As Director, As Writer
At the Top
1971
10.0
Ishmael Bernal
Directing
Born
September 30, 1938
Place of Birth
Manila, Philippines
Deceased
June 2, 1996
Biography
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.
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