Alexa Moneii (b. 2001)
Birthplace:
Philippines
Born:
February 18, 2001
Alexa Moneii Agaloos is a filmmaker and a graduate of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. She has established herself as a versatile filmmaker with experience in production, direction, and editing. Her directorial work on Ka Benjie (Fiction Shorts) earned multiple nominations, including Best Musical Scoring, Best Editing, and Best Film, along with a Special Citation from the Mowelfund Film Institute. The film was an official entry in the Puregold CinePanalo Film Festival 2024. She also directed and edited Alteraksyon: Sa Likod ng Lente, a documentary that won 3rd place in the Documentary Special Feature category at the Philippine Journalism Research Conference 2023. Her expertise extends to editing, color grading, and sound design. She was the online editor, colorist, sound designer, and a supporting actress in Al-owlah (Fiction Shorts), which was a finalist in the UNHCR 2nd Refugee Film Festival and won 2nd Best Short Film. Alexa’s editing and cinematography skills were further showcased in Red Strings of Faith (Fiction Shorts), where she served as master editor, GFX editor, supporting actress, and director of photography. The film was a Gawad Sining Film Festival 2023 finalist and won Best Screenplay. As master editor and camera operator for Kahon (Fiction Shorts), the film was recognized as a finalist at Gawad CCP Alternatibo 2023. In documentary filmmaking, Alexa has worked as production manager and editor for Lucky People and as producer and editor for Hiram Na Riles.