Julius Roden
Born(1982-05-04)May 4, 1982
Quezon City, Philippines
Other namesKulas, DJ Maverick
Occupation(s)Producer, director, writer, composer, cinematographer, artist
Known forVisayan Internet Movies – Puppy Love, 8-Cinema, Takod, Pada'ng Kulas

Julius Roden is a Filipino producer and director known for his roles in creating internet movies.

VisMinwood Entertainment

Hailed as "The Father of Modern Cebuano Movies" due to the success of Puppy Love; a youth-oriented Cebuano Visayan web series, which aired on CCTN Channel 47 in 2016. Julius Roden opened VisMinwood Entertainment via World Cybervision Network in 2018.

Early career

The first contribution of Julius Roden in the world of independent cinema was the old school horror movie Kasambahay (The Dead's Grin), - released in 2008 at the U.P. Film Institute.

A tribute to old school Pinoy horror films that successfully established a remix of scary movies in the past decades of 1970s and 1980s, cascading unrelated scenarios, poor lighting and automatic dialogue replacement, cheap camera angles, and scratches; to make it look like an old film. But critics thought had Roden used 35mm instead of a digital camera, it could've been something else rather than making it look like a second rate copycat of Blairwitch, which failed to have extensive screenings and international distribution.

However, Roden opined it was experimental. Showing a collection of scary scenes patterned from old school Filipino horror movies was the best of its intention. Audience focusing on the characters relation to the story in the movie itself was never recommended by Roden. Just another popcorn horror flick for moviegoers.

Shorts

In 2009, Roden produced a short film titled Daloy - written and directed by Ron Sapinoso. It was the time when he incepted to work with other young filmmakers and underground musicians.

However, the writer and director Ron Sapinoso was no newbie. He is an established artist, animator, digital filmmaker, having written many stories during the twilight of the Philippine comics industry and won several poetry awards. As a matter of fact, Sapinoso's visual arts were exhibited in Germany in 1997, and won the ACPI Animazing Short in 2006 and the 2009 CG Excellence Award in Singapore. With all these factors, the aggressive Julius Roden gave Ron Sapinoso a shot for a collaboration.

Mainstream

In 2010, Julius Roden hit mainstream with the television movie All About Adam (TV series) aired on IBC.

Topbilled by Migui Moreno, Philipp Dunkel, Jeffrey Canlas and Michael Ignacio.

Inspired by the early 1990s hit Filipino sitcom Palibhasa Lalake

The plot is very simple but definitely a fresh approach in its own. Men love sex.

In the movie pilot, it deals with AIDS Awareness and the risk of getting infected with HIV through unprotected sexual intercourse.

The movie pilot of All About Adam is considered a mediocre tryout of converting a Filipino sitcom to a television film drama series, gathering several followers on social networking sites; and yet the supposed airing of its first full season for summer 2011 was cancelled.

It was turned down by other networks due to lack of sponsors and supporters. Roden's vision was to give an alternative drama series to some Filipino audience that grew tired of stereotyped Filipino soap operas.

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Genre Type Studio Cast Director
2008 Kasambahay[1] horror, thriller, suspense independent film Pagilas Entertainment Productions Alyne Torres, Lydia Durian Julius Roden
2011 Offense[2] suspense, thriller independent film Julius Roden Pictures Gracia de Vera Julius Roden
2012 Analysis Overload[3] romantic, comedy, drama independent film Julius Roden Pictures Philipp Dunkel, Beige Elorde Julius Roden
2012 The Pattern[4] progressive, new age, horror independent film Julius Roden Pictures Karlo Manalo, Khalid Gunting, Geraldine Tan Julius Roden
2017 Masayran Na (I Shall Know)[5] suspense, human drama, thriller independent film 8-Cinema short films Zy Ceniza, Dan Lopez Julius Roden
2018 Bana Unta (The Husband)[6] human drama, erotic independent film 8-Cinema short films Dan Lopez, Jolaica Amiana, Hanna Lumayag Julius Roden
2019 Takod (The Infection)[7] sci-fi, horror, action independent film 8-Cinema short films Maina Priya, Fernando Montalvo, Yazmin Paquera Julius Roden
2019 Takod: Samang Takna (The Infection) Scenario B[8] sci-fi, horror, action independent film 8-Cinema short films Dana Sanchez, Fernando Montalvo, Yazmin Paquera Julius Roden
2019 Takod: Magtutungha [9] sci-fi, horror, action independent film Cyflix Ayesshia, Jana Belmonte, Roger Zamora Julius Roden
2019 Pada'ng Kulas [10] suspense, action, comedy independent film 8-Cinema short films Divine Krisha, Natasha Omamalin, Xyryl, Alex Ilaya Julius Roden

Television

Free-to-air

Year Title Network Cast Director
2010 All About Adam Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation Migui Moreno, Philipp Dunkel, Karlo Manalo Julius Roden

Internet TV

Year Title Network Cast Director
2013 Shi no Kage (死の影, Shadow of Death)[11] World CyberVision Network Khalid Gunting, Marvelous Alejo Julius Roden
2013 "Angels" [12] World CyberVision Network Karlo Manalo, Philipp Dunkel Julius Roden
2014 "Ana Guada" [13] World CyberVision Network Jacqueline Sayson, Khalid Gunting Julius Roden
2015 "Puppy Love - PILOT" [14] World CyberVision Network Jacqueline Sayson, Kier Carlos, Karlo Manalo Julius Roden
2016 "Puppy Love - Supreme Girl and Prince Charming" [15] World CyberVision Network Xyryl, Savannah, Lester Marte Julius Roden
2017 "Puppy Love - More Than Words" [16] World CyberVision Network Khristine Lim, AJ Mendoza, Alex Ilaya Julius Roden
2018 "Puppy Love - Partners in Crime" [17] World CyberVision Network Maina Priya, James Robert Julius Roden
2018 "Puppy Love - Teenage High School Ninja Girls" [18] World CyberVision Network Dana Sanchez, Kate Sia, John Fernan Julius Roden
2018 "Puppy Love - Truth with Consequence" [19] World CyberVision Network Mares, Romer Ezekiel Julius Roden

Cybervision

Roden embraces internet television. He calls it cybervision from the words cyberspace and television.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (June 3, 2008). "Kasambahay premieres June 28 at UP Diliman". Philippine Entertainment Portal (in Tagalog).
  2. ↑ Studios, Pagilas (June 10, 2011). "Will Angeles playing against type/" (in Tagalog).
  3. ↑ Mijares, Jason (March 10, 2012). "Philipp Dunkel and Beige Elorde in the gravitational romantic film Analysis Overload" (in Tagalog).
  4. ↑ Mortel, Sasha (October 28, 2012). "The Pattern Brings A New Genre In The World Of Cinema" (in Tagalog).
  5. ↑ Garns, Nel (March 24, 2017). "Masayran Na (I Shall Know) on 8-CINEMA" (in Cebuano).
  6. ↑ Garns, Nel (September 16, 2018). "Bana Unta (The Husband) on 8-CINEMA" (in Cebuano).
  7. ↑ Garns, Nel (February 14, 2019). "Takod (The Infection) on 8-CINEMA" (in Cebuano).
  8. ↑ Garns, Nel (May 15, 2019). "Takod: Samang Takna (The Infection) Scenario B on 8-CINEMA" (in Cebuano).
  9. ↑ Garns, Nel (June 19, 2019). "Takod: Magtutungha on Cyflix" (in Cebuano).
  10. ↑ Garns, Nel (June 19, 2019). "Pada'ng Kulas on 8-CINEMA" (in Cebuano).
  11. ↑ Mortel, Sasha (February 29, 2012). "Khalid Gunting is Akihiro in the live action ITV series "Shi no Kage"". Pagilas.com. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  12. ↑ Mijares, Jason (August 2, 2012). "Karlo Manalo and Philipp Dunkel return via Angels". Pagilas.com. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  13. ↑ Garns, Nelly (May 14, 2015). "Jacqueline Sayson talks about Puppy Love". Pagilas.club. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  14. ↑ Garns, Nelly (May 20, 2015). "Kier Carlos as Bryan Yap in Puppy Love". Pagilas.club. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ World Cybervision Network (April 16, 2016). "Xyryl and Lester Marte in Puppy Love episode 1". youtube.com/PagilasWCN. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  16. ↑ World Cybervision Network (May 22, 2017). "Khristine Lim and AJ Mendoza in Puppy Love episode 2". youtube.com/PagilasWCN. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
  17. ↑ World Cybervision Network (June 13, 2018). "James Robert and Maina Priya for Puppy Love episode 3: Partners In Crime". youtube.com/PagilasWCN. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
  18. ↑ World Cybervision Network (December 9, 2018). "Dana Sanchez and John Fernan promising VisMin stars of Puppy Love all new episodes". youtube.com/PagilasWCN. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  19. ↑ World Cybervision Network (December 13, 2018). "Dana Sanchez and John Fernan promising VisMin stars of Puppy Love all new episodes". youtube.com/PagilasWCN. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
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