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Mike De Leon is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, Director of Photography and Cinematography Philippin born on 24 may 1947 at Manila City (Philippines)

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Birth name Miguel Pamintuan de Leon
Nationality Philippines
Birth 24 may 1947 (76 years) at Manila City (Philippines)

Miguel Pamintuan de Leon, also known as Mike de Leon (born May 24, 1947) is a Filipino film director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer.

Biography

He was born in Manila on May 24, 1947 to Manuel de Leon and Imelda Pamintuan. His interest in filmmaking began when he pursued a master's degree in Art History at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.

De Leon first made two short films namely: Sa Bisperas (On the Eve), in 1972, and Monologo (Monologue), in 1975. He established the Cinema Artists Philippines in 1975. He produced Lino Brocka's Maynila: Sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag, while also acting as the said film's cinematographer in 1975. For Maynila: Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag, de Leon won best cinematography awarded by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS).

De Leon's films are a full reflection of the Filipino psyche that sought answer for questions on social class belonging, political absurdities, and fragmentations in various forms. His first major full-length work was, Itim (Black), in 1976. It was an in-depth study of guilt and violence and shows de Leon’s delicate balancing of cinematic elements to project mood and character. It was voted by the Philippine’s Urian Awards as one of the Ten Outstanding Films of the Decade: 1970-1979. The film also won him the best director award during the 1978 Asian Film Festival held in Sydney, Australia.

When De Leon created Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising in 1977, it became a tribute to his grandmother Doña Sisang to celebrate the centennial of the family's film company, LVN Pictures.

Known for his varied experiments in styles of film directing, he pushed the birth of the new musical in Kakabakaba Ka Ba?, a landmark film which portrayed a number of self-important totems of Philippine society. Kakabakaba Ka ba? won for de Leon the Urian award for best director.

His other movies include Kisapmata (1981), Batch '81 (1982) and Sister Stella L. (1984). In these films he tackled social and political issues with powerful and disturbing imagery. His blockbuster film, Hindi Nahahati ang Langit (1985) was an adaptation from an earlier Filipino Komiks version of the same title. In 1987, De Leon also made Bilanggo sa Dilim, a full-length video commissioned by Sony Entertainment.

De Leon explored subjects such as incest, fraternity violence, and the Filipino workers' cause. These were themes that were portrayed in the films Kisapmata, Batch '81 and Sister Stella L. respectively. These films became cinematic masterpieces in Philippine History of Filmography and were later listed as the Philippines's Ten Outstanding Films of the Decade: 1980-1989 by the Philippines’ Urian Awards. Later on, Batch '81 was voted best picture by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) where de Leon also won a best screenplay award. For Sister Stella L., De Leon won best director and best screenplay in the Philippines's Urian Awards in 1984. Kisapmata and Batch '81 were presented during the Directors' Fortnight at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film Sister Stella L. was an entry during the 1985 Venice Film Festival.

De Leon pioneered the use of computer graphics animation for the TV advertising industry in 1988.

De Leon’s film, Aliwan Paradise, became a part of the Southern Winds in 1993, which is a collection of four films from Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Japan. The NHK and Japan Foundation commissioned this film anthology.

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Filmography of Mike De Leon (6 films)

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Actor

Room 666
Room 666 (1982)
, 50minutes
Directed by Wim Wenders
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Steven Spielberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Chantal Akerman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Mike De Leon
Roles Self
Rating65% 3.2940153.2940153.2940153.2940153.294015
Durant le festival de Cannes en 1982, Wim Wenders a invité les cinéastes présents à se rendre tour à tour dans la chambre 666 de l'hôtel Martinez et à mettre en marche la caméra et le magnétophone qu'il y avait placés pour répondre à une seule question : «le cinéma est-il un langage en train de se perdre, un art qui va mourir ? ».

Director

Third World Hero
Directed by Mike De Leon
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Ricky Davao, Cris Villanueva, Daria Ramirez, Joel Torre, Joonee Gamboa, Rio Locsin
Rating71% 3.5602153.5602153.5602153.5602153.560215
Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of José Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Vicente Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.
Batch '81
Batch '81 (1982)

Directed by Mike De Leon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Mark Gil, Sandy Andolong, Charito Solis, Chanda Romero, Johnny Delgado, Armida Siguion-Reyna
Rating76% 3.8179353.8179353.8179353.8179353.817935
Sid Lucero, a student at an unnamed university in the Philippines, is attracted by the prospects of joining the Alpha Kappa Omega, one of the school's most prominent Greek-letter organizations. He is considering a new direction in his life, as his mother was pushing him to take up zoology and later on to medical school.
Kisapmata
Kisapmata (1981)
, 1h38
Directed by Mike De Leon
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Charo Santos-Concio, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan, Charito Solis, Juan Rodrigo
Rating75% 3.78873.78873.78873.78873.7887
Dadong apprend que sa fille unique est enceinte et va se marier. Il accepte le mariage, à condition que son futur gendre paie une dot ridiculement chère. Commence alors une série de demandes de la part de ce père autoritaire qui entend exercer sa domination de patriarche à tout prix.

Scriptwriter

Third World Hero
Directed by Mike De Leon
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Ricky Davao, Cris Villanueva, Daria Ramirez, Joel Torre, Joonee Gamboa, Rio Locsin
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5602153.5602153.5602153.5602153.560215
Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of José Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Vicente Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.
Batch '81
Batch '81 (1982)

Directed by Mike De Leon
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Mark Gil, Sandy Andolong, Charito Solis, Chanda Romero, Johnny Delgado, Armida Siguion-Reyna
Roles Writer
Rating76% 3.8179353.8179353.8179353.8179353.817935
Sid Lucero, a student at an unnamed university in the Philippines, is attracted by the prospects of joining the Alpha Kappa Omega, one of the school's most prominent Greek-letter organizations. He is considering a new direction in his life, as his mother was pushing him to take up zoology and later on to medical school.
Kisapmata
Kisapmata (1981)
, 1h38
Directed by Mike De Leon
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Charo Santos-Concio, Jay Ilagan, Vic Silayan, Charito Solis, Juan Rodrigo
Rating75% 3.78873.78873.78873.78873.7887
Dadong apprend que sa fille unique est enceinte et va se marier. Il accepte le mariage, à condition que son futur gendre paie une dot ridiculement chère. Commence alors une série de demandes de la part de ce père autoritaire qui entend exercer sa domination de patriarche à tout prix.

Producer

Third World Hero
Directed by Mike De Leon
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Documentary, Historical
Actors Ricky Davao, Cris Villanueva, Daria Ramirez, Joel Torre, Joonee Gamboa, Rio Locsin
Roles Producer
Rating71% 3.5602153.5602153.5602153.5602153.560215
Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of José Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Vicente Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.
Manila in the Claws of Light, 2h6
Directed by Lino Brocka
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Bembol Roco, Hilda Koronel, Joonee Gamboa, Tommy Abuel, Orlando Nadres, Mario O'Hara
Roles Producer
Rating77% 3.889673.889673.889673.889673.88967
Júlio Madiaga is a probinciano, a young rustic from the island of Marinduque, who arrives in Manila. From time to time, Júlio would pass by the corner of Ongpin and Misericordia, as he stares at a peculiar building from a distance. While pursuing his quest, he has to work in order to survive the conditions of the urban jungle.

Cameraman

Manila in the Claws of Light, 2h6
Directed by Lino Brocka
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Bembol Roco, Hilda Koronel, Joonee Gamboa, Tommy Abuel, Orlando Nadres, Mario O'Hara
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77% 3.889673.889673.889673.889673.88967
Júlio Madiaga is a probinciano, a young rustic from the island of Marinduque, who arrives in Manila. From time to time, Júlio would pass by the corner of Ongpin and Misericordia, as he stares at a peculiar building from a distance. While pursuing his quest, he has to work in order to survive the conditions of the urban jungle.

Team

Manila in the Claws of Light, 2h6
Directed by Lino Brocka
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Actors Bembol Roco, Hilda Koronel, Joonee Gamboa, Tommy Abuel, Orlando Nadres, Mario O'Hara
Roles Cinematography
Rating77% 3.889673.889673.889673.889673.88967
Júlio Madiaga is a probinciano, a young rustic from the island of Marinduque, who arrives in Manila. From time to time, Júlio would pass by the corner of Ongpin and Misericordia, as he stares at a peculiar building from a distance. While pursuing his quest, he has to work in order to survive the conditions of the urban jungle.