Filipino filmmaker and multimedia artist John Paul Su has been awarded the prestigious Aegis and New York Festival awards for excellence in television related categories.In accepting the award, the New York based filmmaker said “in challenging times when projects are scarce, one can’t help but cherish these industry recognitions even more. These awards serve as a symbol of hope and inspiration to strive harder, break new grounds, and face today’s challenges with faith and courage.” The De La Salle University graduate debuted as a cable TV show director and writer for “Pulse: The Desi Beat” in 2008, received the 2008 Aegis Video & Film Production Award and the 2009 New York Festivals International TV Programming and Promotion Award for his works in the show. Su won the Aegis Award for “Spotlight: Subhankar Banerjee,” a feature segment of Pulse, an entertainment and lifestyle show, about the South Asian photographer whose passion for landscape art and nature led him to become an environmental advocate for the Alaskan Arctic Wildlife Region. Another Pulse segment, “Spotlight: Saira Mohan,” earned filmmaker Su a New York Festivals Finalist Award for Best Writing. The segment documented the different facets of model and artist Saira Mohan who was named the Perfect Face by Newsweek Magazine in 2003. Since Su’s entry into the entertainment and visual arts industry, his eclectic body of work has consistently been recognized by various national and international award-giving institutions, festivals and media outlets. This is the fourth Aegis Award and the second NYF Award for the filmmaker. Su was previously recognized by the Aegis Awards for his short film Happy Anniversary, Take Out: Rex Navarrete, and the short-documentary The Making of Journey from the Fall. New York Festivals also honored Su for his work on the promotional video of “Surreality”— a book by writer and columnist Carissa Villacorta. Before venturing into filmmaking, Su was an accomplished communication specialist in the Philippines. He is a two-time-recipient of the coveted national IABC (International Association of Business Communicators) Gold Quill Awards for his two major communication initiatives. John Paul Su was born and raised in the Manila, Philippines. He was educated at De La Salle University Manila where he graduated with dual Bachelors degrees in the Arts and Sciences, specializing in Communication Arts and Advertising Management, respectively. In 2003, he moved to New York to pursue a career in film/television production and shortly after obtained a graduate diploma in film production from the New York Film Academy. For more information about John Paul Su and his works, please visit www.johnpaulsu.com. The New York Festivals (NYF) now in its 51st year, is an International Awards Group (IAG) Company. Recognizing The World’s Best Work™ in advertising and programming, IAG and its other advertising brands, AME, Globals and Midas, honor advertising and marketing in global communications through eight annual competitions. The Aegis Awards is one of the oldest and most respected video/film production contests in the United States. In fact, the Aegis Awards is the only competition that features true peer judging by fellow producers, directors, cameramen, editors, and other professionals who work in the video/film industry every day. | 
