Tim Rone Villanueva

Biography

TIM RONE VILLANUEVA is an independent Filipino writer, director, and producer from Kawit, Cavite. He is known for his 2017 short film Santa Nena!, a Benilde film capstone project that won the 2018 CineFilipino Best Student Short Film. Working with his filmmaker friends, he produced acclaimed short films such as How to Dress a Mother-naked? (2018), My Mother’s Bicycle (2021), The Gossips of Cicadidae (2021), #bagets (2023), and The Longer I Wait (2024). His 10-minute theater play Mga Nakasusuyang Putahe was staged in the 2017 Short + Sweet Theatre Festival Manila and Shorts & Briefs 9 Theater Festival. It was lauded by Rappler as one of the Best Filipino Theater Plays of 2023. His upcoming fi...