Dennis Empalmado
Directing

Dennis Empalmado

Born 1971-10-08 · San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines

Dennis Empalmado studied filmmaking at the MOWELFUND FILM INST. His work experience runs the gamut from sounds recordist/sound designer to writer/director of short, feauture length films and documentaries. His work is influenced by Filipino counterculture of the 1970s and 1980s. His current works were screened at local and international film festivals. He has also worked with some notable independent and mainstream film makers and film scholar at GOETHE-INSTITUT (German Cultural Center). Dennis Empalmado was born and raised in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines where he currently resides with his wife and two sons. One of his advocacies is to impart film knowledge and incline people who aspire to be filmmakers. With that in mind, together with his colleagues they established Sineuna, a film community based in San Pablo City.

WriterDirectorScreenplayAnimationProducerCinematographyCamera OperatorCast

Known for

Nilalang★ 5.6Viewing moment
Nilalang
2015
L: Lakad★ 8Viewing moment
L: Lakad
2025
IllusionViewing moment
Illusion
2005
DarkroomViewing moment
Darkroom
2017
If It Gets DarkViewing moment
If It Gets Dark
2018
Eldest Among the SevenViewing moment
Eldest Among the Seven
2017
Neither Man nor BeastViewing moment
Neither Man nor Beast
2013
War BabyViewing moment
War Baby
2019
Pinoi Rock and RhythmViewing moment
Pinoi Rock and Rhythm
2003
JonesViewing moment
Jones
2018
L3: Lipad★ 4Viewing moment
L3: Lipad
2025
Image NationViewing moment
Image Nation
2006

Frequent collaborators