汉娜·埃斯皮亚，Transit director Hannah Espia was born in Manila in 1987 and started making films when she was only 15 years old. After graduating from the University of the Philippines Film Institute in 2012, her thesis film Ruweda (Wheel), won the Audience Choice Award at the 8th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival and went on to compete in several international short film festivals. Espia also attended the Talent Campus Tokyo and Berlinale Talent Campus in 2012 and 2013 respectively, both programs as director-editor.