Nick Deocampo

Who is Nick Deocampo?

Nick Deocampo is a Filipino film producer, author and the director of the Center for New Cinema.

Deocampo completed his basic education at West Visayas State University and finished salutatorian at Iloilo High School in 1976. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Theater Arts at the University of the Philippines in 1981. Under a Fulbright Scholarship Grant, Deocampo earned his Master of Arts degree in Cinema Studies at the New York University in 1989. He was also a French government scholar for eight years and received his Certificate in Film at the Atelier du Formacion Au Cinema in 1989. He received another Fulbright grant as an international senior research fellow at the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. in 2001. Among his many scholastic distinctions are: Scholar-in-residence, New York University Chancellor’s Most Distinguished Lecturer, University of California International Fellow, University of Iowa International Fellow, Japan Foundation Travel Grantee, Asia Society Fellow, British Council Artist-in-residence, Walker Arts Center Asian Public Intellectual Fellow, Nippon Foundation

He was named one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of the Philippines in 1992. A year later, he was recognized in Japan as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World. His contributions were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, and a Lamberto Avellana Award from the Film Academy of the Philippines. Deocampo also made it to the Who's Who of the 21st Century by the International Biographical Society in England.