PHILIPPINE

FILMMAKERS
PRESENTTED BY: GROUP 8
 A film director is a person who
controls a film's artistic and dramatic
aspects and visualizes the screenplay
 FILMMAKERS / while guiding the film crew and actors
in the fulfilment of that vision. The
FILM DIRECTOR director has a key role in choosing the
cast members, production design and
all the creative aspects of filmmaking.
 IN THE PHILIPPINE FILM SCENE,
THE AMERICAN INFLUENCE WAS
EVIDENT IN THE PRE-WORLD WAR
2 AND LIBERATION YEARS WITH
SONG-AND-DANCE MUSICALS,
ROMANTIC DRAMAS, AND
PHILIPINE COMEDY FILMS. BEGINNING WITH
FILMMAKERS THE TURBULENT 1970S,
HOWEVER, PROGRESSIVE
FILIPINO DIRRECTORS EMERGED
TO MAKE MOVIES DEALING WITH
CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES AND
EXAMINING THE FILIPINO
CHARACTER.
AMONG THEM WERE:

LINO BROCKA ISHMAEL BERNAL

MIKE DE LEON PEQUE GALLAGA

 Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was
AMONG THEM WERE: a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of
the most influential and significant filmmakers in the
history of Philippine cinema. He co-founded the
organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP),
dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting
the country, and the Free the Artist Movement.[1][2][
better source needed]
 He was a member of the Coalition for the
LINO BROCKA Restoration of Democracy.[3]
He directed landmark films such as 
• TINIMBANG KA NGUNIT Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974), 
KULANG, 1974. Maynila sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (1975), Insiang (1976), 
• MAYNILA, SA MGA KUKO NG Bayan Ko: Kapit sa Patalim (1984), and Orapronobis
LIWANAG, 1975  (1989). After his death in a car accident in 1991, he was
posthumously given the 
National Artist of the Philippines for Film award for
"having made significant contributions to the
development of Philippine arts." In 2018, Brocka was
identified by the Human Rights Victims' Claims Board as
a Motu Proprio human rights violations victim of the 
 Miguel Pamintuan de Leon, also known as Mike de
AMONG THEM WERE: Leon (born May 24, 1947), is a Filipino film director, 
cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer.

Mike de Leon received the Parangal Sentenyal sa Sining at

Kultura at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in February 1999.
His Batch '81 and Sister Stella L. had been among the 25 Filipino
films shown in New York from July 31 to August 1999, organized
by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, in partnership with the
MIKE DE LEON Philippine Centennial Commission, the Cultural Center of the
Philippines, IFFCOM, the Philippine Information Agency, the
• ITIM, 1976 Consulate General of the Philippines in New York and the
• SISTER STELLA L, 1984 Philippine Centennial Coordinating Council - Northeast USA.
• BAYANING 3RD WORLD,1999 These series of Filipino films were presented at the 
Walter Reade Theater of the Lincoln Center, in celebration of the
100th year of Philippine Independence.[2]
 AMONG THEM WERE: He won the Urian for best director four times for Dalawang Pugad, Isang
Ibon (Two Nests, One Bird), 1977; Broken Marriage, 1983; Hinugot sa
Langit (Wrenched From Heaven), 1985; and Pahiram Ng Isang
Umaga (Lend Me One Morning), 1989; and the best screenplay for City
After Dark, 1980. His film Pagdating sa Dulo, won for him the FAMAS fo
best screenplay award while Himala (Miracle), 1982, garnered nine maj
awards in the Metro Manila Film Festival. In that same year, Bernal was
ISHMAEL BERNAL chosen by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino as the Most Outstanding
Filmmaker of the Decade 1971-1980. Among the 10 best films chosen b
the critics, five were his. These include Pagdating sa Dulo, Nunal sa Tub
• HIMALA 1982 Manila By Night, Himala and Hinugot sa Langit. He was also hailed as
Director of the Decade by the Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA).[1]
Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) was
Bernal also won the CMMA Best Director Award (1983), the Bronze Hug
a Filipino filmmaker, stage and television director, actor and
Award in the Chicago International Film Festival (1983) for the movie 
screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas, particularly with 
Himala. The Cultural Center of the Philippines presented him the Gawad
feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark
CCP Para sa Sining for film in 1990. In 1993, he received the ASEAN
Filipino films such as Nunal sa Tubig (1976), City After
 Cultural Award in Communication Arts in Brunei Darrussalam.[1]
Dark (1980), Relasyon (1982), Himala (1982), and 
Hinugot sa Langit (1985). He was declared a 
National Artist of the Philippines in 2001.
AMONG THEM WERE: Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga 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 
PEQUE GALLAGA​ Experimental Cinema of the Philippines. He has
received an award from the International Film
• ORO, PLATA, Festival of Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in 1983; a
MATA, 1983​ Special Jury Award from the Manila
 International Film Festival; and the 2004
Gawad CCP para sa Sining.
 OUTSTANDING FEMALE
DIRRECTORS HAVE LIKEWISE
PHILIPINE MADE THEIR MARK IN PHILIPPINE
FILMMAKERS CINEMA.
AMONG THEM WERE:

LAURICE GUILLEN MARILOU DIAZ ABAYA

 Guillen began her first major work as a director
AMONG THEM WERE: with Kasal in 1979, followed by Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo in
1980. In 1981, she made Salome for Bancom Audiovision
with Gina Alajar in the lead, establishing herself as director
with depth and substance. The movie was a critical
success, and she won Best Director at the Gawad Urian.
The same film was shown at the 
Toronto International Film Festival and described as "the
kind of cinematic discovery that single-handedly justifies the
festival's existence".[6][5] Ipagpatawad Mo was also directed
by Guillen,[7] as was Dahil Mahal Kita: The Dolzura Cortez
Story in 1993,[8] before her retirement from filmmaking.

LAURICE GUILLEN 's Salome (1981) earned international acclaim at

• SALOME, 1981
the Toronto International film festival. Her more
• TANGING YAMAN, recent films, such as Tanging Yaman (2001),
2001 Santa Santita (2004), and Sa' Yo Lamang (2010),
• SANTA SANTITA,
2004
all gained her recognition among the current
• SA' YO LAMANG 2010 generation of Filipino moviegoers.
AMONG THEM WERE:
Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 –
October 8, 2012[1]) was a Filipina multi-award winning
film director. She was conferred the 
Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and
Broadcast Arts in 2022,[2] she was the founder and
president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and
Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines.
She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a 
biographical film on the 
MARILOU DIAZ ABAYA Philippines' national hero of the same name. She was
• JOSE RIZAL, 1998 part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.[3]
• MURO-AMI, 1999
• BAGONG BUWAN, 2001
AMONG THEM WERE:

Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya, captured the attention

and respect of the viewing public with powerful films
such as Jose Rizal (1998), perfectly timed for
centennial celebration of Philippine independence;
Muro-ami (1999), which bravely exposed the deadly
practice of using child-divers to pound for fish in the
Philippines' coral reefs; and Bagong Buwan (2001),
which dealt with the human cost of the Muslim-Christian
MARILOU DIAZ ABAYA conflict in Mindanao.
• JOSE RIZAL, 1998
• MURO-AMI, 1999
• BAGONG BUWAN, 2001
 Crossing over easily between projects
for television and for the big screen is
veteran film director Maryo J. delos
Reyes. The heartwarming drama film
Magnifico won for him the Best
Director distinction at the 2003 FAMAS
Awards and garnered other local and
international film awards as well,
having become known for well-loved
teleseryes (television drama series)

Maryo J. delos Reyes
Another Filipino director who has brought the country to the cinema world's
attention is Brillante Mendoza. Mendoza was originally production designer
for films, commercials, and music videos, and started directing films in 2005.
In just four years, his film Kinatay (The Execution of P) won him the Best
Director award at the highly prestigious Cannes film festival of 2009.

Brillante Mendoza. 
 MODESTO E CACBAY JR- LEADER
THAT’S ALL KENTH HENRY ANGON
RAMADAINA RESUMA
THANK YOU  LEONIZA ASUNCION
AYCAIDE

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