Ramona Diaz

Ramona S. Diaz is a Filipino-American documentary filmmaker[1] best known for creating "character-driven documentaries".[2][3][4][5] Her notable works include the 2012 film Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey, featuring the band Journey and its new lead vocalist Arnel Pineda, which won the Audience Award for the 2013–2014 season of PBS's Independent Lens;[6] and the 2003 film Imelda, about the life of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines.[7][8][9]

Ramona S. Diaz
Born	August 31, 1962
Nationality	Filipino American
Education	Emerson College (B.A.)
Alma mater	Stanford University (M.A.)
Occupation	Filmmaker
Notable work	Imelda
Style	Documentary

Three of Diaz's films have screened at The Sundance Film Festival: Imelda, Motherland,[10] and most recently A Thousand Cuts in 2020.[11] Motherland received a Special Jury Award at Sundance in 2017 and premiered the same year at the Berlin International Film Festival.[12]

Filmography

• 1997 Spirits Rising[13]
• 2003 Imelda[14]
• 2011 Give Up Tomorrow
• 2011 The Learning (episode in P.O.V.)
• 2013 Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (episode in Independent Lens)
• 2017 Motherland
• 2020 A Thousand Cuts[15]

Awards

Year	Award	Festival	Film
2013	Audience Award	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's journey
2017	Viktor Award	Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest)	Motherland
2017	Editing Award	Sundance Film Festival	Motherland
2020	DocEdge Award	Documentary Edge Festival	A Thousand Cuts

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References

1. "Susan Kouguell Talks with Motherland Documentary Filmmaker Ramona Diaz". Script Magazine. September 19, 2017.
2. "'Motherland': Ramona Diaz on the Many 'Leaps of Faith' That Got Her Film Into Sundance and Theaters". No Film School. September 9, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
3. "Ramona S. Diaz". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
4. "A Conversation with Ramona Diaz (MOTHERLAND)". Hammer to Nail. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
5. "Ramona S. Diaz". americanfilmshowcase.com. Los Angeles, CA: University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
6. Phillips, Craig (June 30, 2014). "The Winner of 2013-2014 Independent Lens Audience Award Is..." Independent Lens. PBS.
7. 'Imelda': Don't Cry for Her. The Washington Post. Published on July 16, 2004. Retrieved on January 8, 2014.
8. For a Regal Pariah, Despite It All, the Shoe Is Never on the Other Foot. The New York Times. Published on June 9, 2004. Retrieved on January 8, 2014.
9. Keen, Adam (October 1, 2004). Film Review 2004–2005: The Definitive Film Yearbook. Reynolds & Hearn.
10. "Motherland". www.sundance.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
11. "A Thousand Cuts". www.sundance.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
12. "Motherland | ITVS". itvs.org. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
13. "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
14. "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
15. "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
16. "Ramona S. Diaz". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-07-23.