Gerardo de Leon
Directing
- Born
- September 12, 1913 · Manila, Philippines
- Died
- July 25, 1981 (age 67)
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.
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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).
Known for
Women in Cages
October 19, 1971
Mad Doctor of Blood Island
September 18, 1969
Terror Is a Man
November 1, 1959
Brides of Blood
May 29, 1968
The Blood Drinkers
November 6, 1964
Curse of the Vampires
September 2, 1966
Cavalry Command
January 1, 1958
The Walls of Hell
March 7, 1964
Noli Me Tángere
August 1, 1961
Sanda Wong
February 1, 1955
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
April 18, 1975
Lilet
January 29, 1971
Behind the camera40
- 1975Banaue: Stairway to the Sky Director, Screenplay
- 1974Fe, Esperanza, Caridad Director, Story, Screenplay
- 1971Women in Cages Director
- 1971Lilet Director
- 1969Mad Doctor of Blood Island Director
- 1969Brownout Director
- 1968Brides of Blood Director
- 1966Curse of the Vampires Director
- 1966Wanted: Johnny L Director
- 1965The World of the Oppressed