Marissa Aroy is an Emmy Award-winning director, best known for her work in the United States. She received a News and Documentary Emmy Award[1] for the documentary, Sikhs in America, and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Historical Programming for The Delano Manongs: Forgotten Heroes of the United Farm Workers.
A Fulbright Scholar, Aroy was listed as one of the "Notable Asian Americans in Entertainment" by the Center for Asian American Media and cited by BuzzFeed as one of the "Legendary Filipino Americans in the US".[2] She was the Asian Centennial Distinguished Film Fellow in Residence[3] at The College of William and Mary where she also received the Hatsuye Yamasaki Award for Asian American Visionary Leadership.
“I want someone to see our brown faces on the screen and feel proud of who we are as a people,” she said. “To see all the challenges we’re faced with in the world and to know that there are Filipinos who speak up, who fight for justice, who are heard and who are seen," she said in an article titled, "Director's Chair: The documentary filmmaker Marissa Aroy ’95 has already won an Emmy. Now she’s at work on an upcoming Smithsonian exhibit." [4]
- ^ "An Emmy Goes to "Sikhs in America" documentary". SikhNet. 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ Tan, Avianne (31 October 2015). "Lea Salonga And 33 Other Epic Filipino-Americans Got Together For A Big Family Photo". www.buzzfeed.com.
- ^ https://www.wm.edu/sites/apmproject/asiancentennial/fellows/marissa-aroy.php
- ^ [https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/sites/bc-magazine/fall-2024-issue/linden-lane/director-s-chair.html