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Gerardo de León (September 12, 1913 – July 25, 1981) was a Filipino film director and actor. He was posthumously conferred as a National Artist of the Philippines for Film in 1982.
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Few figures in cinema inspire such uniquely contradictory reactions as Filipino director Gerry de Leon. Revered in his home country as a national treasure and esteemed by the international critical establishment, De Leon is just as readily dismissed by unwitting cinephiles – and undoubtedly many of the same critics who champion him – as an anonymou...
Born in 1913 to a show-business family in the Manila suburb of Bulacan, Gerardo de Leon Ilagan began making films in the late 1930s after finishing medical school, becoming licensed as a physician, and serving a stint as an actor. He directed dozens of movies in almost every genre over the next 30-odd years, among them Bahay Kubo (1938), a musical;...
Judging from De Leon’s American-backed follow-ups to Intramuros, it could be argued that it was all downhill from there. But even under the most dire circumstances he exercised a characteristic cinematic bravado. This is especially the case with Blood is the Color of Night (Kulay Dugo ang Gabi) (1964) and Whisper to the Wind (Ibulong Mo sa Hangin) ...
The same can’t be said of De Leon, who returned to strictly Filipino productions after scraping the bottom of the American exploitation barrel with the lurid Women in Cages(1971). This incongruously well-made girls-in-prison movie, which features cult icon Pam Grier in an early starring role as a brutal warden, was produced by Roger Corman’s New Wo...
Learn about the life and work of Gerardo de Leon, a versatile and influential filmmaker who made action, musical, historical, and propaganda films in the Philippines. Explore his artistic style, his challenges, and his legacy in this comprehensive article.
This is the only extant version of Gerardo de Leon’s “Noli Me Tangere.”. Philippine Cinema expresses its profound gratitude to Archivist Teddy Co for his unflagging efforts to spare the film from suffering the tragic fate of the countless lost films of our rich cinema heritage.
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Gerardo de Leon was born on 12 September 1913 in Manila, Philippines. He was a director and actor, known for Noli me tángere (1961), Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960) and El filibusterismo (1962). He died on 25 July 1981 in Manila, Philippines.
- September 12, 1913
- July 25, 1981
Jan 12, 2020 · A multi-awarded film by Filipino National Artist Gerardo de Leon, based on a novel written by martyr-hero Jose P. Rizal, and which trigerred the Philippine Revolution of 1896.
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 ...
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Gerardo de Leon (1913-1981) was a prolific and influential filmmaker in the Philippines, known for his adaptations of Rizal's novels Noli me tángere and El filibusterismo. He also directed several horror and action films, and was involved in the resistance movement during World War II.
