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About Russovoir
Russovoir was born in Mindanao, but he was raised in Manila, the capital of the Philippines due to a congenital birth defect that required medical care. He wrote his first original story at the age of twelve, which was published in a local paper for creative writing.
Russovoir immigrated to the United States in the winter of 2014, where he enrolled in a special two-year creative writing program at the University of Chicago. His love for film and storytelling earned him a place as a movie reviewer for The Chicago Maroon. After graduating from the program, he continued in his passion for film and storytelling by moving to California, where he earned a degree in Film Production, Directing, and Screenwriting from the Los Angeles Film School. He has written, produced, and directed numerous commercials and short films, some of which toured in various film festivals.
The Mind Behind Byron: The One Lung Filipinomenon
As a disabled immigrant, an advocate of the LGBTQIA+ community, Russovoir is ardent in his vision to elevate Filipino talent, stories, and culture, bringing the richness of Filipino voices and history onto the world stage. His passion is for telling fantastic stories of Filipino heroism, adventure, horror, romance, and happy endings (or not), with a focus on diversity in characters, paving a unique voice for storytelling.
Russovoir is still a movie aficionado and continues to live in Los Angeles with his husband, Johnny, and their three dogs, Chica, Wednesday, and Jamie Lyn.
