Diane Paragas is a Filipino-American documentary and narrative film and commercial director.

[2][3] Yellow Rose won Grand Jury Prizes at LAAPFF,[4][5] Bentonville Film Festival,[6] CAAMFEST37,[7] and Urbanworld[8] where it also took the Audience Award.

[9][10] Her 2011 documentary film Brooklyn Boheme[11] was about the African Arts movement[12] that documented the careers of Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Branford Marsalis, and Rosie Perez, and more.

[16][17][18] Paragas co-directed the film with Nelson George as well as serving as a producer, editor and cinematographer.

[21] In March 2021, the Philippine Consulate General honored Diane Paragas with a Distinguished Filipino Women in New York award.