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MANILA, Philippines ? The film of actor-producer-director Ace Cruz was named Best SciFi Picture of the Year at the 2009 Action On Film (AOF) International Film Festival in Pasadena, California.
AOF is one of the most progressive film festivals where hundreds of films, videos, and documentaries from around the world are shown, some in competition and others for exhibition.
The film entitled ?Outrage? is described as ?a white-knuckle thriller about the law of attraction, fate-changing decisions, and facing the past.? The movie stars Michael Madsen and Natasha Lyonne, with Ace himself, Michael Berryman (One Flew Over The Cuckoo?s Nest), and Derek Lee Nixon among the co-stars.
Ace?s other films which he himself produced, directed, and starred in are Last Chance (with Judy Ann Santos, Todd Bridges, and Jamie Bay), Asian Task Force (with Sunshine Cruz and Blain Tyler), Deadly Decisions (with Mandy Marcet), The Golem (with an all-star cast), Fate (with Michael Pare, Philip Michael Thomas, and Lee Majors) and Psychotic (with Kathleen Kinmont, Joe Estevez, and Sam Jones).
Ace?s films can be downloaded by next month through www.spiritfilmsllc.com or ace@spiritfilmsllc.com.
?Aside from watching the whole movie,? said Cruz, ?you can see the trailers of the other movies, with a bonus of behind-the-scene features.?
Born in Manila, Ace migrated to the US with his parents, Bing Herrera and Yolie Cruz, when Ace was three-years old. He was educated at IHM in Los Angeles (elementary) and LeConte Jr. High and John Marshall High School (for high school), and finished AB Fine Arts (major in Drama) at the University of Southern California. After graduation, Ace produced stage plays in which he also acted.
From 1991 to 1996, Ace shuttled between LA and Manila, where he did movies for Viva Films.
?After acting for 10 years,? said Ace, ?I decided to venture into directing and producing films. It took me four years to finish my first movie, Last Chance. I was learning on the job. I made it for $10,000. It was a great learning experience.?
For his next project in the US, he will start final preparations for Fight Quest.
