Gerardo de Leon

Known for DirectingBorn 1913-09-12Died 1981-07-25Manila, Philippines

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).Read more

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El Filibusterismo

The Moises Padilla Story

Huwag Mo Akong Limutin

Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig

Ang Daigdig Ng Mga Api

Dyesebel

Sisa

Pedro Penduko

Ifugao

Bahay Kubo

Lilet

Ang Pagbabalik

Banaue: Stairway to the Sky

Diego Silang

Tatlong Maria

Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo

Noli Me Tángere

48 Hours

The Blood Drinkers

Cavalry Command

Women in Cages

Sanda Wong

Fe, Esperanza, Caridad

The Walls of Hell

Brides of Blood

Curse of the Vampires

Terror Is a Man

Mad Doctor of Blood Island

Brownout

Wanted: Johnny L

Anak ni Dyesebel

Aawitan Kita

Bicol Express

Saigon

Ang Bagong Maestra

Kamay ni Satanas

Padre Burgos

Ikaw Ay Akin

The Dawn of Freedom

Ang Maestra

Ruisenor

Ama at Anak