Ishmael Bernal
Born: 1938-09-30
Ishmael Bernal was a Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for melodramas with feminist and moral themes, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Pagdating sa Dulo (1971), Nunal sa Tubig (1976), Manila by Night (1980), Himala (1982), and Working Girls (1984). Bernal was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001.
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
as SelfReleased: 1983-09-28
Film critic Tony Rayns interviews Lino Brocka and other prominent Filipino filmmakers.
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Brocka x Bernal
as Self (archival footage)Released: 2024-08-08
A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.
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Himala Ngayon
as uncreditedReleased: 2012-12-04
A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by...
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Noli Me Tangere
as Kapitan ValentinFirst aired: 1993-07-06
Eddie Romero's miniseries adaptation of the novel from Filipino writer and activist Jose Rizal,...
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