Biography

Rod Marmol is a film and TV director, screenwriter and a best-selling author of stories that warm & warn the heart ("kumukurot sa puso at sa singit").

He's the director-writer of the movies "Cuddle Weather" (2018) which ranked on Netflix' Top 10 Charts (Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam) and "The Cheating Game" (2023) which topped the Netflix' Top 10 Charts (Philippines, UAE, Qatar) for more than half a month; the Cinefilipino movie "Mata Tapang" (2017), and TV5's romcom series "Stay-in Love" (2020) both streaming on CignalPlay; and the 2024 movie "How to Slay a Nepo Baby". His latest directorial project is the high-rating primetime series "Slay" airing on GMA and VIU.

He's the writer of the BL series "Quaranthings", the head writer of the drama series "I Got You", and co-writer of PPP film "Pinay Beauty", and three MMFF films "Magikland", "Mang Kepweng", "Super Parental Guardians", among others.

He has directed branded content for Oppo, Mang Inasal, GOMO, and wrote commercials for the biggest brands in the country. He's a workshopper of Ricky Lee, National Artist for Film; and a member of the Directors' Guild of the Philippines. He represented the country at a young advertising creative competition in Singapore in 2015.

In his spare time he writes poetry and hugots on his Facebook page with around half a million followers.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jackie Lucero

I joined the pageant, once again. I sashayed in unchartered territories. I donned layers of skin, thick enough to withstand prejudice from critics, industry people and myself. I wore bigger shoes with higher heels, put on tear-proof makeup, and flashed a smile not because I knew I was going to win, but because I knew that no matter how many times I'd lose, no unclaimed crown, sash or title could make me doubt again my own success-story-in-the-making.