I’m a documentary filmmaker, video editor, writer, and researcher specializing in long-form interviews, research-driven storytelling, archival material, and social-impact narratives. My approach to editing comes from both filmmaking and historical research. I don’t simply look for clean sound bites: I listen closely for the strongest ideas, emotional turns, and revealing moments within an interview, then consider how those pieces can build a larger narrative. I have worked on documentary and cultural projects involving history, Indigenous communities, public affairs, oral testimony, and archival research. My work includes Pátok: The Mountain Carvers, Beyond the Horizon: The Continuing Quest for Justice in the West Philippine Sea, both of which are available/accessible on YouTube, and Sa Taguangkan sang Duta. I’m particularly interested in collaborating with documentary filmmakers, researchers, universities, NGOs, cultural institutions, and organizations working on meaningful long-form and research-based stories.

EMMANUEL A. LERONA

I’m a documentary filmmaker, video editor, writer, and researcher specializing in long-form interviews, research-driven storytelling, archival material, and social-impact narratives. My approach to editing comes from both filmmaking and historical research. I don’t simply look for clean sound bites: I listen closely for the strongest ideas, emotional turns, and revealing moments within an interview, then consider how those pieces can build a larger narrative. I have worked on documentary and cultural projects involving history, Indigenous communities, public affairs, oral testimony, and archival research. My work includes Pátok: The Mountain Carvers, Beyond the Horizon: The Continuing Quest for Justice in the West Philippine Sea, both of which are available/accessible on YouTube, and Sa Taguangkan sang Duta. I’m particularly interested in collaborating with documentary filmmakers, researchers, universities, NGOs, cultural institutions, and organizations working on meaningful long-form and research-based stories.

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August 1, 2026

I’m a documentary filmmaker, video editor, writer, and researcher specializing in long-form interviews, research-driven storytelling, archival material, and social-impact narratives.

My approach to editing comes from both filmmaking and historical research. I don’t simply look for clean sound bites: I listen closely for the strongest ideas, emotional turns, and revealing moments within an interview, then consider how those pieces can build a larger narrative.

I have worked on documentary and cultural projects involving history, Indigenous communities, public affairs, oral testimony, and archival research. My work includes Pátok: The Mountain Carvers, Beyond the Horizon: The Continuing Quest for Justice in the West Philippine Sea, both of which are available/accessible on YouTube, and Sa Taguangkan sang Duta.

I’m particularly interested in collaborating with documentary filmmakers, researchers, universities, NGOs, cultural institutions, and organizations working on meaningful long-form and research-based stories.

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Education

M.Dev.Com. at West Visayas State University (College of Communication)
January 11, 2030 - December 31, 2026
M.Ed. ESL at University of the Philippines Visayas
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2008
B.A. BroadComm at University of the Philippines Visayas
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2003

Qualifications

Civil Service Professional (General Average: 87.57%; Eligible April 10, 2005)
January 1, 2005 - July 24, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Government, Professional Services, Non-Profit Organization