Ryan Capili

Ryan Capili - Director, Screenplay, Production Design, Sound, Executive Producer, Line Producer, Editor, Producer, Online Editor, Writer known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «i was walking on the streets of chinatown» (2024), «forms of forgetting» (2025),

Ryan Capili (b. 2001, Philippines) is a Filipino writer-filmmaker based in Manila. He is a managing editor at Sinegang.PH and currently, a student from De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde, studying Digital Filmmaking, specializing in Cinematography. He works mostly as a DoP/Cinematographer in Film Productions.

His films mostly come from personal experiences with themes usually revolving around time and longing. He uses the medium to express his ruminations and show how he views the world from his own perspective.

His short film i was walking on the streets of chinatown (2024) is one of the finalists of Cinemalaya XX in 2024. Ryan’s previous short damgo sa kahitas-an (2022) was selected and won the best film at the Manila Student Film Festival 2023 hosted by International School Manila. His other short film elehiya para sa mga memorya (2023) have also been selected on other festivals such as Cinema Rehiyon 15, UP Cinema's Piling Obrang Vidyo, and 35th Gawad Alternatibo.

Outside of his profession, he pursues a hobby of film photography and has self-published two photo books already.

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