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"This TV commercial from the UP
Alumni Association was made by my nephew,
Lyle Sacris.
It won the gold in the Diwa advertising awards public service category."
... Gemma Nemenzo, Mar 17, 2009
[*Web note: Gemma is a long-time friend of the
Betans and is the managing editor of Filipinas Magazine.]
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About Lyle
By James Madduma 94B
If there was
any resident Beta Sigman in UP Diliman who exuded non-conformity back in
the 90's, it would be none other than Lyle Sacris (94B). He was the
anti-thesis of the typical, norm-complying students. He was a character of
his own.
I met him when I was a neophyte back in Summer of '94. Of nine applicants,
six of us survived. Among my batchmates, he and probably, Jayvee Camacho,
were very "different-looking" -- pierced ears and noses, chains,
Mohawk-hairstyles and punk/grunge get-ups. The rest of the 94 B Sui
Generis (James Madduma, JerryBongco, Alan Montecastro, Gerald Maceda)
though, were good-looking Catholic boys. (In fact, Raffy Hidalgo '86 once
said with some trace of envy and pride that: "Guma-gwapo na ang mgaTabets,
ah.") He he he! Nevertheless, we stood up for unity and diversity in front
of our masters.
Like many of the brods, Lyle started with a difficult, quota course in
Chemistry. Not that he was academically unsuited for the College of
Science, but he had too many talents to fit in that field. He was, after
all, an honor student back in Claret High School. Lyle's one strength is
putting words into a well thought-of yet delightful cadence -- without
doubt, he is a good writer. He is also a bassist for a band that played
gigs in many of Metro Manila's bistros and his group is a regular in the
Fraternity's Harana Sa Dorm activity in the 90's.
As fate would have it, he was eventually led into the College of Mass
Communication. He then studied Filming where his creativity was neither
bound to test tubes nor flasks. From there, he found his passion in the
celluloid world.
He has won the Best Director awards in the NU Rock 2000 and the MTV
Pilipinas 2001. While still a student, he garnered a first prize and an
honorable mention in the 2000 Gawad CCP for Alternative Films and Videos.
Note: Lyle was the 2nd Vice GP of the UP Beta Sigma Fraternity in 1997.
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