Jim Lumbera and Joey Singh are two filmmakers from the Philippines who now collaborate as a duo in creating and exploring lens-based works. Their first project is The Black Dog Which Causes Cholera — the return of a ghost from the vernacular of Philippine history. 

Jim Jasper Lumbera (b. 1986) is a cinematographer and artist who worked with prominent Filipino filmmakers such as Sherad Anthony Sanchez, John Torres, and Raya Martin. His childhood was spent in a community by the Taal Lake, and his memories of living near the Taal volcano continue to influence and haunt his works to this day. Time, language, and myth are the subjects that his works usually explore, exhaust, and examine. From his short "Class Picture" to his feature, "Anak Araw" (Albino, 2012)—all shot entirely on film; his works negotiate his roles as a filmmaker, visual artist, ethnographer, and archivist. In 2012, he received the Ani ng Dangal National Award for Cinema from the President of the Philippines. Lumbera received his degree in Mass Communication from the Far Eastern University and presented his films at the Museum of Moving Image (New York), Hors Pistes (Tokyo), UP Jorge Vargas Museum (Manila), the Asia Culture Centre (Gwangju), and at Documenta 14 (Athens and Kassel).

Joey Alexis Singh (b. 1993) started her career while completing her degree in filmmaking at the University of the Philippines Film Institute. She was first introduced to costume design and later ventured to assistant directing for several independent and mainstream films. In 2019, Singh met Lumbera in a television entertainment production. In 2020, Singh started working with Lumbera on The Black Dog Which Causes Cholera project and produced the processing of 7,000 images for the print and video installation at the Asia Culture Center in Korea, preluding Singh and Lumbera’s creative and collaborative relationship. Singh and Lumbera currently work as a duo: documenting the Taal Volcano; and in investigating and translating The Black Dog Which Causes Cholera in multiple contemporary art forms, including photography and community-based research.