Stefanie Walmsley today realized a promise she made to her father a few years ago before he died that one day she’ll make it to the Oscars.
Her film “God of Love,” won the Best Live Action Short Film award at this year’s Academy Awards (Oscars). Walmsley co-produced the film with Gigi Dement while Stephen Dypiangco, is producer of marketing and distribution. Both Dement and Dypiangco are also Filipinos.
Walmsley previously worked as location manager with Star Cinema during the filming of “In My Life” in New York. She said she is looking forward to doing more collaboration with Star Cinema in the future Dement who was born in Baguio but grew up in Iowa, got interested in filmmaking after watching action superstar Sylvester Stallone shot a movie in her hometown. She is now doing a documentary about Filipino fashion icon Rafe Totengco.
Dypiangco on the other hand, is working on a feature film titled “Home Unknown.” The film is a personal documentary about a trip he made back to the Philippines to explore his Filipino heritage.
