Jose "Joey" Javier Reyes is a Filipino writer, director, miscellaneous crew, and actor. He has won awards at the Gawad Urian, Metro Manila Film Festival, and Filipino Star Awards for Movies for his films, which include Pahiram Ng Isang Umaga, Batang PX, and Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo.

Joey Reyes graduated from De La Salle University in Manila, the Philippines from the College of Liberal Arts. During his stay as an undergraduate, he was already a director and writer for the university's theatre guild - Harlequin Theatre Guild. Reyes also finished his Masters's Degree in English Education from the De la Salle University Graduate School and has taken courses leading to his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University of Santo Tomas. He was the recipient of a Doctoral Enrichment Program grant through the Fulbright-Hayes Foundation where he took doctoral courses in Comparative Literature and Folklore Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington.

He is also the Head of Competition and Monitoring Committee of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival. He also sits as the Head of the Student Short Film Competition of the MetroManila Film Festival while sitting as part of its Education Panel. Edit Biography