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Patricio

Starving filmmaker seeking his space

About Me


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Patricio Ginelsa is originally from Daly City, CA, where he started making video movies with his neighborhood at the age of 13. It was John Singleton's 1992 film "Boyz N The Hood" that inspired Patricio to pursue a serious career in filmmaking at the University of Southern California where he graduated with a BA in cinema production.After secure jobs at Paramount Pictures and Columbia Tri-Star, Patricio chose the starving "indie" filmmaker route. Patricio became the Associate Producer of the award-winning film "the Debut" and assisted in its theatrical self-distribution all over the country by driving his car cross-country and back. Once the movie got bought by Columbia Tri-Star in 2003, Patricio was hired as supervising producer of its DVD special features. He wrote and directed the feature-length video movie "LUMPIA" (2003 Hawaii International Film Festival, 2004 Toronto ReelWorld) which received a rave review from Variety. After a community tour around the U.S., this “ultimate home made movie” gained a huge cult following on DVD.Ginelsa is probably best known for his 3 Black Eyed Peas music videos: "THE APL SONG" (2004) and two versions of " BEBOT" (2006). The Generation One version of "BEBOT" was recently lauded with the Presidents Award from the California Preservation Foundation for its focus on Stockton's Little Manila District. He also just won BEST MUSIC VIDEO for his Native Guns "Champion" video at the 2007 San Diego Asian Film Festival. His music video resume also includes independent artists such as the PACIFICS, Lauren Hildebrandt, INVID, Kim del Fierro, InnerVoices, and Immij. Having just completed his first commercial for L&L Hawaiian Barbeque, Ginelsa makes his stage directing debut with AMERIKANA THE MUSICAL.Patricio continues to develop his projects under his production company Kid Heroes Productions and also manages Alica Way Entertainment, which distributes exclusive Filipino American DVD content. To view Patricio's DIRECTOR REEL, click here..

My Interests

Watch DVDs, movies, write, edit, and produce film/video, read comic books, surf on the web, watch sports

I'd like to meet:

"real" people.


Music:

I'm a big 80's fan all genres (Chicago, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, New Edition) to old school hip hop and R&B (Troop, Mint Condition, Hi-Five), Indie Asian American music like The Native Guns, The Pacifics, Next Phaze, 6th Day, Golda Supanova, TheSpeaks, PHUZ, Janice Aranas, Mango Pirates, 10.01, InnerVoices, Native Guns, Kim del Fierro, Immij, Mainstream music like Kanye West, Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas!

Movies:

ALL MARVEL films, Spiderman, X2, Blade, Transformers: The Movie; the Debut, The Flip Side, Better Luck Tomorrow, LUMPIA, Lolo's Child, Sin City, The Crow, El Mariachi, Desperado, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Smoke Signals, Bring it On, Bubba Hotep, Robocop, La Bamba, Clerks, Major League 1, Airplane!, Naked Gun, Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle, Little Miss Sunshine

Television:

LOST, The Office, Heroes, Entourage, 24, Everybody Hates Chris, Ugly Betty, The Apprentice, My Name is Earl, Ghost Hunters, Surreal Life, Simpsons, Blind Date, old Seinfeld, Robotech: Macross, Transformers Generation One

Books:

Rebel Without A Crew (Robert Rodriguez); BIG MARVEL comic book geek (Spiderman, X-men) and Transformers

Heroes:

MOM

My Blog

Ginelsas "BEING REEL" is the WINNER of the Canon 72 HOUR FILM COMPETITION!!!

Dear LUMPIA Lovers,Yes it's true and I still can't believe it! After being chosen on June 18 tobe one of four filmmakers to take part in this year's Los Angeles FilmFestival Canon BRING IT 72-Hour Fi...
Posted by Patricio on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:21:00 PST

Canon Bring It Day 4 - Films Due

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2foHOC0RbY It's OVER!!! I barely crossed the finish line in time. Jose sped up the 405 and I got there right at 11:54am, just 6 minutes before the big deadlin...
Posted by Patricio on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:09:00 PST

Wow! Has it really been that long?

Yes it's my birthday and I really feel I'm getting younger. I know it's been a while since I've updated my blog so I've actually made this the first priority of my new age. I've recently migrated t...
Posted by Patricio on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:31:00 PST

"LUMPIA PALOOZA 3" now available on DVD! Watch TRAILER!

LUMPIA PALOOZA 3 DVD Trailer Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Patricio on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:27:00 PST

Stage debut: AMERIKANA THE MUSICAL October 27 in San Francisco!!!

Trailer for Amerikana The Musical ..Add to My Profile | More Videos Dear LUMPIA Lovers, This month, I will be making my stage directorial debut in San Francisco.OK, well I did direct two ...
Posted by Patricio on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:36:00 PST

Native Guns CHAMPION wins BEST MUSIC VIDEO Award in SAN DIEGO!

A CHAMPION IN SAN DIEGO! Last Saturday night, October 13, we scored our FIRST EVER competitive award win!  Our music video for the NATIVE GUNS, "CHAMPION" won the BEST MUSIC VIDEO award at thi...
Posted by Patricio on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:42:00 PST

Support LUMPIA artist JANICE ARANAS on star 98.7!

From fellow LUMPIA artist JANICE ARANAS: HI EVERYONE!Just wanted to ask a huge favor from everyone! I've entered one of my original songs in a contest hosted by star 98.7 (a radio station here in So ...
Posted by Patricio on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:48:00 PST

EXCLUSIVE online PREMIERE of Filipino WWII Veterans Equity PSA!

Dear LUMPIA Lovers, Thanks to you and our online sales from July 2007, we were able toraise some funds on behalf of the World War II Filipino Veterans seeking full equity. Now, watc...
Posted by Patricio on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:52:00 PST

FREE "BEBOT" DVD; Support the LITTLE MANILA FOUNDATION!

Dear LUMPIA Lovers,   A year ago this month, we premiered both versions of our Black Eyed Peas music video "BEBOT" to an Internet audience of over 50,000 in just the...
Posted by Patricio on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:08:00 PST

NEW YORK premiere of "CHAMPION" video this FRIDAY!

Dear LUMPIA Lovers, It's been a while but trust me, it's been busy here at the lab! We've got some exciting news coming up. But first, our acclaimed Native Guns music video makes it...
Posted by Patricio on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:59:00 PST