Ramona S. Diaz is a renowned Asian American filmmaker, whose films have been showcased at numerous prestigious film festivals, including Sundance, the Berlinale, Tribeca, the Viennale, IDFA, SXSW, and Hot Docs, to name a few.
Ramona's feature-length films, which include Imelda (2004),The Learning (2011),Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2012),and Motherland (2017),have all been broadcast on PBS, with three of her films premiering and winning awards at the Sundance Film Festival.
Motherland, in particular, had its international premiere at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and received nominations for several prestigious awards, including the Independent Spirit Award, the Peabody Award, and the Gaward Urian Award from the Filipino Film Critics.
Ramona's latest film, A Thousand Cuts, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and had a theatrical release in August, with a broadcast on Frontline scheduled for January 2021.
Throughout her career, Ramona has received numerous accolades, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) membership, a Women at Sundance Fellowship, and a Chicken & Egg Pictures Filmmaker Award, as well as United States Artist and Creative Capital Fellowships.
Ramona's films have also been acquired by various production companies, with Imelda being adapted into a scripted film by Kyra Sedgewick's Big Swing Productions, Don't Stop Believin' being acquired by Warner Brothers with John Chu attached to direct, and Ramona set to produce.
