Theodore Boborol

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Capistrano and the surname or paternal family name is Boborol.

Theodore Capistrano Boborol (born December 19, 1979) is a Filipino film and television director who started as a creative researcher for Star Cinema in 2000. Boborol made his directorial debut with the teen romantic comedy-drama film Just the Way You Are (2015). He rose to prominence for directing his second feature film, Vince and Kath and James (2016), which was a commercial and critical success.^[2] His third film Finally Found Someone, is one of the highest-grossing films of 2017 in the Philippines.^[3]

Theodore Boborol
Boborol in April 2025
Born	Theodore Capistrano Boborol (1979-12-19) December 19, 1979 (age 45) Dapitan, Philippines
Other names	Ted Boborol
Education	Silliman University High School
Alma mater	University of the Philippines Diliman, Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center[1]
Occupation(s)	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	2000–present
Known for	Iska Finally Found Someone Vince and Kath and James Just the Way You Are Be My Lady Angelito: Batang Ama

Boborol is also the director of the first queer dating reality series in the Philippines, Sparks Camp (2023),^[4] and the award-winning independent film Iska (2019).^[5]

Early life

Theodore Capistrano Boborol was born in Dapitan, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines.^{[citation needed]} His mother, Zenaida Capistrano Boborol, was a public school teacher, and his father, Tomas Adaza Boborol, was a retired government employee.^{[citation needed]}

Boborol finished high school at Silliman University High School and graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines-Diliman with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. He took a film directing course under National Artist for Film Marilou Diaz-Abaya as a scholar of Star Cinema.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Boborol directed many teleseryes for ABS-CBN, including Angelito: Batang Ama (2012), the hit remake of Annaliza (2013), and Be My Lady (2015), which was awarded Best Drama Series during the 38th Catholic Mass Media Awards.^[6] Boborol was also the national winner in the Philippines for Best Direction at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018 for his work in the soap opera Araw Gabi (2018).^[7]

He directed the hit drama series Ang Mutya ng Section E.^[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Associated Film Outfit	Lead Stars	Notes
2015	Just The Way You Are	Star Cinema	Enrique Gil, Liza Soberano[9]
2016	Vince and Kath and James	Star Cinema	Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia, Ronnie Alonte[10][11][12]	2016 Metro Manila Film Festival Children's Choice Award (Winner) [13]
2017	Finally Found Someone	Star Cinema, VIVA Films	Sarah Geronimo, John Lloyd Cruz, Christian Bables[14][15]
2019	Iska	Firestarters Productions, Uncle Scott Global Productions, Central Digital Lab, Cinemalaya Film Foundation	Ruby Ruiz	2019 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival
2020	James & Pat & Dave	Star Cinema	Ronnie Alonte, Loisa Andalio and Donny Pangilinan
2022	Connected	Star Magic Studios	Kobie Brown, Andi Abaya, Ralph Malibunas, Gail Banawis, Chico Alicaya, Amanda Zamora and Richard Juan
2022	The Entitled		Alex Gonzaga, JC de Vera and Ara Mina

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010-2011	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: “Kristine”	Director	53 episodes
2011	Mana Po	Director	30 episodes
	Good Vibes	Director	22 episodes
2011-2012	Angelito: Batang Ama	Director	108 episodes
2012	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: “Hiyas”	Director	34 episodes
	Oka2kat	Director	3 episodes
	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: “Pintada”	Director	13 episodes
	Angelito: Ang Bagong Yugto	Director	110 episodes
2013	Be Careful With My Heart	Director	71 episodes 27th PMPC Star Awards for TV Best Daytime Drama Series
	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Bahay"	Director	Aired February 2013
	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Krus"	Director	Aired March 2013
	Annaliza	Director
2014	It's Showtime Lenten Special: “Charlie Fry Story”	Director	Aired April 2014
	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Panyo"	Director	Aired May 2014
	Ipaglaban Mo!, "Nang Dahil Sa Utang"	Director	Aired July 2014
	Forevermore	Second Unit Director
	Ipaglaban Mo!, "Nasa Maling Landas"	Director	Aired January 2015
2015	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Picture"	Director	Aired July 2015
	Ipaglaban Mo!, "Pagmamahalang Hinadlangan"	Director	Aired August 2015
2016	Be My Lady	Director	2016 Catholic Mass Media Award for Best Drama Series/Program[16]
2017	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Red Watch"	Director	Aired February 11, 2017
	Ipaglaban Mo!, "Laro"	Director	Aired February 18, 2017
	Ipaglaban Mo!, "Groufie"	Director	Aired October 14, 2017
	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Kidney"	Director	Aired December 9, 2017
2018	Precious Hearts Romances Presents: “Araw Gabi”	Director
2019	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Journal"	Director	Aired January 12, 2019
	Taiwan That You Love	Director
	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Salamin"	Director	Aired November 9, 2019
2020	Make It with You	Director
2021	Hoy, Love You!	Director
2023	The Rain In España	Director
2025	Maalala Mo Kaya: "Apoy"	Director	Aired April 24, 2025
	Ang Mutya ng Section E	Director
Ghosting	Director

Digital Series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Sparks Camp	Director

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Year	Title	Result
Asian Academy Creative Awards (AAA's 2018)	National Winner (Philippines): Best Direction (Fiction)	2018	Araw Gabi	Won [17]

See also

• ABS-CBN
• Star Cinema