Juan Paolo Aquino

Juan Paolo "Jaypee" Aquino is a Filipino TV director and photographer. He has been producing and directing for Philippine TV for more than a decade.

A graduate of the London Film School, Aquino lived in London during his college years and worked in a number of international film productions before going back to Manila. Some of his short films were exhibited in a number of major film festivals throughout Europe.

Career In early 2000, Aquino was assigned to direct travel documentaries for a Filipino International Channel. He then started producing for mainstream TV in 2001, one of which was for Digital Tour—now considered the longest running magazine show on technology in the Philippines. He also directed a diversity of local magazine shows for TV - Kiss The Cook with Ryan Agoncillo, The Good Life with Cory Quirino, Chef's On The Go with Mark Gil and Hanap Buhay Overseas with Angelique Lazo.

He also started his own personal project and tried his knack for photography. He spent more than five months travelling around Southeast Asia, China, and South America to document the wealth of cultures from the different countries in the region. Emotional Core was the name of the project. Some of his works have also been selected to be a part of the European Exhibit Project.

He directed the daily showbiz talk show Juicy!, and the social media music show SPINNation which aired on TV5.

Filmography Year Title Position Company 2000 Balikbayan Trail Director Lakbay TV 2003 The Cory Quirino Show Director Studio 23 2004 The Good Life Director Studio 23 2005 Kiss The Cook Director Lifestyle Network 2008 Juicy! Director TV5 2009 Dare Duo Executive Producer QTV 2010 I Laugh Sabado Executive Producer QTV 2011 Sarap at Home Executive Producer GMA News TV 2012 Ang Latest Headwriter TV5 2012 Artista Academy Headwriter TV5 2013 Spinnation Director TV5 2013 Showbiz Police Headwriter TV5 2014 Talentadong Pinoy 2014 Headwriter TV5 2015 Showbiz Konek na Konek Headwriter TV5