Nick Deocampo
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Nicolas Armada Deocampo | |
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 Nick Deocampo, a noted Filipino film historian, director and writer | |
| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) |
Nicolas Armada Deocampo (born 1959), best known as Nick Deocampo, is a Filipino filmmaker, film historian, film literacy advocate,[1] film producer,[2] author and the director of the Center for New Cinema.
Deocampo completed his basic education at West Visayas State University and finished salutatorian at Iloilo High School in 1976.[citation needed] He graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts at the University of the Philippines (UP) in 1981.[1] In 1982, after his university studies, he obtained a scholarship from the French government to study at Atelier de formation au cinéma direct (now Ateliers Varan), a crucial experience in his career.[3] Under a Fulbright Scholarship Grant, Deocampo earned his Master of Arts degree in Cinema Studies at New York University in 1989.[1][4] He was also a French government scholar and received his Certificate in Film at the Atelier du Formacion Au Cinema in 1989.[1] He received another Fulbright grant as an international senior research fellow at the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in 2001.[1]
He has also held several academic positions and received several awards including:[1]
- Scholar-in-residence, New York University
- Chancellor’s Most Distinguished Lecturer, University of California Irvine
- International Fellow, University of Iowa
- International Fellow, Japan Foundation
- Travel Grantee, Asia Society (New York)
- Fellow, British Council
- Artist-in-residence, Walker Arts Center (Minnesota)
- Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellow, Nippon Foundation
- Four-time Recipient of the National Book Award, Manila Critics Circle / National Book Development Board
- UP Professor in Teaching and Creative Work, University of the Philippines
- Recipient of Premio Casa Asia, Casa Asia
Career
He was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in 1992.[1] A year later, he was recognized in Japan as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World.[1] His contributions were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (FAMAS),[5] and a Lamberto Avellana Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines.[1] Deocampo also made it to the Who's Who of the 21st Century by the International Biographical Society in England.[citation needed]
In 1999, Deocampo organized the Pink Film Festival, the first international gay and lesbian festival in the Philippines.[2]
As of 2023[update], Deocampo works at the University of the Philippines Film Institute as an associate professor.[4][5]
