A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Birthplace:
Iligan City, Lanao del Norte Philippines
Herald Guillena (b. 2002, Philippines) is a graduating Filipino film student specializing in production management at De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde. As a filmmaker and producer, he is drawn to intimate, character-driven narratives that explore themes of memory, human connection, and self-discovery interconnected with local culture and regional voices. He has produced multiple short films, including Kung Ika’y Makapili (2024), which is currently one of the 10 semifinalists at the Montañosa Film Festival. Aside from this, he is currently producing his capstone film titled Ang Kabug aton sa Nangabilin (2025). He further honed his skills during his internship at Unitel Straightshooters Inc. (UxS), one of the top production companies in the Philippines, where he gained hands-on experience in high-level film and commercial production. With a strong foundation in production management, he is committed to bringing compelling stories to life through thoughtful collaboration and meticulous planning.
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Producer:
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Production Designer:
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Production Manager:
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Set Designer:
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Writer:
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At least one plug-in comes from IMDb.
Data are -- hey, it's a plural -- subject to the limitations of their sources. (For example, TMDB search results currently max out at 20.) I am limiting myself to free data sources for now. (No, a "free trial" is not free.)
While much of the above data are retrieved directly from outside APIs and other such sources, data from American Film Institute (AFI) and British Film Institute (BFI) were manually entered the old fashioned way into a MySQL database. Re BFI I took the following liberties:
Regarding profile removals and data corrections:
Filtering is applied here to film projects flagged as "adult" by TheMovieDB. Pending "popular demand" I am contemplating a login and profile system with preferences (such as whether to allow adult images to appear) and permissions (such as data entry).
Whereas the overall purpose of this website is to serve as a personal demo/portfolio/workshop of web and data skills, this Movies section is not meant to compete with or substitute for far more definitive movie websites.
Whether or not he still clings to an award which he won in 1986 as a film critic for his college's newspaper, Jeffrey Hartmann is not responsible for the texts of overviews and biographies supplied by external data sources.