Director
Carl Joseph E. Papa
Manila, Philippines · 12 films
Carl Joseph Papa is a Filipino filmmaker and animator. A well-known figure of Philippine animation, his filmography employed rotoscoping animated features which are most often use of subject matters in the daily life of the Philippines, particularly with the themes of family struggles. His films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and received multiple accolades during his lifetime including black tragicomedy Manang Biring (2015) and musical comedy-drama Paglisan (2018), both of them which won him Best Film twice at Cinema One Originals Film Festival, and psychological drama science-fiction Iti Mapukpukaw (2023), won the Best Film at the 19th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. In 2025, he won Best Short Film for The Next 24 Hours at the 21st Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
Best known for
Filmography 12
Dead Hungry
2026 · Director, Writer
58th
2026 · Director, Screenplay
Runo!
2025 · Producer
The Next 24 Hours
2025 · Director, Producer
Cinemartyrs
2025 · Producer
Boys at the Back
2024 · Screenplay
The Missing
2023 · Writer, Director
On Netflix
Mang Jose
2021 · Writer
On Fawesome
Paglisan
2018 · Doctor, Writer
Asuang
2018 · Writer
Love Bites
2017 · Director
Manang Biring
2015 · Director, Writer