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Jason Paul Laxamana, 25, is a graduate of BA Broadcast Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Based in Angeles City, Pampanga, he is currently the Luzon Representative of the National Committee on Cinema (NCCA SCA). While an undergraduate student, he became a production assistant under directors Jeffrey Jeturian and Maryo J. Delos Reyes. He worked as script supervisor in Star Cinema’s “A Love Story,” a 2007 film by Delos Reyes. In 2008, he worked in the same position in Brillante Mendoza’s “Serbis.” After making various Kapampangan short films and music videos in his home province, he made his first feature film in 2010 when his screenplay for “Astro Mayabang” became a finalist in the Cinema One Originals Film Festival 2010, which won the Audience Choice Award. In 2012, he successfully completed the Star Cinema Scriptwriting Workshop under Ricky Lee and Amor Olaguer.