Gerardo de Leon
Directing
Born 1913-09-12
Died 1981-07-25
Manila, Philippines
42 credits
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Gerardo de León (September 12, 1913 - July 25, 1981) was a Filipino actor turned film director, who made his acting debut in the 1934 movie Ang Dangal.
De León, who was born as Gerardo Ilagan, was a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures, which includes Robert Arevalo, Liberty Ilagan and Ronaldo Valdez, and musical scorer Tito Arévalo. De León was a medical doctor by profession, but his ultimate love for film has won him over. He made eight more films as an actor before he became a director. He made his directorial debut in 1939's Bahay-Kubo, starring Fely Vallejo (who he later married). One of his unfinished projects was in the late Fernando Poe, Jr.'s Juan de la Cruz in 1972.
Nicknamed "Manong", de León holds the sole distinction of being the most awarded film director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences' FAMAS Awards, the Philippines' Oscars. From 1952 to 1971, he was awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them he received three years in a row.
All of the films in which he won for Best Director also won for Best Picture at the FAMAS: Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952), Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig (1958), Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960), Noli Me Tangere (1961, adaptation of the novel Noli Me Tangere ), El Filibusterismo (1962), Daigdig ng mga Api (1965), Lilet (1971).
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Filmography
Directing
40 credits
Women in Cages
Sisa
Tatlong Maria
Brides of Blood
Diego Silang
Aawitan Kita
Padre Burgos
Kamay ni Satanas
Noli Me Tángere
Dyesebel
El Filibusterismo
Curse of the Vampires
Lilet
Mad Doctor of Blood Island
Wanted: Johnny L
Cavalry Command
The Walls of Hell
The Dawn of Freedom
The Blood Drinkers
Bicol Express
Anak ni Dyesebel
Fe, Esperanza, Caridad
48 Hours
Huwag Mo Akong Limutin
The Moises Padilla Story
Terror Is a Man
Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
Ikaw Ay Akin
Sanda Wong
Pedro Penduko
Brownout
Ifugao
Ama at Anak
Ang Daigdig ng mga Api
Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig
Ang Bagong Maestra
Bahay Kubo
Ang Maestra
Saigon
Writing
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Other credits
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Producing
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