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About Paolo Dy

PAOLO DY is an Asian freelance film director, cinematographer and 3D sterographer based in the Philippines.

He has directed over a hundred commercials in the region, including spots for Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, Sun Cellular, Asia Brewery, SC Johnson, Shakey’s Pizza, Ajinomoto, Mister Donut, and Kenny Rogers Roasters, among many others.  

His work as a director and screenwriter has won recognition from the Anvil and Gold Quill Awards, the New York Festivals, Spike Lee's Babelgum Online Film Festival, the Bogen International Short Film Competition, and MTV Asia's THE PITCH screenwriting competition. In 2010 his film Creative License won first place in the US National 24-Hour Filmracing Competition. 

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FEATURED WORK

Wednesday
Jan112012

Vangie: The Pinoy Siri

One million views in 3 days, two million in 2 weeks!

Thursday
Nov242011

Ariel 3D Deep Clean: The first 3D TVC in the country!

YOU WILL NEED RED-CYAN 3D GLASSES TO WATCH THIS COMMERCIAL IN 3D. You can get a free pair of Ariel 3D Glasses from specially-marked packs of ARIEL 3D DEEP CLEAN in supermarkets and other outlets. 

 
For maximum 3D effect, please choose 720p or 1080p resolution at the lower-right corner of the video window. 
 
Also, do not move your head closer to the screen; instead lean back in your seat.
 
When viewing full-screen, please sit back about 4-5 feet away from your computer screen.

 

Thursday
Nov242011

Timescapes 3D: In Progress

A short collection of 3D timelapse scenes I took over the past couple of months. This is the beginning of a long-term project that will take the better part of the coming year, I think :)

Friday
Aug122011

Pizza Hut: 'OFFICE'

Friday
Aug122011

Ajinomoto: 'JARI'

Wednesday
Aug102011

Swish: 'REVEAL' 2x15s

Tuesday
Aug092011

CDO SeaQuest Tuna: 'Siksikan'

 

Sunday
Aug072011

LBC: 'Monolith'

It's raining fire and LBC packages!

Saturday
Aug062011

Sun Cellular: 'Blockbuster'

Iya Villania for Sun Cellular.

Friday
Aug052011

Slapshock: 'Misterio' music video

A music video I directed alongside Lee Nadela of Slapshock.

Saturday
Jul162011

'QWERTY' - a short suspense/thriller

A mentally-afflicted young man is accused of murdering his longtime benefactor. The truth of what really happened lies in his mad obsession with his supposed victim's old typewriter, on which he types relentlessly, day and night.

An entry to Steven Spielberg's "ON THE LOT" filmmaking competition, QWERTY gathered over 60,000 views and a consistent 5-star rating in the online voting stage of OTL.


Written, directed, and photographed by Paolo Dy

Starring Michael Williams, Cathy Azanza, Miguel Faustmann, Arvin Trinidad, Altair Alonso, Boyd Tinio, Irra Cenina, and Nic Manahan.


Production House: OutofTheBOX
Executive Producer: Nato Caluag
Producer: Ian Hernandez
Post: Jason Tan
Sound: Soundesign / Jasper Perez
PD: Aida Concepcion

Saturday
Jul162011

Short Film: 'Creative License'

WINNER OF THE
US NATIONAL 24-HOUR FILM RACING TOUR!

National Awards:
Best Overall Film
Best Direction
Best Sound Design  

Winner of the Brooklyn Film Race 2010 - 4 Awards including BEST FILM
Written, shot, and edited in 24 hours. 
Competition theme: EXAGGERATION. Surprise element: PIZZA 

Directed by Paolo Dy
Written by Cathy Azanza
Starring Christopher Fabregas
 
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PINOY FILM WINS U.S. NATIONAL 24 HOUR FILM RACING TOUR

 

A Filipino film was awarded top honors at the recently concluded U.S. National 24 Hour Film Racing Tour. The winning short, ‘Creative License’, was directed by Pinoy filmmaker and commercial director Paolo Dy.

The 24 Hour Film Racing competition challenged filmmakers in cities all over the United States and Canada to write, shoot, and complete a short film in 24 hours, based on a specific theme.  Examples of past themes were “Revenge”, “Bad Advice”, and “Jealousy”.  Filmmakers were also tasked with incorporating a surprise element in the film.  The surprise element could be a prop (such as a balloon) or an action (such as a slap) that must be performed in the film. 

 “At 10 o’clock in the evening, the night prior to the deadline, we received our assigned theme,” says Dy. “The theme was ‘Exaggeration’. And our surprise element: Pizza.”

Dy explains that he and his team, composed of theater actors Cathy Azanza and Christopher Fabregas, wanted to make a story that was fun, but also very sincere. Shot in New York and written in Filipino, ‘Creative License’ tells the story of a young Filipino immigrant struggling to make it in the big city. 

“The film was inspired by conversations we had with Pinoy friends living in New York and elsewhere,” says Azanza, who wrote the screenplay, “Like most immigrants, they are very willing to give up certain luxuries and make sacrifices to build a life for themselves. But, of course, their families back home worry.  Out of love, they find that at times they have to get ‘creative’– just like the character, played by Christopher in the film – to stop their families from worrying.”  

“We were very conscious about making the film about what was close and real to us, which is why we chose to write it in Filipino,” adds Dy, “At the heart of it, we just hoped we could tell a story people could relate to and a character people could feel for – no matter what language we used.  More than a Filipino story, we hoped to tell a very human one.”

Representing the borough of Brooklyn, ‘Creative License’ won Best Overall Film in the National Film Racing Tour, finishing ahead of the runner-up films representing Chicago, Vancouver, Minneapolis and NYC. It also received citations for Best Direction, Best Sound Design and Audience’s Choice.

Dy and Azanza officially received their First Place prize package in New York last week from Film Racing co-founder Charlie Weisman. The package consists of a cash prize, a one-year scholarship with Writers Boot Camp, plus professional film and audio editing software from Sony Creative Software.

http://www.filmracing.com/Films/competitions/winners2010.htm   

http://www.paolody.com

 

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ABOUT FILM RACING: 

The 24 Hour Competition Format
In each city, teams receive a theme and surprise element assignment for their films via e-mail at 10PM on a Friday night.  Examples of past themes are "Revenge", "Bad Advice" and "Spare Change".  The plot of the film must revolve around the theme.  The surprise element can be a prop (ex. toothbrush) or an action which must be performed in the film (ex. a slap).
 
The filmmakers have just 24 hours to write, shoot, edit and score an original film no longer than 4 minutes based on the theme and surprise element assignment.  The films are due back at the film dropoff location by 10PM on Saturday night and all the films are screened for the public at a local theater a few days later.  The top films go on to compete for thousands in cash and prizes against filmmakers across North America. 
Friday
Apr222011

Downy: 'Antibac VN'

Sunday
Nov142010

3D: The NASA Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)

 

This is a 3D anaglyph video. You will need a pair of red-cyan 3D glasses to view it -- these are the most widely available kind, usually included with DVDs of 3D Hollywood movies. Also available on Amazon.

For help in obtaining one, please email me at 3D@paolody.com

Saturday
Sep042010

'QWERTY' - a short suspense-thriller

A mentally-afflicted young man is accused of murdering his longtime benefactor. The truth of what really happened lies in his mad obsession with his supposed victim's old typewriter, on which he types relentlessly, day and night.

An entry to Steven Spielberg's "ON THE LOT" filmmaking competition, QWERTY gathered over 60,000 views in the online voting stage of OTL.

Saturday
Sep042010

Shakey's Pizza: 'Moments'

The best moments in life are Shakey's moments.

Thursday
Aug122010

3D: Robonaut demo at #NASAtweetup

 

This is a 3D anaglyph video. You will need a pair of red-cyan 3D glasses to view it -- these are the most widely available kind, usually included with DVDs of 3D Hollywood movies. Also available on Amazon.

For help in obtaining one, please email me at 3D@paolody.com

Friday
Mar192010

Hapee: 'Three Points'

Featuring Gabe Norwood.

Friday
Mar192010

Lemon Square: 'Schizo'

Friday
Mar192010

Downy: 'Bilib'