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Paul David Soriano[fn 1](Tagalog pronunciation: [soɾˈjano]; born October 17, 1981) is an American-born Filipino commercial and film director, producer.

Paul Soriano
Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications
Incumbent
Assumed office October 17, 2022
President	Bongbong Marcos
Personal details
Born	Paul David Soriano[fn 1] (1981-10-17) October 17, 1981 (age 41) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	Filipino-American
Spouse	Toni Gonzaga ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	1
Alma mater	Santa Clara University(BA)
Occupation	Director Producer

Personal life

Soriano was born and raised in Los Angeles. His father is director and pastor Jeric Soriano, the son of actor Néstor de Villa. At the age of 8, Soriano moved to Manila and attended high school at International School Manila, before moving back to the United States to attend De Anza College in Cupertino, California and Santa Clara University, where he studied filmmaking. He then returned to Manila after college.[1][2][3]

Soriano married his long-time girlfriend Toni Gonzaga on June 12, 2015 in Gonzaga's hometown, Taytay, Rizal.[4][5] Gonzaga gave birth to their first child, Severiano Elliott, on September 30, 2016.[6][7][8]

Career

Soriano is known for directing A Journey Home (2009), Thelma (2011), Kid Kulafu (2015), and Dukot (2016).

In 2012, Soriano won Best Director and Best Screenplay at the FAP Awards for Thelma.[2] That same year, Thelma won Digital Movie of the Year, as well as Digital Movie Director of the Year and Digital Movie Original Screenplay of the Year with Froilan Medina, at the 28th PMPC Star Awards for Movies.[9]

In 2022, Soriano was named Presidential Advisor on Creative Communications to President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.[10]

Filmography

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Starting Over Again	Engr. Martin Cojuangco	Uncredited

Under TEN17P

TEN17P

Industry	Production company
Key people	Paul Soriano
Subsidiaries	TINCAN
Website	www.ten17p.com

TEN17P is Soriano's film production company that believes in creating films that are both director and story driven. Since its establishment, TEN17P has produced critically acclaimed and ground breaking films – that can be shown all over the world.

Theatrical Feature Films

List of Films Produced by Ten17P
Year	Release Date	Film	Cast(s)	Production Company(ies)	Distributor(s)	Director(s)
2009	October 3	A Journey Home	Toni Gonzaga Soliman Cruz Joem Bascon			Paul Soriano
2011	September 7	Thelma	Maja Salvador Jason Abalos Tetchie Agbayani	TimeHorizon Pictures Abracadabra Underground Logic	Star Cinema
2013	July 27 September 11	Transit	Irma Adlawan Marc Alvarez Mercedes Cabral Jasmine Curtis-Smith Ping Medina	Cinemalaya TEN17P		Hannah Espia
2014	August 2	Dagitab	Eula Valdez Noni Buencamino Martin del Rosario			Giancarlo Abrahan V
		Mariquina	Mylene Dizon Ricky Davao Barbie Forteza			Milo Sogueco
2015	April 15	Kid Kulafu	Robert Villar Cesar Montano Khalil Ramos Alessandra de Rossi Alex Medina	TEN17P Star Cinema	Star Cinema	Paul Soriano
2016	February 18 March 26	Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis	John Lloyd Cruz Piolo Pascual	TEN17P Epic Media Potocol Sine Olivia Pilipinas Akanga Film Productions		Lav Diaz
	July 13	Dukot	Enrique Gil Ricky Davao Shaina Magdayao Bing Pimentel Christopher de Leon	TEN17P Star Cinema		Paul Soriano
2017	December 25	Siargao	Jericho Rosales Jasmine Curtis-Smith Erich Gonzales	TEN17P	Solar Pictures
2018	October 17	First Love	Bea Alonzo Aga Muhlach	TEN17P Star Cinema Viva Films	Star Cinema
	December 25	Mary, Marry Me	Toni Gonzaga Sam Milby Alex Gonzaga	TEN17P TINCANp	Solar Pictures	RC delos Reyes
2019	December 4	Mañanita	Bela Padilla	TEN17P Viva Films	Viva Films	Paul Soriano
	December 25	Sunod	Carmina Villaroel Mylene Dizon JC Santos	TEN17P Globe Studios		Carlo Ledesma
2020	November 15	Alter Me	Enchong Dee Jasmine Curtis-Smith	Viva Films TEN17P	Netflix	RC delos Reyes

Notes

References

External links

• Paul Soriano at IMDb

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