Ruben Maria Soriquez (born August 2, 1971) is a Filipino Italian film actor, director and producer.[1]
Ruben Maria Soriquez | |
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Born | (1971-08-02) August 2, 1971 (age 51) Bologna, Italy |
Nationality | Filipino Italian |
Occupation |
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Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse(s) | Lanie Martin Gumarang |
Children | Filippo Leonard Soriquez, Kim Soriquez |
Soriquez was born on August 2, 1971. His father was a Filipino while his mother is an Italian. Soriquez settled down in Philippines in 2013 together with his wife, Lanie Martin Gumarang and their children.
Soriquez graduated from the University of Bologna with a degree in Human Resources. He also took a filmmaking course organised by the New York Film Academy in Florence in 2007 and studied script-writing and editing in New York. He obtained a diploma in acting at Colli Theatre School in 2008.[1]
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After making his directorial debut with the documentary Montovolo: History, Nature and Legend [2] in 2011, Soriquez directed Sexocracy: The Man of Bunga Bunga ,[3] a documentary feature film based on an interview with Lele Mora[4] and was released in May 2012. It received a nomination for Best Documentary at the 2012 New York City International Film Festival.[5][6]
In 2013, He directed The Broken Crown,[7] a coproduction of Italy, Germany, and the Philippines, which starred Andrea Roncato , Tony Sperandeo , Horst Janson , Massimo Bonetti , Manuela Morabito, and Ron Williams.
Ruben moved to the Philippines in late 2013, where he founded See Thru Pictures, Inc.,[8] a film production and distribution company. With See Thru Pictures, Soriquez produced in 2015 the movie Of Sinners and Saints.[9] Acting alongside him were Raymond Bagatsing, Polo Ravales, Richard Quan, and Althea Vega.[10] For his lead role in that movie, Soriquez won Best Actor in the 2015 World Premieres Film Festival[11][12] He got his first television drama role in Dolce Amore in 2016, playing Roberto Marchesa,[13] the adoptive father of Liza Soberano's character, Serena. In 2017, he appeared in two Star Cinema films: Can't help falling in love starring Daniel Padilla and Kathrine Bernardo and Unexpectedly Yours starring Robin Padilla and Sharon Cuneta. in 2019, Ruben Maria Soriquez returned to the small screen with the action TV series The General's Daughter, playing the role of weapons smuggler David Pascal .
Since 2007, Soriquez has produced several titles among which feature films[14] and TV movies , (like the horror films: Arachnicide and Dead Gamers[15] both directed by Italian director Paolo Bertola). He is one of the few contemporary filmmakers to produce and direct silent films (A Perfect Family and The Silent Killer the latter scored by Italian composer Franco Eco [16]) to be premiered at the International Silent Film Festival Manila.[16] On May 7, TubiTV releases his controversial documentary film Pandemiocracy [17]
In 2018, Soriquez joined the cast of the TV series General Commander, starring Steven Seagal, with the role of the mafioso Santino Amato. In the following year, 4 films in which he stars (Of Sinners and Saints, The Spiders' Man , The Lease and Entrapped) were released in the US.[18]
Ruben Maria Soriquez is at present (2015-2018) a Board Member of the ICCPI Italian Chamber of Commerce in The Philippines Inc., promoting the Culture of Italy in South East Asia especially in The Philippines.[19] In 2017, with the ICCPI, the Dante Alighieri Society of Manila and the Embassy of Italy in Manila, he founded The Venice Film Festival in Manila, an Italian Film Festival that screened in Manila a selection of Italian Films of the Venice Film Festival 2016.[20] The festival changed its name to "Italian Cinema: from Venice to Manila" for the 2018 edition where Italian films from the Venice Film Festival 2017 were screened.[21] In 2016 his film Of Sinners and Saints represented Italy together with the film My Friends (film) of Mario Monicelli at the 19th Cine Europa in Manila.[22] In 2017 his contemporary Silent film A Perfect Family represented Italy[23] at the 11th International Silent Film Festival Manila [24] and his 2020 silent film The Silent Killer was one of the two Italian entries to the 14th International Silent Film Festival Manila
Ruben Maria Soriquez founded the European Philippine International Film Festival EPIFF in 2017[25][26][27] with Maurizio Baldini e Lorenzo Galanti. The first two editions of EPIFF took place in Florence, Italy on March 7, 8 2018 and May 2019, while the 2020 and 2021 editions took place online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 4th edition (2021) [28] has been partnered by See Thru Pictures, Film Philippines Incentives, FDCP, NCCA , Sentro Rizal . Among the film showcased also Milan (2004 film) produced my Philippines' largest network ABSCBN.
Year | Title | Role | Studio | Notes | Ref. |
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2011 | Sexocracy: The man of Bunga Bunga | narrator | — | as Director, Associate Producer and Film Editor | |
2013 | The Broken Crown | — | — | as Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Film Editor, Cinematographer, and Camera Operator |
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2015 | Of Sinners and Saints | Father Leonardo | See Thru Pictures | as Actor, Director, Writer, Executive Producer and Film Editor | [1] |
2017 | Can't Help Falling in Love[29] | Cristofano | Star Cinema | as Actor | [30] |
2017 | A Perfect Family | Father | See Thru Pictures | as Actor, Director | |
2017 | Unexpectedly Yours[31] | Ricardo Alvarez | Star Cinema | as Actor | |
2018 | The Lease | Romano Gonzales | Utmost Creative | as Actor | |
2018 | The Spiders' Man | Alberto Medina | See Thru Pictures | as Actor, Director | |
2019 | Entrapped: a day of terror | Nar | See Thru Pictures | as Actor, Co_Producer | |
2020 | The Silent Killer | Father Ruben | See Thru Pictures, iWatchMore Originals | as Actor, Director, Producer | |
2021 | Pandemiocracy[32] | Father | Leomark Studios | as Actor, Director, Producer |
Year | Title | Role | Network | Notes | Ref. | |
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2015 | Kano Luvs Pinay | Italian husband | TV5 | cameo, episode 1 | ||
2016 | Dolce Amore | Roberto Marchesa | ABS-CBN | adoptive father of Serena Marchesa | [33] | |
2017 | Tadhana: Millionaire Maid | Antonio De Luca | GMA Network | [34] | ||
2018 | General Commander | Santino Amato | Saradan Media | episode 1 and 2 | ||
2019 | The General's Daughter | David Pascal | ABS-CBN | |||
2021 | Pandemiocracy[35] | Director, Producer | TubiTv | |||
Year | Award-giving Body | Category | Notable Works | Result | Ref. |
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2015 | World Premieres Film Festival, PH | Best Performance by an Actor (Filipino New Cinema Award) | Of Sinners and Saints | Won | [1][36] |
World Film Awards, INDONESIA | Achievement in Specific Category (Actor) | Won | [36][37] | ||
Accolade Competition, US | Leading Actor | Won | [36] | ||
2015 | Terra di Siena Film Festival, ITA | Best Film | Nominated | ||
2016 | International Independent Film Awards, US | Best Actor in a Leading Role (Joint winner with Emerson Smith) | Won | [36] | |
2016 | Honolulu Film Awards, US | Best Film | Of Sinners and Saints | Won | [38] |
2017 | Indian World Film Festival, INDIA | Best Actor | Of Sinners and Saints | Won | [39] |
2017 | Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards | Best Actor | Of Sinners and Saints | Won | |
2017 | Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards | Best Feature | Of Sinners and Saints | Won | |
2019 | Olympus Film Festival, US | Best Dark Comedy Feature | The Spiders' Man | Won | |
2019 | Olympus Film Festival, US | Best Ensemble Cast | The Spiders' Man | Won | |
2019 | Madrid International Film Festival, ES | Best Editing in a Foreign Language Film | The Spiders' Man | Nominated | |
2019 | International Independent Film Awards, US | Directing | The Spiders' Man | Won | |
2019 | International Independent Film Awards, US | Best Narrative Feature | The Spiders' Man | Won | |
2020 | Asia Pacific International Filmmaker Festival & Awards | Best Director | The Spiders' Man | Won | |
2020 | Accolade Competition, US [40][41] | Best Supporting Actor | The Spiders' Man [42] | Won |