User:Alternativity/sandbox/Jordan Clark (filmmaker)

Jordan Clark is a Canadian writer and filmmaker best known for his 2011 film The Aswang Phenomenon, and for The Aswang Project, a website he first created in 2006 while doing research for the film, as a research resource for those interest in Philippine mythology and folklore. His other films include Bangkok Girl (2005, also known as "Falang: Behind Bangkok's Smile"), Somnius (2013), and Nighthawks (2012). In 2021, The Aswang Project also published a dual-launguage (Spanish and English) edition of Ferdinand Blumentritt's Diccionario Mitológico De Filipinas (Dictionary of Philippine Mythology), with Clark as the editor, working with Ralph Angelo B. Reyes as Illustrator.

Bangkok Girl
Clark first travelled to Southeast Asia as a tourist in 2000, visiting Bangkok and the Philippines. It was while traveling as a tourist that he first met and struck a friendship with a young Thai woman named Pla on Sukhumvit road. Fascinated by Pla's story, Clark received permission to make a documentary of her life. The documentary short was filmed in 2002, and after Clark founded High Banks Entertainment in 2003, it aired on Canada's CBC Television in November 2005.

Aswang: A Journey Into Myth
After the success of the Bangkok Girl documentary, Clark next wanted to make a horror film. Wanting the film to feature a foreign monster, he became interested in the Philippine mythological creature known as the Aswang, which which featured in the 1994 Sundance Film Festival film Aswang.

After doing research on the subject, he created an improvised docu-drama titled "Aswang: A Journey Into Myth," starring debut actress Janice Santos Valdez and featuring an original song by prominent Philippine singer-songwriter Kitchie Nadal.

However, Clark has expressed dissatisfaction about the limited exploration "A Journey Into Myth" could do on the subject, prompting him to create web series on the topic after the docu-drama was released.

Personal life
Clark describes himself on the AswangProject website as "a Canadian born descendant of Scottish settlers."