Perry Escaño

Born in Ilo-Ilo, Perry Escaño is a veteran television, stage, and film actor, based in Manila,Philippines. He attended a professional theater acting workshop facilitated by Bodjie Pascua at the Bulwagang Gantimpala Theater and received his television/film advanced and intensive acting trainings from Gina Alajar at the Movie Workers Welfare Foundation (Mowelfund). He has appeared in more than fifty TV shows and has acted on more than thirty films and professional stage plays. He was nominated as Best Actor at the 2014 Queens International Film Festival for "TNT". Perry's filmography includes appearances in Redd Ochoa's Baliw, a special selection at the 2007 World Film Festival in Montreal Canada, Brillante Mendoza's Captive, a finalist at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, and Paul Soriano's Thelma, which won the Bronze Palm Award st the 2012 Mexico International Film Festival. While Perry is mostly known as an actor in film and television, he is also a writer, director, and producer. He also dabbled in the production side of events, theater, and film. He is the writer and director of "Ang Guro Kong 'di Marunong Magbasa (My Teacher Who Doesn't Know How to Read)," finalist for 2017 Main Competition of Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. He wrote and directed "Alibi," which placed 1st Runner-up in the Most Popular Film Competition at the International Film Festival Manhattan 2012 in New York City. He directed Overture, also an official selection at the 2013 IFF Manhattan. He is the writer of Tama (Deranged), which was an official selection at the 2011 Gawad CCP Film Festival. Most recently, he wrote and directed Ang Platinong Buhok (The Platinum Hair), a documentary film on the life of the late theater thespian Ama Quiambao. Perry received his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Lyceum University in Manila and is the founder and Executive Producer of Singkuwento Internasyonal, a touring exhibition of short films making its rounds in various cities. He is also the founder and owner of MPJ Entertainment Productions formerly TripleMP Productions.