rain yamson II
A Cinemalaya 2022 finalist and a two time FAMAS awardee for cinematography. Rain is a contract film director of VIVA Entertainment and a multi-awarded cinematographer for his films Bhoy Instik, Silong, Area, and Magkakabaung. He also done works for TV; Hanggang Saan and The Greatest love to name a few. He trained under JA Tadena and has worked with local and foreign directors for full-length films, commercials, TV shows, music videos, documentaries and the like. He is also the Philippine Liaison Officer for Asean International Film Festival and Awards and the representative for Asia Pacific Film Festival
rain yamson II
Awards and Recognitions:
Gold Award for Cinematography - 30th FACINE 2023
Best in Cinematography - 1st Subic Bay International Film Festival 2018
Best Cinematography - 65th FAMAS Awards 2017
Best Cinematography - 64th FAMAS Awards 2016
Indie Cinematographer of the Year - 31st PMPC Star Awards for Movie 2015
PinakaPASADOng Sinematograpiya - 17th PASADO Awards 2015
Nominee - Best Cinematography - ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards 2023
Nominee - Best Cinematography Narrative Feature - Queens World Film Festival 2019
Nominee - PinakaPASADOng Sinematograpiya - 21th PASADO Awards 2019
Nominee - Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film - Nice International Film Festival 2019
Nominee - Best Cinematography in a Forergn Language Film - South Europe International Film Festival 2019
Nominee - Best Cinematographer in a foreign language - Madrid International Film Festival 2018
Nominee - Best Cinematography - 44th Metro Manila Film Festival 2018
Nominee - Best Cinematography - 36th FAP Luna Awards 2018
Nominee - Best Cinematography - 14th Cinema One Originals 2018
Nominee - Best Cinematography - 4th Sinag Maynila International Film Festival 2019
Nominee - Indie Cinematographer of the Year - 34nd PMPC Star Awards for Movie 2018
Nominee - Indie Cinematographer of the Year - 32nd PMPC Star Awards for Movie 2016
Nominee - PinakaPasadong Sinematograpiya - 18th PASADO Awards 2016
Nominee - Best Cinematographer - 63rd FAMAS Awards 2015
Nominee - Movie Cinematographer of the Year, 30th PMPC Star Awards for Movie 2014
Nominee - Best Cinematographer, Gawad Urian 2010
Film Festivals Affilations:
Festival Director - The Filipino Film Festival 2023 - Present
Liaison Officer - ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards 2013 - Present
Board Member - Federation of Motion Pictures Producers Asia-Pacific 2019 - Present
Head Representative - Asia Pacific Film Festival 2019 - Present
Jury - Brunei Film Blitz 2019 & 2023
Jury - UP POV 2017
Workshops/Talks:
Concordia International School, Shanghai, China, March 2015
Mahakarya Film Institute, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, December 2019
Rebelde Class Batch 3 - 6
La Salle Misamis Oriental 2019 and 2022
FDCP Film Workshops Cavite, Manila and Davao
University of Makati 2019
Elizabeth Seton School 2019