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.
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