Born in the Philippines and raised in the US, Francisco Aliwalas attended the Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY) majoring in film and television. His senior thesis short, “Imagination Airlines,” was distributed on USA Network and London’s Childrens Channel. His feature film, “Disoriented,” which he wrote, directed and starred in, has been presented in over one dozen film festivals, received the Jean Renoir Storytelling on Film Award at the Huntington Film Festival and is currently experiencing a limited theatrical run.