NATIONAL ARTIST

FOR FILMS IN THE

PHILIPPINES
 Film also known as a movie or motion
picture, is a work of visual art that
simulates experiences and otherwise
What is
communicates ideas, stories,
Film? perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere
through the use of moving images that
are generally, since the 1930s,
synchronized with sound and (less
commonly) other sensory stimulations.
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
CINEMA /FILM
GERARDO DE LEON
Gerardo de León born on September12,1913
and died on July 25,1981 was a Filipino
film director and actor. He was
posthumously conferred as a National
Artist of the Philippines for Film in
1982.
De Leon produced a number of anti-American
propaganda films during World War II, in
collaboration with the occupying Japanese
forces and Japanese director Yutaka Abe,
who personally chose De Leon for the
projects. De Leon was arrested and charged
with treason after the Japanese were
defeated, and was almost executed.
HIS FAMOUS WORKS

ANG DAIGDIG NG MGA El FILIBISTERISMO

API ( 1965) ( 1962) 
HIS FAMOUS WORKS

NOLI ME TANGERE DYESEBEL ( 1953)

1961
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Gerardo "Manong", de León is the most awarded film
director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie
Arts and Sciences' FAMAS Awards. From 1952 to 1971, he was
awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them received
consecutively,
His 1961 film The Moises Padlla Story was selected as the
Philippine entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
32nd Academy Award
LINO BROCKA 1997)
Brocka was born in Pilar,
Sorsogon. He grew up and lived
in San Jose, Nueva Ecija and
graduated from Nueva Ecija High
School in 1956. He attended the
University of the Philippines
and began working in theatre,
acting and directing plays
where his career in cinema and
television followed suit.,
Catalino "lino" brocka was a
Filipino film director. He is
widely regarded as one of the
most influential and significant
Filipino filmmakers in the history
of Philippine cinema
He was a member of the Coalition
for the Restoration of Democracy.
He directed landmark films such as
Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974),
Manila in the Claws of Light
(1975), Insiang (1976), Bayan Ko:
Kapit sa Patalim (1984), and
Orapronobis (1989). His body of
work consisted of popular and
political melodramas.
HIS FAMOUS WORKS
INSIANG TINIMBANG KA RELASYON (1982)
NGUNIT KULANG
(1976) 1974
 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
He directed his first film, Wanted: Perfect
Mother, based on The Sound of Music and a local
comic serial, in 1970. It won an award for best
screenplay at the 1970 Manila Film Festival. Later
that year he also won the Citizen's Council for
Mass Media's best-director award for the film
Santiago! Atthe same time, he garnered awards and
recognition from institutions like the CCP, FAMAS,
TOYM, and Cannes Film Festival
 Bernal was the son of Elena Bernal
ISHAMAEL BERNAL
and Pacifico Ledesma. He studied at
University of the Philippines
happines. He received his Diploma in
Fim Directing in 1970 at the Fim
Insittue of India in Poona.
Ishmael Bernal was an avid fan of
literature theater and classal music.
During the 19605, Bernal put up When
Its a Grey November in Yaur Soul
Malate
became oné of Manila's favorite
watering holes.
Ishnael Bernal directed and wote his
fesfilm, Pagdating sa Duls
(At the Topl in 1971. His fimography
s mainly chustered around the
themes and problems that encrust
the socal as the core of
personal malaise. A significant part
of hs work is stores for women.
Before Bernal died in 1996, he was
scheduled to drect a film abour
the lfe story of Lola Rosa Henson
the confort woman during the
HIS FAMOUS WORKS

CITY AFTER DARK

HIMALA (1982)
(1980)
HIS FAMOUS WORKS

NUNAL SA TUBIG ( 1976) BROKEN

MARRIAGE ( 1983)
 AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Bernal won the Urian for best director four times
for Dalawang Pugad, Isang Ibon (Two Nests, One
Bird), 1977, Broken Marrlage, 1983; Hinugot sa
Langit (Wrenched From Heaven). 1985; and Pahiram
Ng Isang Umaga (Lend Me One Morning), 1989. Himala
(Miracle), 1982, garnered nine major awards in the
Metro Manila Film Festival. He was hailed as
Director of the Decade by the Catholic Mass Media
Awards.
EDDIE S. ROMERO Romero was born on July 7,
1924. His father was José E.
Romero, the first Philippine
Ambassador to the Court of St.
James's. His mother was Pilar
Guzman Sinco, a schoolteacher
and the sister of University of
the Philippines President
Vicente G. Sinco who signed the
United Nations Charter in 1945
on behalf of the Philippines.
 Eddie Romero was a film
EDDIE S. ROMERO director, film producer, and
screenwriter who was
declared a National Artist in
2003, with a body of work
delving into the history and
politics of the country.
Among his most revered
historical films include
Ganito Kami Noon… Paano
Kayo Ngayon?, Kamakalawa,
and Banta ng Kahapon.
HIS FAMOUS WORKS
AGUILA BANTA NG MAYNILA SA MGA
KAHAPON (1977) KUKO NG LIWANAG
(1980) (1975)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Winner/FAMAS Award Best DIRECTOR ; The Passionate
Strangers (1966)Best Screenplay ;The Passionate
Strangers (1966);2000WinnerLifetme Achievement
achievements & recognitons ;Award/Cinemanila
International Film Festival 1985;Winner /FAMAS Award
Best Screenplay
Ang padrino ;2008 Nominee/FAMAS Award Best
Story/Fáces of Love (2007
·1995 Winner Lifetime Achlevement Award/Best
Film of the Decade (Natatanging Pelikula ng
Dekada/Ganito kami noon.. Paano kayo
 Manuel Conde (born MANUEL CONDE
Manuel Pabustan Urbano;
October 9, 1915 – August
11, 1985) was a Filipino
actor, director and
producer. As an actor, he
also used the screen name
Juan Urbano during the
1930s aside from his more
popular screen name.
 His first film was Mahiwagang
Biyolin in 1935. He made almost
three dozen films under LVN
Pictures as a contract star.

Genghis Khan was the first

Filipino film to be acclaimed at an
international film festival in
Venice in 1952. His Juan Tamad
Goes to Congress is considered
the best Filipino satire ever
filmed.
HIS FAMOUS WORKS

GENGHIS KHAN JUAN TAMAD IBONG ADARNA

( 1950) (1960) (1941)
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
He was honored posthumously in 2006 the Presidential
Medalof Merit(for Films) by President Gloria Macapagal
Arroyo for his contribution to culture and the arts.
Gawad Urian Award /1979 Winner /Lifetime Achievement
Award
1956 Nominee/FAMAS Award Best
Director/ikaw kasi (1955)
Venice Film Festival/
1952 Noninee Golden Lion/ Genghis Khan (1950)
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