
Dennis Empalmado studied filmmaking at the MOWELFUND FILM INST. His work experience runs the gamut from sounds recordist/sound designer to writer/director of short, feauture length films and documentaries. His work is influenced by Filipino counterculture of the 1970s and 1980s. His current works were screened at local and international film festivals. He has also worked with some notable independent and mainstream film makers and film scholar at GOETHE-INSTITUT (German Cultural Center). Dennis Empalmado was born and raised in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines where he currently resides with his wife and two sons. One of his advocacies is to impart film knowledge and incline people who aspire to be filmmakers. With that in mind, together with his colleagues they established Sineuna, a film community based in San Pablo City.
movieL3: Lipad
2025 · Director, Writer
movieL: Lakad
2025 · Screenplay
movieTravelers
2023 · Director, Writer, Camera Operator, Producer
movieWar Baby
2019 · Director, Animation, Producer, Writer
movieJones
2018 · Director
movieIf It Gets Dark
2018 · Tiyo Maximo (Voice), Gig Scene Person #7, Writer, Director, Cinematography, Producer
movieEldest Among the Seven
2017 · Camera Operator, Director, Writer, Producer
movieDarkroom
2017 · Writer
movieEntity
2015 · Screenplay
movieHindi Tao Hindi Hayop
2013 · Director, Producer, Writer
moviePandanggo
2006 · Jeepney (segment "Sayaw ni Aling Sepia"), Director, Writer
movieImage Nation
2006 · (segment "Tawa"), Writer, Director
movieIlusyon
2005 · Carpenter 2
moviePinoi Rock and Rhythm
2003 · Writer, Director
Piso Dalawang Piso
2002 · Director, Screenplay