The Producers

John La Raw - Director

John La Raw is a Myanmar citizen, a Catholic Priest, a radio broadcaster, a writer and a filmmaker. He was born on March 10, 1974. He got BA in English and Theology, and earned MSC in Development Communication at the University of the Philippines Los Banos and Master of Fine Art in filmmaking, directing major (MFA) at Chung Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.

He worked 6 years as a coordinator, broadcaster, and scriptwriter of Kachin program at the Radio Veritas Asia, Manila, Philippines. He co-authored and published 2 books based on radio programs.

As a filmmaker, he wrote, directed and produced four religious and cultural feature videos in Myanmar. At Chung Ang University, he wrote, directed and produced one short film, “The Confession” as a student film, which was selected at eleven International Film Festivals and won five awards including "Best short film" at Mirabile dicto international catholic film festival, Rome, Italy. He wrote, directed and produced “The Opium War’ documentary film which was screened in several International Film Festivals. He recently released his first commercial feature film titled “Ma Ma” in Myanmar.