Filipino Cinematographer is Oscar Nominee!

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YAY… another talent found and I do love sharing all this good news.. Thanks goes to Good New Philippines! I am very proud of everyone’s accomplishments in all areas of whatever professions that they have chosen!  Here is an excerpt of the story…

Matthew Libatique one of the top creative talents in the US film industry has been nominated for an Oscar in Cinematography for his work in the Black Swan starring Natalie Portman.

Matthew Libatique

The 42-year old is the first 100 percent Filipino to earn a major Oscar nomination. His father Justiniano is from Dagupan, Pangasinan and mom Georgina Libatique is from Lucena, Quezon.

Libatique, who already bagged the best cinematography awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics, the New York Film Critics and the New York Online, will be competing against the cinematographers of “Inception,” “The King’s Speech,” “The Social Network,” and “True Grit.”

Fondly known as Matty to his colleagues, he has also won a Best Cinematography trophy from the Independent Spirit Awards for “Requiem for a Dream” which was named one of the best short films of 1998-2008 by the American Cinematographer, the magazine of The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).