Peque Gallaga

Maurice Gallaga (August 25, 1943 – May 7, 2020), better known as Peque Gallaga, was a multi-
awarded Filipino film-maker. His most significant achievement in film was Oro, Plata, Mata, which he
directed after winning a scriptwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the
Philippines. He has received an award from the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent,
Belgium in 1983; a Special Jury Award from the Manila International Film Festival; and the 2004
Gawad CCP para sa Sining.

Education Peque Gallaga

Gallaga spent his elementary and high school

years at De La Salle University in City of Manila,
then finished his bachelor's in commerce and
liberal arts at the University of St. La Salle in
Bacolod City, Negros Occidental Province,
Gallaga in 2014
Visayas. He taught theater and film at the
University of St. La Salle. Born Maurice Gallaga y
Ruíz de Luzuriaga
Career August 25, 1943
Bacolod, Negros
Occidental,
Rise to prominence Commonwealth of
the Philippines
Upon moving back to Manila, he got involved in
television musicals and eventually co-directed the Died May 7, 2020
film Binhi with Butch Perez.[1] He also directed the (aged 76)
movies Virgin Forest, Scorpio Nights, Unfaithful Bacolod, Negros
Occidental,
Wife, and the "Manananggal" segment of Shake,
Philippines
Rattle & Roll.

Other names Peque Gallaga

In 1986 he started co-directing films with Lore
Reyes, with whom he shared directing credits for Occupation Film director
Shake, Rattle & Roll II, Shake, Rattle & Roll III, Shake,
Spouse Madie Gallaga ​(m. 1968)
Rattle & Roll IV, Baby Love, and more than twenty
other films.[2] In the animated movie Dayo, Children 5
Gallaga voiced the character of "Lolo Nano," the resident sage of Elementalia.

Gallaga and Laida Lim-Pérez won Best Production Design for Eddie Romero's Ganito Kami Noon,
Paano Kayo Ngayon? in the first 1976 of Gawad Urian awards.

In 1980, he won the same award for Ishmael Bernal's City After Dark.

During the 1980s, Gallaga served as member of the Film Academy Classification Board (FACB).[1]

In 1989, Gallaga was forced to shelve the film Huwad Na Heredera during production when its lead
actress Lorna Tolentino became pregnant;[3] it was later repurposed into a segment for the
anthology film True Confessions in 1992, where it was retitled "Evelyn".

Gallaga and Reyes won Best Director and Best Screenplay for Magic Temple in the 1996 Metro
Manila Film Festival.

Later career

In 2009, Agaton & Mindy, directed by Gallaga, was released in theaters.

In 2013, saw the release of several of Gallaga's directorial efforts. On his own these include the film
Sonata, and the documentary Botong Francisco: A Nation Imagined. With Reyes they directed
Seduction. Also that year, Gallaga was interviewed in the documentary The Search for Weng
Weng.[4][5]

In 2014, Gallaga and Reyes collaborated on their final motion picture T'yanak.

Personal life

Gallaga lived with his wife Madie in Bacolod. They were married for 52 years since January 14,
1968. They have five children: Gines, Michelle, Datu, Jubal and Wanggo.[6]

Death

Gallaga was hospitalized in Bacolod City on May 5, 2020, due to complications from his past health
conditions.[7] Two days later on May 7, Gallaga died in hospital from cardio-pulmonary arrest.[8]

He was cremated in accordance to his and that of his family's wishes.

Partial filmography

Director

Binhi (1973)

Oro, Plata, Mata (1982)

Bad Bananas sa Puting Tabing (1983)

Shake, Rattle & Roll ("Manananggal" segment; 1984)

Scorpio Nights (1985)

Virgin Forest (1985)

Unfaithful Wife (1986)

Once Upon a Time (with Lorenzo A. Reyes, 1987)

Kid, Huwag Kang Susuko (with Lorenzo A. Reyes, 1987)

Hiwaga sa Balete Drive (with Lorenzo A. Reyes, 1988)

Tiyanak (with Lorenzo A. Reyes, 1988)

Isang Araw Walang Diyos (with Lorenzo A. Reyes, 1989)

Abandonada (with Lorenzo A. Reyes, 1989)

Trese (1990)

Shake, Rattle & Roll II (with Lore Reyes, 1990)

Adventures of Gary Leon at Kuting (1991)

Shake, Rattle & Roll III (1991)

True Confessions ("Evelyn" segment; 1992)

Aswang (1992)

Shake, Rattle & Roll IV ("Ang Guro" segment; 1992)

Dugo ng Panday (1993)

Milagro (television film; 1993)[9]

Mars Ravelo's Darna! Ang Pagbabalik (1994)

Batang X (1995)
 Baby Love (1995)

Magic Temple (1996)

Magic Kingdom (Alamat ng Damortis) (1997)

Halik ng Bampira (1997)

Diliryo (1997)

Gangland (1998)

Puso ng Pasko (1998)

Ang Kabit ni Mrs. Montero (1999)

Unfaithful Wife 2: Sana'y Huwag Akong Maligaw (1999)

Sa Piling ng Aswang (with Lore Reyes, 1999)

Pinoy Blonde (2005)

Agaton & Mindy (2009)

Seduction (2013)

Sonata (with Lore Reyes, 2013)

T'yanak (with Lore Reyes, 2014)

Screenwriter

Once Upon a Time (1986)

Hiwaga sa Balete Drive (1988)

Tiyanak (with Lorenzo Reyes, 1988)

Isang Araw Walang Diyos (1989) (story and screenplay)

Shake, Rattle & Roll II (1990)

Aswang (1992)

Shake, Rattle & Roll IV (1992)

Dugo ng Panday (1993)

Baby Love (1995) (story and screenplay)

Magic Temple (1996) (screenplay)

Magic Kingdom (Alamat ng damortis) (1997)

 Scorpio Nights 2 (1999) (story)

Ang Agimat, anting-anting ni Lolo (2002) (screenplay)

Pinoy Blonde (2005)

Actor

Tatlong Taong Walang Diyos (1976) - Francis

Lucio & Miguel (1992) – San Pedro

José Rizal (1998) – Archbishop Bernardo Nozaleda, OP

Tigasin (1999)

The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files (2003)

Enteng Kabisote 4 (2007) – Time Lord

Dayo (2008) – Lolo Nano

Namets! (2008) – Boss Dolpo

Si Agimat at si Enteng Kabisote (2010) – Ermitanyo

Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! (2011) – San Pedro

ISLANDS (2013)

Woman of the Ruins (2013)

Awards

Year Award-Giving Body Category Work Result

Best Director (with Lore Reyes) Won

Best Original Story (with Lore

Metro Manila Film Won
1996 Reyes and Erik Matti) Magic Temple[10]
Festival
Best Screenplay (with Lore Reyes
Won
and Erik Matti)

References

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 SubCategoryId=70) . Philstar.com. Archived from the original (http://www.philstar.com/Articl
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2. "FIRECRACKER'S 'Tiger Eye' interviews Peque Gallaga" (https://archive.today/2012071012215

2/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/sosy/sosy/view/20070831-85776/FIRECRACKER%92S_%91T
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IRECRACKER%92S_%91Tiger_Eye%92_interviews_Peque_Gallaga) on July 10, 2012.
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3. Libo-on, Eddie (September 3, 1989). "Kristine - sadder but wiser" (https://news.google.com/ne

wspapers?id=HpwVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3324%2C482007) . Manila Standard.
Kagitingan Publications, Inc. p. 18. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

4. Harvey, Dennis (February 26, 2015). "Film Review: 'The Search for Weng Weng' " (https://variety.
com/2015/film/reviews/film-review-the-search-for-weng-weng-1201438775/) . Variety.
Retrieved July 25, 2021.

5. Leavold, Andrew. The Search for Weng Weng (DVD). USA: Wild Eye Releasing. 760137943594.

6. "Peque Gallaga on being a father to HIV-positive son" (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/entertain

ment/12/16/08/peque-gallaga-shares-being-father-hiv-positive-patient) . abs-cbnNEWS.com.
December 18, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2009.

7. Arcadio, Ryan (May 6, 2020). "Peque Gallaga hospitalized due to complications from past
health conditions" (https://entertainment.inquirer.net/374155/peque-gallaga-hospitalized-due-t
o-complications-from-past-health-conditions) . Inquirer. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

8. " 'Oro Plata Mata' director Peque Gallaga passes away at 76" (https://news.abs-cbn.com/entert
ainment/05/07/20/oro-plata-mata-director-peque-gallaga-passes-away-at-76) . ABS-CBN
News. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.

9. "Super special telemovie on ABC 5" (https://books.google.com/books?id=7WFhAAAAIBAJ&pg

=PA25) . Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. November 24, 1993. p. 25. Retrieved
March 6, 2024.

10. "Metro Manila Film Festival:1996" (https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000431/1996) . IMDB.

Retrieved April 9, 2014.

External links

Peque Gallaga (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302323/) at IMDb