Khavn De La Cruz

{{short description|Filipino filmmaker (born 1973)}} {{Multiple issues| {{unreliable sources|date=March 2012}} {{BLP primary sources|date=March 2012}} {{original research|date=March 2012}} }} {{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Khavn De La Cruz | image = Khavn De La Cruz - IFFR 2015-1.jpg | caption = Khavn at the 2015 International Film Festival Rotterdam | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|23}} | birth_place = Quezon City, Philippines | occupation = Filmmaker, singer, songwriter, pianist, poet | alma_mater = Ateneo de Manila University | website = http://khavn.tv/ }}

'''Khavn De La Cruz'''{{Pronunciation needed|date=October 2021}} (also known as '''KHAVN''') is a Filipino singer, songwriter, pianist, filmmaker,<ref name="Festival Scope">{{cite web |url=https://www.festivalscope.com/director/de-la-cruz-khavn |title=Director in Focus: Khavn De La Cruz |access-date=February 8, 2012 |work=Festival Scope |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720190343/https://www.festivalscope.com/director/de-la-cruz-khavn |url-status=dead }}</ref> and poet.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} He is the founder and festival director of the MOV International Film, Music and Literature Festival.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Considered the father of Philippine digital filmmaking,{{citation needed|date=February 2016}} Khavn has made 47 features and 112 short films since 1994.<ref name="This Is Not A Website on Khavn">{{cite web |url=http://khavn.com/#Films|title=Total number of films completed by Khavn as of today, July 22, 2015|work=This Is Not A Website on Khavn}}</ref> His 46th<ref name="This Is Not A Website on Khavn"/>{{Failed verification|date=March 2017}} feature, ''Ruined Heart'', was lensed by Christopher Doyle and features Tadanobu Asano and Nathalia Acevedo.<ref name=thr>{{cite web |url= http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/ruined-heart-lovestory-between-a-743931|title= 'Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore': Tokyo Review|author= Deborah Young|date= October 25, 2014|access-date= July 28, 2015|work= The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> It premiered in official competition at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival.<ref name=sd>{{cite web |url= http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/tokyo-reveals-competition-line-up/5078085.article|title= Tokyo Film Festival reveals 2014 competition line-up|author= Jean Noh|date= September 30, 2014|access-date= July 28, 2015|work= Screen Daily}}</ref><ref name=jt>{{cite web |url= http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2014/10/22/films/tiff-critics-picks-films-countries-famed-unrest-oppression/|title= TIFF Critic's Picks: Films from countries famed for unrest and oppression|author= Kaori Shoji|date= October 22, 2014|access-date= July 28, 2015|work= Japan Times}}</ref>

==Works== *''Ultraviolins'', a collection of 14 short stories (2008)<ref name="UP Press">{{cite web |url=http://uppress.com.ph/titles.html |title=UP Press Titles |work=UP Press}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|1894653|Khavn}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:De La Cruz, Khavn}} Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Filipino film directors Category:Mass media people from Quezon City Category:Postmodern writers