Valerie Castillo Martinez is a Filipina American filmmaker who founded her company IndieFlip, to make films that deal with underrepresented subjects, cross-cultural themes and flipping the usual narratives. Her emphasis in innovative storytelling, creative collaboration and international co-productions has led to some of her films' successes. Her shorts have played in Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Busan and SXSW and have won numerous awards worldwide.
Her first feature film as writer and producer Death of Nintendo (Mubi) world premiered in Berlinale Generation in 2020. It won a Special Jury Award in Screenwriting at LAAPF and a YCC Award for Best Film.

She is Project Involve Fellow, a Berlinale Talent, and a participant of the Vilcek Foundation's New American Perspectives program. She is also a screenwriting professor at USC and Columbia University. She has an MBA from Wilmington University, an MFA from Columbia University, and is a US Air Force veteran.