Pasion is a Cum Laude graduate of Major in Communication at the
Ateneo de Manila University, where he founded the Loyola Film Circle in 1997, now the premier film organization of the university. He occasionally acts as a professor on independent films at the same university.
Film Pasion started his career as a designer's apprentice for director
Marilou Diaz-Abaya in the film
Muro Ami in 1999, until he became a scriptwriter for movies Crying Ladies, Volta, and script consultant for Feng Shui, Milan. In 2008, Pasion started as a film director with his first feature film "Jay" (as director and writer) which won multiple awards including Best Film, Best Actor (for
Baron Geisler, Best Editing, and the Balanghai Trophy in the
Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The film also premiered in the Orizzonti section of the
Venice International Film Festival, including the Special Mention award (New Visions category) in the 5th
Bahamas International Film Festival. "Jay" is a film based on a story of a television documentary producer who documented the murder case of a gay school teacher, and starred by Geisler and
Coco Martin. In 2010, his second film, "Sampaguita, National Flower" was also won the Special Jury Prize in the Cinemalaya's New Breed category, The following year, Bwaya won the prestigious
Tokyo Filmex award and Cyclo D' Or (Golden Rickshaw) award from the Vesoul International Film Fest of Asian Cinema, held in
France. Bwaya also competed in the 9th Five Flavors Film Festival held in
Warsaw,
Poland in November 2015. Bwaya is a story of a mother who looked for her daughter that have killed by a giant deadly crocodile in the
Agusan Marsh in
Mindanao.
Television Pasion started his career in television as a headwriter and producer of ABS-CBN's public service-drama program
Nagmamahal, Kapamilya in 2006, and writer for drama anthology
Maalaala Mo Kaya. Among his notable
ABS-CBN teleseryes that he directed are
Sabel,
My Binondo Girl,
Kahit Konting Pagtingin,
Princess and I,
My Little Juan,
Dyesebel, and
Nathaniel. His last television project was
On the Wings of Love, starred by
James Reid and
Nadine Lustre, collectively known as "JaDine", which ended on February 26, 2016, 9 days before his death. ==Filmography==