Gerardo de Leon

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1913-09-12

Deathday 1981-07-25 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Manila, Philippines

Gerardo de Leon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerardo de León, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known For

Director

1974
1971
Women in Cages

as Director

1971
Lilet

as Director

1969
Brownout

as Director

1968
Brides of Blood

as Director

1966
1966
Wanted: Johnny L

as Director

1965
1964
The Blood Drinkers

as Director

1964
The Walls of Hell

as Director

1964
Anak ni Dyesebel

as Director

1962
El Filibusterismo

as Director

1961
1961
Noli me Tángere

as Director

1960
1959
Terror is a Man

as Director

1959
Aawitan Kita

as Director

1958
1957
Bicol Express

as Director

1956
Saigon

as Director

1955
Sanda Wong

as Director

1954
Pedro Penduko

as Director

1954
Ifugao

as Director

1953
Ang Bagong Maestra

as Director

1953
Dyesebel

as Director

1951
Sisa

as Director

1951
Diego Silang

as Director

1950
48 Hours

as Director

1950
Kamay ni Satanas

as Director

1949
Padre Burgos

as Director

1947
Ikaw Ay Akin

as Director

1944
Tatlong Maria

as Director

1944
1941
Ang Maestra

as Director

1939
Bahay Kubo

as Director

1939
Ama at Anak

as Director

Writer

1975
1974
1961
Noli me Tángere

as Screenplay

Producer

1954
Ifugao

as Producer