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]

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Originally from Flower's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, [3] he is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre.

Career

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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