As a child, I was bitten by the film bug. Its effect didn't really manifest until I was about to go to college. Digging deeper to know the career path I really wanted, the bite took its toll… in a positive, life-changing way. It dawned on me how as a child and a teenager, I loved watching movies, I was always the photographer in family occasions, I won art and essay writing contests through the evident concepts I incorporated into my works, and I wrote and directed stage plays in high school. Clearly, I wanted to write stories and make my own worlds through my imagination.

I'm a free-spirited artist who is in constant play. I seek inspirations for every work through my personal experiences and insights about things around me. I have never made a horror film yet, but they say most of my films including my drama and children's films often feature dark and horror elements. I also love staging fight scenes and elaborate camera set-ups with challenging acting moments. Lately, both my independent and commercial works tend to utilize high-tech and futuristic concepts and undertones.

I’m a fellow of the Busan International Film Festival's Asian Film Academy (AFA) and the Korean Film Council's (KOFIC) Asian Film Professionals Training Program in Busan and Seoul, Korea. I shot the 16mm film "Technophilia," my entry to the 2011 RAWards, during my six-month stay in KOFIC’s film training program. "Technophilia" was a personal project, but KOFIC was very supportive in helping me find the resources I needed for the film.

As an independent filmmaker, my first film “Karsel” (Prison) received the Kodak Film Award and Best Film Thesis at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. It was also nominated for the Best Short Film Award at the Philippines’ Gawad Urian, a highly respected award-giving body often described as the country’s local counterpart to the Academy Awards. I shot my second film “Aninag” (Light’s Play) and my third film “Pera-perahang Lata” (Penny from the Tin Can) through film grants from the National Commission and for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

I have lived in Las Vegas for more than a year now. And I look forward to finding opportunities to make films here in the near future. You can check out more about my works at www.riannehillsoriano.com.