biography

Derek Benig-Aiello is a Filipinx American writer/director based in Los Angeles. His short film Sinigang toured the Asian American Film Festival scene playing at the 2022 DisOrient, LAAPFF, HAAPIFEST, SDFFF and DCAPA Film Festivals. He is a graduate of Emerson College. Currently he is working on his next short, while working on producing Puberty for Humans with Wester Demandante, Justin Ricafort and Zach Zahorik.