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Order of National Artists of the Philippines. 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.
- July 25, 1981 (aged 67), Manila, Philippines
- 1934–1976
- Actor, film director
- I. The Two Gerrys
- II. Passion, Opera, and So Forth
- III. The Blood Island of A Poet
- IV. Average Joe
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...
12:19 am. GERRY de Leon. Gerardo de Leon, or Manong Gerry as he was fondly called, is considered one of the finest filmmakers that the Philippines has ever produced. As a filmmaker, he was active from 1938 until his death in 1981, having made approximately 75 films.
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Sep 11, 2014 · Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:00 AM September 11, 2014. National Artist for Film Gerardo “Gerry” de Leon was born on Sept. 12, 1913, in Sampaloc, Manila. An award-winning director, he was the first to receive the best director award from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (Famas) in 1952.
Gerardo de Leon was born on September 12, 1913 in Manila, Philippines. He was a director and actor, known for Noli me tángere (1961), El filibusterismo (1962) and Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960). He died on July 25, 1981 in Manila, Philippines.
- September 12, 1913
- July 25, 1981
Jul 28, 2022 · Gerardo de Leon. Gerardo de Leon (September 12, 1913 – July 25, 1981) Gerardo De Leon composed pieces that served as musical accompaniment to silent films. These films served as his training ground for film production because the pictures told the story. Among his many works are the films.
Jul 25, 2016 · TODAY, July 25, is the 35th death anniversary of National Artist for Cinema Gerardo “Gerry” de Leon. His first project was “Ama’t Anak” in which he directed himself and his brother, Tito Arevalo. In the 1950s and 1960s, he produced many films now considered classics, including “Daigdig Ng Mga Api,” “Noli Me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo.”
