Maria Diane Ventura is a Filipino-American filmmaker. She is known for her documentary film ' and feature Your Color (Deine Farbe).
Ventura was born in Manila, Philippines. She pursued filmmaking, attending a film class at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and studying at the London Film Academy. She founded DVent Productions, a New York-based multimedia company focused on music videos, films, and concerts.
Ventura began her filmmaking career with the 2011 short film TheRapist, starring Cherie Gil and Marco Morales, which premiered at the Cinemanila International Film Festival and depicts a psychologist assessing an accused rapist. Her feature film debut, Awaken (Mulat) (2014), is a romantic drama starring Jake Cuenca and Loren Burgos about a young woman's self-discovery, released on platforms like iflix and Amazon Prime. Her first international film, Your Color (Deine Farbe) (2019), is a socio-political drama and coming-of-age story starring Jannik Schümann and Nyamandi Adrian about two childhood friends in Berlin and Barcelona, filmed in Germany and Spain, which premiered at the Hof International Film Festival.
Ventura produced the Eraserheadsâ âÂÂHuling El Bimboâ reunion concert in 2022, which drew over 75,000 attendees, and released ', a documentary about the bandâÂÂs journey to that concert, which had its U.S. premiere at the San Diego Comic-Con and screened at the Hawaiûi International Film Festival before its theatrical release through Warner Bros. in 2025.
Ventura was married to Filipino rock musician Ely Buendia, formerly of the Eraserheads.