Mark Meily

Mark Meily Studied Fine Arts at the University of the Philippines. He learned filmmaking at the Mowelfund Film Institute where he won several short film awards. He received a scholarship to study film in Paris at the Ecole Sup. d'Etudes Cinematographiques. He began directing TV commercials upon his return to the Philippines. His first film Crying Ladies won the 2003 Best Picture at the Metro Manila Film Festival and was the Philippines' official entry to the 2005 Oscar Awards. His third film "Baler" was shown at New York's MoMA. His work has won numerous awards in the field of Television, Film and Advertising.