Biography
Ligaiya Romero (they.them.theirs.siyá) is a documentary filmmaker and visual artist working with collective memory and the decolonial imagination.
They recently directed the short film, Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon, for PBS American Masters, Firelight Media, & Topic. Ligaiya is currently working on a documentary film about Asian-American activism, called Not Your Model Minority!
Ligaiya is the Video Producer & Editor for The Argus Project, a transmedia documentary on police violence and citizen counter-surveillance. The project was a collaboration with CopWatch NYC, supported by Tribeca New Media Fund, and presented at Tribeca Film Festival in 2016.
Ligaiya is a Firelight Media Documentary Lab fellow, a CAAM fellow, and a member of the Queer Producers Collective.
Curriculum Vitae
2020
Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon /// Director, Editor
Firelight Media Talkback: In The Making /// Speaker
CAAM Fellowship /// Fellow
CAAMFest /// Speaker, Documentary Story Development
2019
CAAM Social Change Fund /// Grantee, Not Your Model Minority!
Logan Nonfiction Program /// Fellow
Allied Media Conference /// Chrysalis Creative Team
2018
Color Wheel VR /// Director, Editor
Karen Schmeer Film Editing Fellowship /// Mentee, Diversity in the Edit
Allied Media Conference /// Track Coordinator, Magic as Resistance
UNC-Chapel Hill /// Visiting Professor, School of Media & Journalism
International Center for Photography /// Lecturer, New Media Narratives
2017
Tribeca Film Festival /// Editor, Water Warriors
Firelight Media /// Documentary Story Lab Fellow
Allied Media Projects /// Detroit Narrative Agency Mentor
Allied Media Conference /// Speaker, Building Tech to Hold Police Accountable
C/O Berlin /// Group Show, as to be inaudible
Southern Doc Fund /// Speaker, Documenting Movements
2016
Tribeca Film Festival /// Exhibition, The Argus Project
Asian Women's Giving Circle /// Grant Recipient
More Art /// Artist-in-Residence
International Center of Photography /// Hackathon Mentor
NPPA Northern Short Course /// Speaker
Webby Awards /// Honoree, Inside Tracks
Webby Awards /// Finalist, Connected to the Top
2015
Connected to the Top /// Producer & Editor
The Last Move /// Co-Producer & Editor
Inside Tracks /// Producer & Editor
CAM Raleigh /// Exhibition, Big, Bent Ears