Marvin Jay Alvarez grew up in Metro Manila, Philippines, moving to the UK, specifically London in 1999 at 10 years old.

Humbly making his first moves in the tape rooms of broadcast at establishments such as MTV, Sky, Channel 4, he then pivoted into the cutting room and became a talented editor which eventually led him to land a serendipitous role in advertising. There he learned and earned, garnering vital knowledge during Grey London’s golden years.

In 2019 he was lead editor of the hugely successful short Serious Tingz directed by Abdou Cisse which performed extremely well at the Shiny Awards, and was also Best Short nominee at the prestigious BIFA awards in 2019 - as well as garnering success in numerous film festivals. He was also the editor of “Mandem” by John Ogunmuyiwa which also received a Best Short nomination at BIFA 2020.

He has worked with brands such as Adidas, Gucci, Vogue, BBC, Somerset House, Tate, Sony Music, Wireless Festival, GRM and across 2 of London’s leading global agencies, Grey and McCann during a 7 year period.

As well as being a master storyteller, he also moonlights as a member of Kurupt FM from the hugely successful show “People Just Do Nothing” and is one of the key creators of online sensation “Chicken Shop Dates"

Further to this he has directed global commercials for Premier League and FIFA World Cup and continues to cut his teeth in the role of a director.