Alexandra Cuerdo (ULAM: MAIN DISH)

Alexandra Cuerdo

Cuerdo is a writer and director, recently named one of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women In the World by the Filipina Women's Network. Her feature directorial debut, ULAM: Main Dish is the first Filipino food documentary to achieve worldwide distribution. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, BuzzFeed, Vogue, TimeOut, Filmmaker Magazine, Eater and more. The Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold called Alexandra's film a "love letter" to Filipino food, and Stark Insider has crowned ULAM with "Four Stars — Smashing." She is based in Los Angeles and New York.

Watch the trailer to ULAM: MAIN DISH here!