Romeo Candido
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Romeo Candido is a Filipino Canadian film and television director.[1] He is most noted as creator of the web series Topline, for which he received two Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023 for Best Direction in a Web Program or Series and Best Writing in a Web Program or Series.[2]
Originally from Flower's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador,[3] he is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre.
He first became known for his 2002 short film Lolo's Child.[4] In 2006, he released the feature film Ang Pamana: The Inheritance.
In 2011 he directed Prison Dancer, a musical web series starring the CPDRC Dancing Inmates,[5] which was a nominee for Best Original Program or Series, Fiction at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013.[6]
In the mid-2010s he was a producer with CBC Arts,[1] including on the series Exhibitionists and Canada's a Drag.
In 2021 he directed "Shorty", a short film released as part of the NBA Films for Fans project.[7]
He has also directed episodes of the television series Second Jen, Workin' Moms and The Next Step, and has written for The Next Step, Amateur Life and Son of a Critch. In addition to Topline, he was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Direction in a Children's or Youth Program in 2023 for "One Song Glory", an episode of The Next Step.
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