San-San Onglatco is a Los Angeles based Filipinx-Chinese filmmaker. She is a 2022 Film Independent Project Involve Directing Fellow and a 2021 Sundance Uprise Grantee. She is a graduate of the AFI Conservatory MFA Directing Program. She holds a Screenwriting Certificate from UCLA and a B.A. in Literature (English) from the Ateneo de Manila University.
Onglatco is an advocate of amplifying underrepresented voices both in front and behind the camera. She gravitates towards stories about the human condition within a sociopolitical context, with an emphasis on the immigrant experiences of the Southeast Asian and Filipino/x/a diaspora.
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