Aubrey "Aub" Pandori is a mixed Filipino, trans filmmaker, community archivist, & musician based in Oakland, CA. Their work is rooted in experimentation, cultural resistance, and the documentation of queer and underground communities. They hold a BA in Cinema at San Francisco State University, with a focus in experimental documentary and Race & Resistance studies.
They received the award for Best Director for their documentary film, At Home (2025), at the 65th annual SFSU Film Finals Festival. They are also credited as a Production Assistant for Courtney Desiree Morris' Oñí Ocan (2023) presented at Yerba Buena Center of the Arts, Bay Area Now 9.
Aub has worked as an event videographer & editor, providing access to artist panels & processes for Bloom Collective, along with ongoing educational panels, performances, celebrations, & oral history projects at EastSide Cultural Center. They are the community archivist for EastSide Arts Alliance, caring for a collection of archival materials that reflect the legacy and importance of social political movements, & communities of color across the SF Bay Area from the 1960s to present. Their archival & curatorial work extends to exhibitions like Sister Hold On: Reclaiming Third World Lesbian Imaginaries (2024), Bandung to the Bay (2023 & 2024) featured at Oakland Asian Cultural Center, & other public programming.
"My right to be me is tied with a thousand threads to your right to be you" - Leslie Feinberg