Coreen Jimenez

Monster Jimenez is a filmmaker and a Managing Partner of THIS SIDE UP, a content creation house that develops stories for advertising and entertainment. She is concurrently running Arkeofilms, an affiliate company that produces independent films.

She is one of the founding members of FilDocs (Filipino Documentary Society), an organization dedicated to elevate and promote documentaries in the Philippines. Their first major project is mounting Daang Dokyu, a documentary festival to celebrate 100 years of doc filmmaking in the country.

Her notable producing credits include Respeto (2017), Apocalypse Child (2015) and a documentary she directed, Kano: An American and His Harem (2010)—critically acclaimed films that have gone all over the world and continue to be sold in various territories. She has sat in several local and international juries for grants and film festivals.

She just wrapped STILL: a musical narrative series which is a co-production with Viu and This Side Up. She just premiered an absurd drama entitled Leonor Will Never Die (dir. Martika Escobar) which won  at the Sundance World Dramatic Competition 2022 for a Jury Award for Spirit of Innovation.