Martika Ramirez Escobar
Directing
Martika Ramirez Escobar is a filmmaker-cinematographer based in Manila. Most of her works are reflections on her relationship with cinema. After she graduated with honors from the University of the Philippines, her thesis film competed at the 19th Busan International Film Festival. She is an alumna of Berlinale Talents Tokyo, Asian Film Academy, and is a recipient of the Purin Pictures Film Fund.
Known for
Directing16
movieWhere is the Lie?
2023
Second Unit Director
movieLeonor Will Never Die
2022
Director
movieLiving Things
2020
Director
moviePeople and Plants
2018
Director
movieQuadrilaterals
2017
Director
movieTisoy
2015
Director
movieStone Heart
2014
Director
movieDindo
2014
Director
movieArrows
2012
Director
movieHando
2011
Director
movieDaughters of the Sea
Director
Camera22
movieStatus: Rejected
2026
Director of Photography
movieOpen Endings
2026
Director of Photography
movie11
2026
Director of Photography
Creature Feature
2025
Director of Photography
movieYelo
2025
Director of Photography
movieHey, Hey, Take Care!
2025
Director of Photography
movieBlooming!
2025
Director of Photography
movieExtra Festive
2024
Director of Photography
movieAlaga
2024
Director of Photography
movieWhen the house lights come on
2023
Director of Photography
movieA Catholic Schoolgirl
2023
Director of Photography
movieCross My Heart and Hope to Die
2023
Director of Photography
movieWhen This Is All Over
2023
Director of Photography
movieThe Tigers of Infanta
2022
Director of Photography
movieZack Tabudlo: Episode
2021
Director of Photography
movieLove in the Ungodly Hour
2021
Director of Photography
movieDon’t worry, we still hear you
2020
Director of Photography
movieProcessions
2017
Director of Photography
movieOnly Recollection of Past Events
2016
Director of Photography
movieTisoy
2015
Director of Photography
movieArrows
2012
Director of Photography
movieTurog
Director of Photography
Writing9
movieBudang, Badidang, Bebang
2025
Creative Producer
movieLeonor Will Never Die
2022
Screenplay
movieLiving Things
2020
Writer
movieQuadrilaterals
2017
Writer
movieTisoy
2015
Writer
movieStone Heart
2014
Writer
movieArrows
2012
Writer
Crew6
movieHenry
2021
Cinematography
moviePeople and Plants
2018
Cinematography
moviePuppy Love
2017
Cinematography
Fish Out of Water
2016
Cinematography
movieIf People Such as We Cease to Exist
2016
Cinematography
movieWhere's Grandpa Mê?
2014
Cinematography
Editing6
Production4
movie11
2026
Producer
movieLeonor Will Never Die
2022
Executive Producer
movieLove in the Ungodly Hour
2021
Associate Producer
movieStone Heart
2014
Executive Producer
Acting2
movieLeonor Will Never Die
2022
Martika Ramirez Escobar