Kiersten Villanueva is a Filipino American independent filmmaker based between the Bay Area and Los Angeles, and is the founder of Tribu Tales and Head of Film/TV/New Media at Empowerhouse. He has written and directed over a dozen character-driven films centering the Filipino American community and experience. Beyond writing and directing, Kiersten has 10+ years of experience creatively collaborating on and off set and wearing many hats — from editing, assistant directing, and producing — to industry assistance roles, including James Wan’s Atomic Monster, Trevor Noah’s Day Zero Productions, CBS show So Help Me Todd, and AMC shows Mayfair Witches and Talamasca.