Ramona S. Diaz is a Peabody, Gotham, IDA and Emmy award-winning and Independent Spirit award-nominated Filipino American filmmaker best known for her compelling character-driven documentaries that combine a profound appreciation for cinematic aesthetics and potent storytelling. Her films have been screened and won awards at Sundance, Berlin, Busan, Tribeca, SXSW, IDFA, HotDocs, and many other top-tier film festivals. Ramona’s feature-length independent films— Imelda (IL, 2004), The Learning (POV, 2011), Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey (IL, 2012), Motherland (POV, 2017), and A Thousand Cuts (Frontline, 2020)—have been nationally broadcast on PBS, Arte, and the BBC amongst others. Ramona is both a Guggenheim Fellow and a United States Artists Fellow. In 2017, she received a Women at Sundance Fellowship and a Chicken & Egg Pictures Filmmaker Award. In 2021, she was named the inaugural McGurn Family Trust Resident in Film by the American Academy in Rome. Ramona is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the Producers and Writers Guilds of America.