Nick Deocampo stands out as a multifaceted personality in Philippine cinema. He is a prizewinning filmmaker, author, film teacher, scholar, film festival organizer, film historian, and now the director of the newly established Center for New Cinema. Deocampo’s academic credentials include a Master of Arts degree in Cinema Studies at the New York University under a Fulbright Scholarship Grant (1988 – 1989). He received another Fulbright Grant in 2001 – 2002 as an International Senior Research Fellow at the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. He received his Certificate in Film as a French Government scholar at the Atelier du formacion au cinema direct in Paris, France (1981 – 1989). He graduated Cum Laude with a degree in A.B. Theater Arts at the University of the Philippines (1977 – 1981). Read more about Nick Deocampo at http://www.cnc.net.ph/nick.html from which the text above was taken.