Good News Pilipinas! TV Week in Review wraps the week with the 5 Best Filipino Pride stories of Pinoy achievements: Darren Criss receiving his 4th Best Actor award for television, 2019 Oscars nominees with Filipino roots – Matthew Libatique, Trevor Jimenez, and Bobby Pontillas, Broadway’s Hamilton lead actor Marc dela Cruz… Karen Gallman’s historic first […]
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MEET: Bobby Pontillas, Oscars nominee for One Small Step animation
Meet Bobby Pontillas, the Filipino-American animator and Art Director of Taiko Studios who created the Oscar-nominated animated short film “One Small Step.” Pontillas’ animated film which earned the Oscars 2019 nod is an award-winning film which has earned 26 awards from various film festivals. One Small Step tells the story about a Chinese-American girl named […]
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Oscars nominees A Star is Born cinematographer Matthew Libatique, Pixar animator Trevor Jimenez, Bobby Pontillas trace roots to Filipino heritage
Three Oscar nominations were given to movie artists who trace their roots to Filipino heritage: A Star is Born cinematographer Matthew Libatique, Pixar animator Trevor Jimenez, and Bobby Pontillas of Taiko Studios. The record three Academy Awards nominations for artists with Filipino blood more than makes up for the disappointment of locals when the Philippines’ […]
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