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Ramona S. Diaz

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  • Director
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Ramona S. Diaz at an event for Imelda (2003)
Ramona S. Diaz is an award-winning Asian American filmmaker whose films have screened at Sundance, the Berlinale, Tribeca, the Viennale, IDFA, SXSW, Hot Docs, and many other top- tier film festivals. All of Ramona's feature-length films- Imelda (2004), The Learning (2011), Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2012) and, Motherland (2017)-have been broadcast on PBS, on either the POV or Independent Lens series. Three of her films have premiered and won awards at the Sundance Film Festival. Motherland had its international premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best Documentary, a Peabody Award, and a Gaward Urian Award from the Filipino Film Critics. Her latest film, A Thousand Cuts, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and had a theatrical release in August. It will be broadcast on Frontline in January 2021.

Ramona was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and was inducted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) in 2016, and in 2017 received a Women at Sundance Fellowship and a Chicken & Egg Pictures Filmmaker Award. She is a recipient of both a United States Artist and a Creative Capital Fellowship.

Ramona's first film Imelda has been acquired by Kyra Sedgewick's Big Swing Productions with Ramona attached to direct and write the scripted adaptation; Don't Stop Believin' was acquired by Warner Brothers with John Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) attached to direct; Ramona is attached to produce.
BornAugust 31, 1962
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BornAugust 31, 1962
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    • 13 wins & 19 nominations

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Ramona S. Diaz, Ferne Pearlstein, and Leah Marino at an event for Imelda (2003)
Ramona S. Diaz at an event for Imelda (2003)
Ramona S. Diaz at an event for Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004)
Ramona Diaz, director of "Imelda"

Known for

A Thousand Cuts (2020)
A Thousand Cuts
7.6
  • Producer
  • 2020
Motherland (2017)
Motherland
7.1
  • Producer
  • 2017
Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
P.O.V.
8.0
TV Series
  • Producer
Spirits Rising
  • Director
  • 1996

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Producer

  • Notown (2021)
    Notown
    • executive producer
    • 2021
  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • producer (produced by)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • A Thousand Cuts (2020)
    A Thousand Cuts
    • producer
    • 2020
  • Motherland (2017)
    Motherland
    • producer
    • 2017
  • Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2013)
    Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
    • producer
    • 2013
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2013
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Give Up Tomorrow (2011)
    Give Up Tomorrow
    • executive producer
    • 2011
  • Cadillac Desert (1997)
    Cadillac Desert
    • associate producer
    • TV Mini Series
    • 1997

Director

  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • Director (directed by)
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • A Thousand Cuts (2020)
    A Thousand Cuts
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Motherland (2017)
    Motherland
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2013)
    Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
    • Director
    • 2013
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2013
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Imelda
    • Director
    • 2003
  • Spirits Rising
    • Director
    • 1996

Writer

  • Frontline (1983)
    Frontline
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • A Thousand Cuts (2020)
    A Thousand Cuts
    • Writer
    • 2020
  • Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2013)
    Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey
    • Writer
    • 2013
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Deann Borshay, Angela Davis, Peter Dinklage, Dr. Riyadh, Bonita Dearmond, and Mohamed Bangura in P.O.V. (1988)
    P.O.V.
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2011

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  • Alternative name
    • Ramona Diaz
  • Born
    • August 31, 1962
    • Philippines

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    American documentary filmmaker.

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