He has presented papers on Lino Brocka in various conferences and has written on Philippine cinema in various journals. He also authored “Philippines, Migration, 1948 to Present” (2013) in The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration (Wiley-Blackwell), edited by Immanuel Ness. Joni Gutierrez holds a master’s degree in film and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of the Philippines-Diliman. He is also a filmmaker – portfolio website: www.jonigutierrez.com.