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FilAm Creative presentsThe 11th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel: Voice Actors
Saturday, June 8, 2024
From 2:00pm to 5:00pm (PDT)
Location:
Playbox Studio at Fountain/Vine Plaza
1253 Vine Street #23 (Second Floor)
Los Angeles, CA. 90038
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The Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel is a panel discussion and networking event featuring our special guest industry panelists who represent the craft and business of acting across the board while shining a spotlight on North American Filipino talent in Hollywood today.
Hear our panelists discuss about their explorations of the process and profession of acting; their reflections on personal experiences and artistic influences that informed and shaped their careers; their discussions of past and current projects and share valuable insights into the craft and the industry.
Get a chance to ask our panelists questions, learn about open opportunities, and build your network.
2024 INDUSTRY GUEST PANELISTS:
- RATANA
After years of honing her skills as a corporate brand marketing professional, Ratana decided to follow her passion and become an actor.
Ratana can be heard as Wave in "Marvel's Super War," as Andromeda Kepler in "Starfield," as Yae Miko in "Genshin Impact," and as Leonie in "Fire Emblem: Three Houses."
She is also featured in "Diablo IV," "Fallout 76," the animated series "Trese," and many other projects.
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- CHRISTINE MARIE CABANOS
Christine is a Filipino-American voice over actress based out of Los Angeles, California. Working in voice over since 2011, she is most known for her roles in animation and video games.
Christine can be heard as Arizal in "Recorded by Arizal," Sailor Saturn in "Sailor Moon," Madoka Kaname in "Madoka Magica," and The Poplins in "Super Mario Bros. Wonder," just to name a few.
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- JENNIFER AQUINO
Jennifer Aquino is an actor and award-winning voice actor based in Los Angeles with 20+ years working in film, television, theatre, and voiceover.
Fun Fact: she's one of the doctors who killed McDreamy on ABC’s "Grey's Anatomy."
As a voice actor, she voiced the red-head girl Chelsea in "Rugrats’ All Grown Up," as well as various characters in Disney’s "Super Agent Oso."
For the last 3 years, Jennifer found her love in performing audiobooks, where she gets to play ALL the characters. She loves giving voice to young adults, and reading journeys of empowered women in romantic comedies, fantasy/sci-fis, and mystery/thrillers. So far, she has performed 75 titles with 19 publishers, including Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Audible Studios, among others. She also directs audiobooks, with Hachette, Macmillan, Brilliance Publishing, and Penguin Random House.
She recently won The Odyssey Award for voicing 13 characters in the middle grade graphic novel 'El Deafo' by CeCeBell, and was an Audie Awards Finalist (known as the Oscars of the audiobook industry) for performing in a YA super hero anthology 'Generation Wonder.' She’s also won Audiofile Earphones Awards for narrating 'My Life: Growing Up Asian in America' by CAPE - Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, and for performing in the horror book 'The History of Fear' by Luke Dumas.
Jennifer is honored to have voiced titles written by Filipino authors Robin Alvarez, Tracy Badua, Tessa Barbosa, Elle Cruz, Melissa de la Cruz, Tanya Guerrero, Riss M. Neilson, and Randy Ribay, bringing their words to life!
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- EARL BAYLON
(a 2021 returning 8th Filipino Hollywood Actors Panelist)
Earl Baylon is currently the Artistic Director of Room To Improv, an Asian-American improv troupe serving the Los Angeles community… and beyond!
You can hear him in several popular video games and animation projects including the recent "Tomb Raider" video game trilogy, "Tekken: Bloodline," "Lookism," "Vinland Saga," "Starfield," "Rise of the Ronin," "Trese," and the upcoming animated Netflix series, "Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft."
In his “free time” Earl yells at plastic polyhedrals and panics while doing finger-DDR in an effort to subdue the Terminid scourge and spread Managed Democracy throughout the galaxy.
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- GEOFF BISANTE
A first generation American of Sāmoan and Filipino descent, Geoff earned degrees in Music Education and Audio Engineering before joining the Entertainment Industry.
Joining Central Command in 2011 as an intern, Geoff was able to stay on staff and worked his way up to Head of Engineering and Studio Manager.
Outside of Music and Voice Over, Geoff also works and participates in the fitness industry and is an aspiring chef. Mainly training as a Strongman, he's also been taught by professional Bodybuilders, Powerlifters, and Olympic Weightlifters.
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- JEFF FRANCISCO (Moderator)
Jeff Francisco is native of the Philippines, born in Manila and relocated to Daly City / San Francisco when he was 11 years old. He attended college at San Francisco State University and graduated from Academy of Art where he studied Advertising. Simultaneously he studied Acting in various acting schools in San Francisco, where he quickly started booking numerous roles in theater productions. Also a hip-hop dancer, he snagged a role in the second installment of the hit franchise, “The Matrix”, as a dancer and fell in love with film and TV, which led him to making the move to Los Angeles where he quickly started working in television. As an actor he is best known for his role as Alvin Aquino opposite Neve Campbell, Jaime McShane, and Reggie Lee in the wildly popular Netflix Series "The Lincoln Lawyer" based on the best selling books by Michael Connolly. He also made an appearance in the Gerard Butler and Mike Colter suspenseful action thriller “Plane” by Lionsgate. His past credits includes “Numb3rs” on CBS and “Make it or Break it” on abc family. He served as the Director of Live Events with FilAm Creative where he co-produced a creative panel with the creators and cast of Fox’s “The Cleaning Lady.” When he is not in front of the camera or working for the community, he also enjoys working behind-the-scenes as Producer, Art Director, 2nd AD, and Production Coordinator. He also has years of experience as a graphic designer and as a photo editor.
- EDWIN A. SANTOS (Founder/Executive Producer of the annual Filipino Hollywood Actors Panel) is an actor, film producer and podcaster. Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Los Angeles, California, Edwin graduated with honors from California State University, Northridge. With 25+ years of professional work experience for various media companies, he is best known producing the award-winning 2006 film, "Mad Cowgirl" starring Sarah Lassez, James Duval, Devon Odessa and Walter Koenig. Other than his actors panel for the Filipino American creative community, he was host & producer for the Artists, Creatives & Business Podcast for the Filipino American Chamber of Commerce of Hollywood. He is also an actor in independent films such as "Girl Lost: A Hollywood Story," "The Monsters Without," "The Last Exorcist" and "Blue Dream" opposite Dominque Swain.
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