Jhett Tolentino was born on December 28,1976 and is a Filipino film and theatre producer.
14 Facts About Jhett Tolentino
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Jhett Tolentino is known for being the second Philippine-born awardee of the Tony Award, behind Lea Salonga.
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In 2018, Tolentino was honored the Pamana ng Pilipino Award by the President of the Philippines for his non-profit work.
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Jhett Tolentino grew up in a severely impoverished area of Barangay Calumpang, Molo, Iloilo City, which was a few meters across the shore of the Iloilo Strait.
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Jhett Tolentino entered the Basic Education Unit of University of Iloilo as a high school freshman and took up his secondary education from 1989 to 1993.
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Jhett Tolentino was awarded scholarship grants from high school to college by the organization.
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Jhett Tolentino wanted to pursue a tourism degree but decided to study accounting at the University of Iloilo due to the lack of course offerings in the region.
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Jhett Tolentino obtained his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy degree from the university in March 1997.
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Jhett Tolentino worked at Mercantile Credit Resource Corporation from 1997 to 2002.
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Jhett Tolentino moonlighted in multinational Hong Kong-based companies from 1999 to 2001: as internal auditor for JP Capital Partners Ltd.
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Jhett Tolentino received a certificate in Nursing Assistance from the American Medical Career Training Center in Jamaica, New York in December 2005.
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Jhett Tolentino worked as a nursing assistant in 2006, and when the market crashed as part of the 2008 recession, he worked in the healthcare industry full-time.
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In February 2016, Jhett Tolentino was given recognition by the government of the Philippines through the National Commission for Culture and the Arts-Ani ng Dangal for giving international recognition to the Philippines; and was among The Outstanding Young Men and Women of the Philippines who were awarded the same year by President Rodrigo Duterte at Malacanang Palace in December of the same year.
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In 2019 Jhett Tolentino won Best Short Documentary at the NVIFF Awards in Amsterdam.