# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/auraeus-solito
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:40.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/auraeus-solito"
name: "Auraeus Solito"
slug: "auraeus-solito"
description: "Auraeus Solito, also known as Kanakan-Balintagos, is a Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palaw'an tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal land of South Palawan. He was born in Manila and, after graduating from the Philippine Science High School, studied theater at the University of the Philippines, where he received a degree in Theater Arts. One of the leading independent filmmakers in the Philippines, he was chosen as part of in Take 100, The Future of Film in 2010. This book, published by Phaidon Press, New York, is a survey featuring 100 emerging film directors from around the world who have been selected by 10 internationally prominent film festival directors."
tagline: "Filipino film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Teddy_Award_2006_Auraeus_Solito_2.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             6.991525423728814
  historical:           5.481102666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2039919/"
    handle:    "nm2039919"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraeus_Solito"
    title: "Auraeus Solito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "اورايوس سوليتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraeus_Solito"
    title: "Auraeus Solito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraeus_Solito"
    title: "Auraeus Solito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraeus_Solito"
    title: "Auraeus Solito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q774398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1050912"
    title: "Kanakan-Balintagos"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump