Philippine Showbiz Today
January 8 - 21, 2018
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
Fil-Am animator Gini Cruz
gets Golden Globe for Coco
As part of those who created
one of Pixar’s latest films, “Coco,”
Filipino Pixar supervising anima-
tor Gini Cruz Santos is also co-re-
cipient of the 2018 Golden Globe
for Best Animation Motion Picture
that went to “Coco.”
“Coco” is the first Pixar film
centered on a Mexican cultural
festival. It bested other animat-
ed films in the Golden Globes,
namely, “The Boss Baby,” “Fer-
dinand,” “Loving Vincent,” and
“The Breadwinner.”
In a previous interview with
Philstar.com, Santos said it took
them about six years to create
“Coco” as they have to travel back and forth to Mexico for intensive
research.
“The Mexican culture, they
kind of share our dynamic a little
bit as family. For me, I was excited
because I felt like all our research
in the dynamic of our acting and
just kind of a how the Mexican
family relates to each other feels
Filipino,” Santos told a group of
journalists during the roundtable
interview last year in Manila.
A native of Pasay City and a
graduate of the University of San-
to Tomas in Manila, Santos is also
among those behind Disney’s
“Brave” and Dory in “Finding
Nemo.” ●
Filipino-American composer
Robert Lopez and his wife, Kiris-
ten Anderson-Lopez, were also
nominated in the 2018 Golden
Globes for their composition,
“Remember Me,” “Coco’s” theme
song, nominated for Best Origi-
nal Song.
In 2014, the couple won the
Best Original Song award for their
hit composition “Let it Go,” from
the acclaimed 2013 animated
film “Frozen.”
The latest Filipinos to make
it to the list of Golden Globe win-
ners is animation writer Ronnie
del Carmen, whose work in Pix-
ar’s “Inside Out” bore fruit when
the motion picture won the Best
Animated Film Feature award in
2016.
Another Golden Globes win-
ner with a Filipino as driving force
is the hit Disney film “Zootopia,”
which was declared Best Animat-
ed Feature at the 2017 Golden
Globes.
Josie Trinidad, co-head of
“Zootopia,” is a second genera-
tion Fil-Am. Her mom was born
and raised in Canlubang, Lagu-
na; her dad in San Juan, Manila.
Josie’s maternal grandparents
hail from Ilocos, San Juan and La Union.
Josie said it helps a lot that
her Filipino ancestors taught her
to value the family, because this
has become her wellspring of
(emotional) support.
Twenty one year old Fil-Am
singer-actress Hailee Steinfeld,
meanwhile, was nominated for
Best Performance in a Motion Pic-
ture - Musical or Comedy for the
film “The Edge of Seventeen” at
the 2017 Golden Globes.
Steinfeld is one-eighth Fili-
pina. Her maternal grandfather
was half Filipino and half African-
American. Steinfeld also stands
out in the music scene, where her
single, “Starving,” placed 12th at
the Billboard Hot 100 chart. An-
other song, “Let Me Go,” reached
number 21 on the Mainstream
Top 40 chart in the US.
The annual Golden Globes
is yet another proof that Filipi-
nos can stand head and shoul-
ders above other filmmakers from
around the word. Filipinos may
not have the First World technol-
ogy of their Hollywood, European
and Japanese counterparts. But
they more than make up for this
lack of resources with their talent
and knack for making do. ●
Pinoys at the Globes
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