DIRECTOR’S PROFILE

 

JL Burgos is an independent filmmaker and visual artist. His body of work focuses on human rights. He was the director and producer of two full-length documentaries -- Portraits of Mosquito Press (2015) and Han-Ayan (2017).

Over the course of 25 years, Burgos worked on short films, experimental videos, public service announcements, web series, and a TV show either as a director, cinematographer, editor, scriptwriter, producer, or combination of roles.

Burgos’s most recent projects include Oras De Peligro movie (as editor of archival footages), stage plays Tumindig Ka Aking Saksi and Salvage Eman (DOP) and Ano Ang Aming Kasalanan and Pagkatapos Nito (Director) music videos.

JL is the youngest brother of farmer-activist Jonas Burgos who was forcibly taken by state forces. Since his brother’s abduction in 2007, JL has been helping spread awareness about enforced disappearance.

Burgos is also the proponent of Stop The Attacks, a campaign by artists for artists who have been victims of constant red-tagging and harassment by the state.

Burgos is currently a board member of Surian ng Sining, a national cultural institute of artists, writers, and cultural workers.