Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1955-03-07

Deathday 2012-10-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth Quezon City, Philippines

Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Biography

Marilou Díaz-Abaya (30 March 1955 – 8 October 2012) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was the founder and president of the Marilou Díaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero. She was part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.

Known For

Director

2011
Ikaw ang Pag-ibig

as Director

2005
Be Mine Again

as Director

2003
Then and Now

as Director

2001
New Moon

as Director

1999
Reef Hunters

as Director

1998
José Rizal

as Director

1998
1997
Milagros

as Director

1996
Madonna and Child

as Director

1986
Sensual

as Director

1984
Alias Baby Tsina

as Director

1983
Of the Flesh

as Director

1982
Moral

as Director

1981
Macho Gigolo

as Director

1981
Boystown

as Director

1980
Tanikala

as Director

1980
Brutal

as Director

Producer

1999
Reef Hunters

as Producer

1998

Writer

2011
Ikaw ang Pag-ibig

as Screenplay

2005
Be Mine Again

as Writer

2001
New Moon

as Writer