Director. Writer. Educator.

In the United States, Rianne won the Las Vegas Filmmaker of the Year at the indie arts awards RAWards. She was the city’s official representative for the national finals featuring other award-winning filmmakers from other key U.S. cities. She is a First Friday Las Vegas Artist and a Yahoo! Movies Featured Critic Award finalist. She has published works in various Yahoo! sites, The Los Angeles Times, The Allstate Blog, among many others. She is also a Getty Images artist.

In the Philippines, she is a laureate of the Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honor) Award for Cinema, a national award given by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). She received the Kodak Film Award for Best Film Thesis at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI). She was also a recipient of the Kodak Emerging Filmmaker's Grant. She was nominated for the Gawad Urian Best Short Film Award. Her directorial credentials include commercial works for clients including the ASEAN, Smart Communications, Hallmark, Camella, Vistaland, Avida, Limketkai, Bank of the Philippine Islands, World Vision, Department of Labor and Employment, and Galing Pilipino Movement. 

She worked as film and media consultant and resource speaker for government agencies including the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Information and Communications Technology, Department of Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority and NCCA. She served as contributing writer for a number of print and web publications including BusinessWorld, Herword.com, and Yehey!.

In Korea, she is a filmmaker fellow of the Asian Film Academy (AFA) of the Busan International Film Festival. She is a director/writer fellow and trainee of the Asian Film Professionals Training Program of the Korean Film Council (KOFIC). She is a co-author of KOFIC’s Asian Film Industry Book published in 2010.

For projects and other inquiries, e-mail rianne@riannehillsoriano.com.