

Ishmael Bernal
Acting
September 30, 1938
Manila, Philippines
June 2, 1996
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.
The Filmography


Wating

Pahiram ng Isang Umaga

Hinugot sa Langit

Gamitin Mo Ako

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Working Girls

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

Broken Marriage

Miracle

An Affair

Bilibid Boys

Manila by Night

Pleasure

Menor de Edad

Ikaw ay Akin

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

Tisoy!

A Speck in the Water
