RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (RISD)
Alec Figuracion (b. 1992) is a filmmaker and graphic designer born and raised in the Philippines, where he studied and practiced filmmaking. His second feature-length film, The Eternity Between Seconds, which he wrote, directed and edited, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Sound at the CineFilipino Film Festival 2018. The film was also screened in the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2019, and Cape Town Film Market & Festival in 2018, where it won Best Screenplay. Currently, Alec is based in Providence, RI, where he is pursuing an MFA in Graphic Design at RISD. Here, he hopes to reconcile the many ways he wishes to tell and share stories, and strives to better situate himself as a storyteller, a visual thinker and an individual keeping up with a turbulent world.
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL INSPIRED?
A good film, a good book, good music and simply the stories we tell ourselves and each other.
WHAT AREA OR AREAS OF DESIGN ARE YOU HOPING TO WORK IN OR SPECIALIZE IN?
I quite enjoy working on identities and I am decent in motion. It would be incredible to land somewhere at the intersection of film and graphic design.
DO YOU CURRENTLY, OR DO YOU PLAN TO, DESIGN FOR ANY CAUSES OR CHARITIES?
I used to make work for NGOs in my filmmaking practice, so I am very much open to the idea.
DO YOU FEEL THAT DESIGN SCHOOL HAS PREPARED YOU TO SEARCH FOR AND FIND A JOB?
Design school has definitely honed my skills and provided me with resources and design literacy I wouldn’t otherwise have access to, so I think I am as prepared as I will ever be for life outside of it!
