Francis Xavier Pasion was born in Manila in 1978. Graduated Cum Laude, Major in Communication at the Ateneo de Manila, where he founded the first film organization in the university: the Loyola Film Circle. He is currently teaching at university.
His debut feature, JAY, has been selected in more than 30 international film festivals. His second, Sampaguita National Flower, won the Special Jury Prize at Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and has been selected in New Currents Section at Pusan International Film Festival and Berlin’s Generation section in 2015.