CINEMA/FILM

• Lamberto V. Avellana


  Director for theater and film, called "The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies" as early as 1939
• Avellana was the first filmmaker to have his film Kandelerong Pilak shown at the Cannes International Film Festival
• Avellana's achievements

  • Grand Prix at the Asian Film Festival in Hong Kong for Anak Dalita (1956)
  • Best Director of Asia award in Tokyo for Badjao
• When he was 21 he portrayed as "Joan of arc"
• Avellana's wife, Daisy Monteveros, formed the Baranggay Theater
• Avellana's first films


  • Sakay
  • Kandeleryong Pilak
  • Anak Dalita
  • Badjao
• Manuel Conde


  Filipino actor, director, and producer
• Famous metrical romances in Philippine lowland culture


  • Siete Infantes de Lara
  • Ibong Adarna
  • Prinsipe Tenoso
• Major works of Manuel Conde


  • Ibong Adarna (1941)
  • Si Juan Tamad (1947)
  • Siete Infantes de Lara (1950)
  • Genghis Khan (1950)
  • Ikaw Kasi! (1955)
  • Juan Tamad Goes To Congress (1959)
• As an actor he has screen name: Juan Urbano
• First film: mahiwagang byulin, and made 3 dozen film under Company: Manuel Conde Pictures
• Genghis Khan is his first film to be acclaimed in the national film in Venice
• Best Filipino satire film: Juan tamad goes to congress
• Eddie Romero


  Screenwriter, film director and producer, Filipino filmmaker whose life is devoted to the art and commerce of cinema spanning three generations of filmmakers
• Eddie Romero's films

  • Ganito Kami Noon...Paano Kayo Ngayon?
  • Aguila
  • Kamakalawa
  • Banta ng Kahapon
  • His 13-part series of "Noli Me Tangere"
• Eddie Romero's father is one of the first Philippine ambassadors
• "Agila" is a family story against the backdrop of Filipino history
• "Kamakalawa" explores the folklore pre-historic Philippines
• "Banta ng kahapon" has a small political theme
• Lino Brocka


  Director for film and broadcast arts, espoused the term "freedom of expression" in the Philippines
• Brocka directed for theater organizations such as Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) to help artists against issues related to the country
• Brocka received the FAMAS Award - Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences
• Lino Brocka's films


  • "Santiago" (1970)
  • "Wanted: Perfect Mother" (1970)
  • "Tubog sa Ginto" (1971)
  • "Stardoom" (1971)
  • "Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang" (1974)
  • "Maynila: Sa Kuko ng Liwanag" (1975)
  • "Insiang" (1976)
  • "Jaguar" (1979)
  • "Bona" (1980)
  • "Macho Dancer" (1989)
  • "Orapronobis" (1989)
  • "Makiusap Ka sa Diyos" (1991)
• Gerardo De Leon


  Film director, belongs to the Ilagan clan and as such grew up in an atmosphere rich in theater
• His first directorial job was "Ama't Anak" in which he directed himself and his brother Tito Arevalo
• His biggest pre-war hit was "Ang Maestra" which starred Rogelio de la Rosa and Rosa del Rosario
• Gerardo De Leon's classics


  • "Daigdig ng Mga Api," "Noli Me Tangere," "El Filibusterismo," and "Sisa."
• Other films by Gerardo De Leon


  • "Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo," "Dyesebel," "The Gold Bikini," "Banaue," "The Brides of Blood Island."
• His acting debut was on "Ang dangal" and he acted in 8 other films before becoming a director
• His first film directed is "bahay kubo"
• His palayaw is "manong de leon"
• Gerardo De Leon is one of the most awarded film directors in FAMAS AWARD, with 7 wins, 3 of them consecutive
• Ishmael Bernal


  Filmmaker of the first order and one of the very few who can be truly called a maestro, hailed by critics as "the genius of Philippine cinema"
• Notable films by Ishmael Bernal


  • "Pahiram ng Isang Umaga" (1989)
  • "Broken Marriage" (1983)
  • "Himala" (1982)
  • "City After Dark" (1980)
  • "Nunal sa Tubig" (1976)
• Ishmael Bernal was recognized as the Director of the Decade of the 1970s by the Catholic Mass Media Awards; four-time Best Director by the Urian Awards (1989, 1985, 1983, and 1977); and given the ASEAN Cultural Award in Communication Arts in 1993
• Ishmael Bernal was a national artist in the year 2001
• Ishmael Bernal finished his bachelor of arts major in English in UP
• Ishmael Bernal's films


  • Nunal sa tubig
  • City after dark
  • Himala
  • Hinugot sa langit
• Before he died, Ishmael Bernal was scheduled to direct a film about Lola Rosa Henson, who was one of the comfort women and experienced the struggle of discomfort when the Japanese invaded the Philippines
• Ronald Allan K. Poe (FPJ)


  Popularly known as Fernando Poe, Jr., was a cultural icon of tremendous audience impact and cinema artist and craftsman–as actor, director, writer and producer