If Not

PHYLLIS GRANDE graduated with a degree in BA in Film and Audio-Visual Communication in the University of the Philippines - Diliman. She started her work in the film industry as a documentary editor but soon ventured in production design and production management. She has worked as a production manager for a number of independent and mainstream films, which includes award-winning films like Blue Bustamante, Kubot: The Aswang Chronicles II, Bukas na Lang Sapagkat Gabi Na, and People Power Bombshell: The Diary of Vietnam Rose, to name a few. She started to work as a Line Producer for films since two years ago, with films Matangtubig, Baka Siguro Yata and 2 Cool 2 Be 4gotten, which bagged the Best Picture award for the 2016 Cinema One Originals Film Festival. She has also worked her way up to be a producer for tv and digital series and films. Her produced shows include Sabagay Life, a digital series under D5 Studio and Hanging Out, a digital series with an LGBT theme under Team Magazine. She is now working on a season 2 for the two shows. Phyllis Grande also aspires to be a director/writer. Her first short film, Kun' Di Man (If Not), won the Audience Choice award for this year's QCinema International Film Festival - QCX Shorts program. Her first full-length film, Haunted: A Last Visit to the Red House, which is a documentary, is part of the Cinema One Originals Film Festival Documentary Competition. She is now developing her second feature documentary.