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Quark Henares is a multi-awarded filmmaker known for writing and directing films such as My Candidate, Rakenrol and Keka. He also created the cult TV series Rakista and has helmed music videos for various artists.
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Quark Henares is Esquire’s Creative of the Year. Celebrated filmmaker and producer Quark Henares Quark’s new position in Amazon Studios places him squarely in a corner office of the Asian...
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Nov 25, 2022 · Meet Esquire's Creative of the Year, Quark Henares. Anyone who's made a film—good or bad—will tell you: making a movie is a struggle and a journey. But in the streaming age, conflated by the pandemic years, the movie itself has taken a journey all on its own.
Quark Henares is a Filipino filmmaker, musician, journalist and entrepreneur. He has directed films such as My Candidate, Rakenrol and Keka, and created the TV series Rakista. He is also the head of Originals, Philippines, for Amazon Studios.
- Itim (1976) The Story: The film tells the story of a girl who dies tragically and becomes a ghost. Of course, she comes back to haunt the living by, among other things, causing her sister Teresa (Charo Santos) to sleepwalk.
- Vampira (1994) The Story: Long before the Bella-Edward phenomenon ever existed, Paz (Maricel Soriano) and Arman (Christopher de Leon) were the "it" vampire-and-human couple of the 90s.
- Bakasyon (2004) The Story: Raya Martin's award-winning short film Bakasyon is about a young girl who goes to the province to take care of her grandma, where she discovers strange and mysterious things about her lola's identity.
- Sigaw (2004) The Story: There's no getting over that scene where Richard Guttierez is backed into a corner by a little girl crawling rapidly towards him, Sadako-style (The Ring).
Jun 3, 2021 · Quark Henares, writer, director, producer, and head of Globe Studios sat down with Esquire Philippines in this two-part 5 Shots interview. Watch below: Part 1: Quark Henares on Geeking Out With Quentin Tarantino, His Favorite Work, and Meeting His Wife.
For the ‘On the Job: The Missing 8’ producer, simply watching a movie at the cinema was a revelation in and of itself, more so at the Venice Film Festival where their film received a 5-minute standing ovation
