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About Eight Horses Productions

Eight Horses Productions Inc. is a full-service production and creative development company that has offices in Manila and Los Angeles. The company is founded by award-winning filmmaker John Paul Su. Since its inception, Eight Horses Productions has produced award-winning films, commercials and industrial videos.

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Filipino Chinese American filmmaker John Paul "JP" Su explores identity, family, and overcoming adversity in his narrative works. Often, it's through the lens of both absurd and satirical comedy. He won the Directors Guild of America's Best Asian-American Student Filmmaker Award for his short, "PAGPAG" ("THE REFUSE"), which PBS and Shorts International picked up. "SMELL A MEMORY," an advocacy piece on Alzheimer's disease that he directed in Singapore, was shortlisted at the Cannes Lions and won the Silver AdStar Award. His debut feature, "TOTO," won the Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship grant and has earned accolades in his native country—the Philippines, and on the international film festival circuit.

Su is an alumnus of the Disney/ABC Directing Program, NBCUniversal Emerging Directors Program, the Berlinale Talents Tokyo, and the Full Circle Lab. His latest project, "CAPTAIN C!", is an SFFilm-Westridge Fellowship grant recipient, a finalist in both the WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition and Screencraft Family Screenplay Competition, a semi-finalist in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition and a Quarter-finalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.

Most recently, Su directed the award-winning hit original series "K-Love" for the streaming platform, Viu TV. The show airs in more than 16 countries/ territories.

Su is a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts. In his spare time, Su enjoys working out and exploring new recipes in his kitchen.

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  • Winner, SFFilm-Westridge Fellowship in Screenwriting, CAPTAIN C!

    Quarterfinalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting, CAPTAIN C!

  • Finalist, Screencraft Family Screenplay Competition, CAPTAIN C!

  • Finalist, WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Screenplay Competition, CAPTAIN C!

  • Finalist (Top 3), IndieFestSF Screenplay Competition
  • Winner, Audience Choice Award for Best Film, New York Asian American International Film Festival
  • Winner, Best Foreign Film, Los Angeles Comedy Festival
  • Winner, Best Director, Metro Manila Film Festival (New Wave Section)
  • Winner, Special Jury Prize, Metro Manila Film Festival (New Wave Section)
  • Winner, Best Asian American Filmmaker, Directors Guild of America Student Awards
  • Silver Medal, Best Short Film, New York Festivals International TV and Film Awards;
  • Winner, Best Live Action Short (Drama), NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Best of 2014 Awards;
  • Winner, Best Student Documentary, CINE Golden Eagle Awards;
  • Finalist, Cannes Lions Awards
  • Winner, Silver, AdStar Awards
  • Nominated— Rome Independent Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Metro Manila Film Festival, Short Shorts International Film Festival, Interfilm Berlin, Uppsala International Film Festival, Milan International Film Awards, Filipino Society of Film Critics Award (Urian Award)