Paul Soriano

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

Paul Soriano
Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications
In office October 17, 2022 – November 9, 2023
President	Bongbong Marcos
Personal details
Born	Paul David Soriano (1981-10-17) October 17, 1981 (age 43) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	Filipino-American
Spouse	Toni Gonzaga ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2
Alma mater	Santa Clara University(BA)
Occupation	Director Producer

Personal life

Soriano was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His father is director and pastor Jeric Soriano, the son of actor Nestor de Villa and Maria Lourdes Cacho. 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 directed 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

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	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 Villarroel 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
2022	December 25	My Teacher	Toni Gonzaga Joey De Leon	TEN17P		Paul Soriano
2024	August 28	Real LIfe Fiction	Piolo Pascual Jasmine Curtis-Smith	TEN17P Viva Films Spring Films

Notes

References

1. "About". Ten17p. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
2. Gonzalez, Bianca (September 30, 2012). "Jeric & Paul Soriano on Nestor de Villa, advertising, film, love & faith". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
3. Balbuena, Vanessa (September 24, 2011). "Director Paul Soriano on possible acting career: "I might ruin my grandfather's legacy!"". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
4. "Confirmed: Toni Gonzaga and Paul Soriano engaged". Rappler. February 1, 2015.
5. "Toni Gonzaga, Paul Soriano tie knot in Taytay". Philippine Daily Inquirer. February 1, 2015.
6. "Toni Gonzaga gives birth to baby boy". ABS-CBN News. September 30, 2016. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
7. "Toni Gonzaga, Paul Soriano criticized for supporting Sen. Bongbong Marcos's VP bid". PEP.ph.
8. "IN PHOTOS: Stars at the 2019 local campaign kickoff". Rappler. March 30, 2019.
9. "28th PMPC Star Awards for Movies: And the trophies go to..." The Philippine Star. March 17, 2012. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
10. Galvez, Daphne (October 17, 2022). "Paul Soriano named as presidential adviser on creative communications". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved October 17, 2022.

External links

• Paul Soriano at IMDb

Political offices
New office	Presidential Adviser for Creative Communications 2022–2023	Vacant