(Man with a Hat)

(Scene from a Japanese

Dance)
(The Boxers)
(The Place of L’Opera)
 (Gaumont Chrono-
photograph projector)
The first movie shot
in the country
happened in 1898 by
Antonio Ramos using
a Lumiere
Cinematograph from
Paris.
(Lumiere Cinematograph)
 National
Artists Of The
Philippines For
Film
 Lino Brocka
(1939-1991: Year of Conferment: 1997)
-He has harvested countless
awards and recognition here and
abroad for his films that are “a
bounty of stunning images,
memorable conversations that
speak volumes of love, betrayal
and redemption, pestilence and
plenty all pointing towards the
recovery and rediscovery of our
nation.”
Films:
Wanted: Perfect
Mother(1970), Tinimbang Ka
Ngunit Kulang (1974),
Insiang (1976), Jaguar
(1979), Bona (1980), Macho
Dancer(1988), Ora Pro
Nobis(1989), and Gumapang
Ka sa Lusak(1990).
 Ishmael Bernal
(1938-1996: Year of Conferment: 2001)
-He is considered to be one of the
pillars of Philippine cinema.

-He directed the critically acclaimed

Himala, where the critics consider
as one of the greatest Filipino films
of all times because of its
provocative and courageous
depictions that has served “as social
commentaries and bold reflections
on the existing realities of the
struggle of the Filipino.”
Films:
Dalawang Pugad, Isang
Ibon(1977), Lagi na Lamang
Ba Akong Babae?(1978),
Isang Gabi sa Iyo, Isang
Gabi sa Akin(1978), Ikaw ay
Akin(1979), and Menor de
Edad(1979).
 Gerardo “Gerry” De Leon
(1913-1981: Year of Conferment: 1982)
-He holds the sole distinction
as the most awarded film
director in the country for
the prestigious Filipino
Academy of Movie Arts and
Sciences (FAMAS) Awards.

-Ama’t Anak was his

directorial debut.
Films:
Sawa sa Lumang
Simboryo, Noli Me
Tangere, Sisa, Dyesebel,
The Gold Bikini,
Banaue, and The Brides
of Blood Island.
 Fernando Poe, Jr.
(1939-2004: Year of Conferment: 2006)
-He has been given the title
the king of Philippine
movies.

-He is not only an

exceptional actor; he is also
a film producer and
politician as well.
Films:
Apollo Robles(1961),
Batang Maynila(1962), Mga
Alabok sa Lupa(1967), Ako
ang Katarungan(1974),
Tatak ng Alipin(1975),
Totoy Bato(1977),
Asedillo(1971), and
Partida(1985)
 Eddie S. Romero
(1924-2013: Year of Conferment: 2003)
-His works, as cited, “are
delivered in an utterly
simple style—minimalist,
but never empty, always
calculated, precise and
functional, but never
predictable.”
Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo
Ngayon?- Romero’s love letter to
his country, as it tried to portray
the common Filipino in the
backdrop of history and
imagination

Kamakalawa- probed into

indigenous precolonial
Philippines.
Films:
Aguila, Hari sa Hari,
Lahi sa Lahi, Isumpa
Mo Giliw, and Faces
of Love
Cenaculo
Moro-Moro
Zarzuela
 National
Artists Of The
Philippines For
Theater
 Daisy Avellana
(1917-2013: Year of Conferment: 1999)
-She is considered to be the First
Lady of Philippine Theater.

-Her contributions to Philippine

theater had brought “a new level
of excellence by staging and
performing in breakthrough
productions of classic Filipino
and foreign plays.”
Plays:
Othello, Macbeth in
Black, Casa de
Bernarda Alba, and
Tatarin.
 Honorata “Atang” de la Rama
(1905-1991: Year of Conferment: 1987)
-She battled for the supremacy
of the kundiman and was
crowned as the Queen of
Kundiman.

-She popularized the song

“Mutya ng Pasig”.

-For her zarzuela and kundiman

“express best the Filipino soul.”
Plays:
zarzuelas such as
Marina, Mascota,
Sueño de Un Vals,
Anak ni Eba, Aking
Ina, and Puri at
Buhay.
 Rolando S. Tinio
(1937-1997: Year of Conferment: 1997)
-He was a director, actor, educator,
critic, translator, poet, and
dramatist. He became the artistic
director of Tanghalang Pilipino

-Tinio’s work as a director is well

remembered as someone “whose
original insights into the scripts he
handled brought forth productions
notable for their visual impact and
intellectual cogency.”
-He translated western classic
into Tagalog including the
works of Shakespeare(The
Merchant of Venice), Arthur
Miller(Death of a Salesman),
Samuel Beckett(Waiting for
Godot) and August
Strinberg(Miss Julie).
 Salvador F. Bernal
(1945-2011: Year of Conferment: 2003)
- He was part of over 300
productions in art, film,
and music. His style is
known fro maximazing the
use of raw materials in
theater production such as
native Filipino materials
like bamboo, abaca fiber,
and basic gauze cacha.
 Lamberto V. Avellana
(1915-1991: Year of Conferment: 1976)
-He was dubbed as the “Boy
Wonder of Philippine Movies.”

-His Barangay Theater Guild

propagated many dramatic and
theatrical performances of
foreign and local plays, from the
readings of Shakespeare’s
tragedies to Nick Joaquin’s A
Portrait of the Artist as Filipino
-Directed landmark films
such as Kandelerong Pilak
(the first Filipino film to
be shown at the
prestigious Cannes
International Film
Festival), Sakay, Anak
Dalita, and Badjao
 Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
(1911-1995: Year of Conferment: 1997)
-He was a talented writer,
director, educator, and artist
who wrote a number of
outstanding plays, 41 of
which were circulated.

-At the age of 14, he wrote

his first play entitled No
Todo Es Risa in Spanish.
Plays:
Half an Hour in a
Convent, Wanted: A
Chaperon, Forever,
Condemned, In Unity,
Three Rats, Our
Strange Ways, and The
Forsaken House.
 Severino Montano
(1915-1980: Year of Conferment: 2001)
-He was an exceptional poet,
director, actor, and theater
organizer, playwright and an
educator where he pursued
the establishment of
“legitimate theater”and is
named as one of the “Titans
of Philippine Theater.”
Plays:
Sabina, But Not My
Sons Any Longer,
Gabriela Silang, and
The Merry Wives of
Manila.