Director

Daniel de la Cruz

Directing

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Directed movies: 5Directed series: 0All crew credits: 7

TMDB ID: 3965934

Known for: Directing

Born: July 27, 2000

Age: 25

Place of birth: Guimbal, Iloilo

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2023 - 2026

Years active: 4

Also known as

DDC

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Biography

Daniel de la Cruz is an independent regional filmmaker since 2019, focusing on Western Visayas culture and reimagined folktales. A member of the Guimbal Ifilm Society, a community-based independent filmmakers in the Philippines. He has participated and gained accolades in national film festivals like the 35th Gawad Alternatibo, Montañosa Film Festival, Mga Kwento ng Klima 2024, The Bantayan Film Festival 2025, etc. He is also a recipient of the Filipino Scriptwriter's Guild (FSG) Regional Scriptwriting Lab and a selected filmmaker for the Director’s Guild of the Philippines (DGPI) Film Pitch competition, both supported by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP). Currently, de la Cruz served as a video producer for the Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Islands.