
Director
Maria Estela Paiso
Quezon City, Philippines · 11 films
Born in Quezon City, the Philippines in 1997, Maria Estela Paiso graduated with a degree in communication arts in 2016 and has since worked in post-production. After several music videos and visual experiments, she made Ampangabagat Nin Talakba Ha Likol, her debut film as a director. Maria Estela Paiso is known for Ampangabagat nin talakba ha likol (2022), A Short History of a Few Bad Things (2018) and When This Is All Over (2023).
Best known for
Filmography 11

Open Endings
2026 · Editor

Gulay Lang, Manong!
2025 · Editor

Objects Do Not Randomly Fall From the Sky
2024 · Director, Writer

Nightbirds
2024 · Director, Screenplay

A Catholic Schoolgirl
2023 · Editor

When This Is All Over
2023 · Editor

Mula sa Buwan
2023 · Editor


The River That Never Ends
2022 · Editor
On Criterion Channel


It's Raining Frogs Outside
2021 · Director, Writer
On Criterion Channel

Waves
2019 · Screenplay, Editor

A Short History of a Few Bad Things
2018 · Editor