prayers were answered when he was given a box of passion-inducing darts, which gave him the opportunity to play cupid.

Here's the trailer of the Oscar-winner, God of Love:







Credits:

Female Network
Luke Matheny Films
Wikipedia

Congratulations to these Pinoy producers for winning an Oscar!

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