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Peque Gallaga is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Production Design Philippin born on 25 august 1934

Peque Gallaga

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Birth name Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga
Nationality Philippines
Birth 25 august 1934
Death 7 may 2020 (at 85 years)

Peque Gallaga (born Maurice Ruiz de Luzuriaga Gallaga on August 25, 1943) is a multi-awarded Filipino filmmaker. His most significant achievement in film is "Oro, Plata, Mata", which he directed after winning a scripwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines. He has received an award from the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in 1983; a Special Jury Award from the Manila International Film Festival; and the 2004 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining.

Biography

Gallaga spent his elementary and high school years at De La Salle University in Manila, then finished commerce and liberal arts at the school’s Bacolod campus. He taught theater and film at the University of St. La Salle. Upon moving back to Manila, he got involved in television musicals and eventually co-directed the film Binhi with Butch Perez. He also directed the movies Virgin Forest, Scorpio Nights, Unfaithful Wife, and the "Manananggal" episode of Shake, Rattle and Roll I.

In 1986 he started co-directing films with Lore Reyes, with whom he shared directing credits for Shake Rattle & Roll 2, Shake Rattle & Roll 3, Shake Rattle & Roll 4, Baby Love, Magic Temple, and more than twenty other films to date. In the animated movie Dayo, Gallaga voiced the character of "Lolo Nano," the resident sage of Elementalia.

Gallaga and Reyes won Best Director and Best Screenplay for Magic Temple in the 1996 Metro Manila Film Festival.

Gallaga and Laida Lim-Pérez won Best Production Design for Eddie Romero’s Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? in the first 1976 of Gawad Urian awards. In 1980, he won the same award for Ishmael Bernal’s City after Dark. He also served as member of the Film Academy Classification Board (FACB) during the 1980s.

Gallaga lives with his wife Madie in Bacolod City. He is also a father to a lifestyle writer and screenwriter Wanggo.

Usually with

Don Escudero
Don Escudero
(6 films)
Pen Medina
Pen Medina
(7 films)
Erik Matti
Erik Matti
(3 films)
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Filmography of Peque Gallaga (24 films)

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Actor

Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay, 2h20
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Documentary
Actors Lilia Cuntapay, Peque Gallaga, Rita De Guzman
Roles Himself
Rating76% 3.840783.840783.840783.840783.84078
The story follows a veteran bit player through the days leading up to a fictionalized awards night where she is nominated as a Best Supporting Actress for the very first time in her 30-year career.
Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy
Actors Vic Sotto, Bea Alonzo, Zaijian Jaranilla, Xyriel Manabat, Pokwang, Tomas
Roles San Pedro
Rating62% 3.1333253.1333253.1333253.1333253.133325
Angelo dreams of creating a medicine that could cure his father’s illness. With some knowledge about medicinal herbs, he makes a living as a faith healer. Everyone believes him, except Cielo Delos Santos, a doctor who swears to do everything to uncover Angelo’s secret.
The Wanderer
Origin Philippines
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Actors Nash Aguas, Michael V., John Manalo, Nova Villa, Pokwang, Johnny Delgado
Roles Mang Nano (voice)
Rating68% 3.419533.419533.419533.419533.41953
Dayo is a heartwarming story of overcoming one's fear and succeeding over adversity. The plot revolves around Bubuy (voiced by Nash Aguas) who is out to save his abducted grandparents in the land of Elementalia, a magical and mystical world that houses many of the Philippines' mythical creatures and other enchanted elements. This locally produced animated film aims to reintroduce the other side of mythical creatures like the tikbalang, kapre, manananggal, and aswang by giving a new dimension to these typically reviled creatures.
Namets!
Namets! (2008)
, 1h30
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Christian Vazquez, Peque Gallaga, Monsour del Rosario, Joel Torre
Roles Boss Dolpo
Rating69% 3.450863.450863.450863.450863.45086
Jacko Teves (Christian Vasquez) owns Puccini's, an Italian restaurant in Bacolod City. When a monstrous cock fighting debt sets him at odds with Boss Dolpo (Peque Gallaga), he offers his restaurant up as payment. Boss Dolpo brings in Cassie Labayen (Angel Jacob) as a consultant to renovate the restaurant. Much to Jacko's dismay, Cassie decides to offer Negrense cuisine instead of Italian. The pair then set off across the province re-discovering the unique aspects of Negrense food.
José Rizal, 2h58
Directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Actors Cesar Montano, Joel Torre, Gardo Versoza, Mickey Ferriols, Pen Medina, Chin-Chin Gutierrez
Roles Archbishop Bernardo Nozaleda, OP
Rating75% 3.7810353.7810353.7810353.7810353.781035
José Rizal was imprisoned in Fort Santiago under the abusive Spanish colonization. José Rizal was approached by a young uneducated Austronesian peoples asking the importance of education during his life. Meanwhile, in Balintawak, Andrés Bonifacio and his fellow secret organization of Katipunan commenced the uprising against the tyranny created by the Spaniards by tearing their cedula as a sign of Spanish slavery.
Scorpio Nights, 2h6
Directed by Peque Gallaga
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Daniel Fernando, Peque Gallaga, Orestes Ojeda, Pen Medina
Rating70% 3.5280853.5280853.5280853.5280853.528085
The story is of a forbidden love affair between a college student (Daniel Fernando) and an unfaithful housewife (Ana Marie Gutierrez).
Virgin Forest
Directed by Peque Gallaga
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Action
Actors Miguel Rodriguez, Pen Medina, Peque Gallaga, Ama Quiambao, Leo Martinez
Roles Kamaggay
Rating71% 3.583473.583473.583473.583473.58347
The movie is set during the Philippine Republic. Macabebe soldiers are trying to capture Aguinaldo. Alfonisto (Miguel Rodriguez) and Chayong (Sarsi Emmanuel) are caught up in this pursuit and in a love triangle. In the end, Aguinaldo is captured and the Macabebe soldiers are killed.
Three Godless Years, 1h58
Directed by Mario O'Hara
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Nora Aunor, Christopher de Leon, Bembol Roco, Orlando Nadres, Peque Gallaga
Roles Francis
Rating74% 3.725263.725263.725263.725263.72526
The film, set during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines between 1942 and 1944, tells the story of Rosario (Aunor), a young schoolteacher engaged to be married to Crispin (Roco). Crispin leaves Rosario to fight the Japanese as a guerilla, and in his absence a Japanese-Filipino officer named Masugi (De León) rapes her.

Director

Puso Ng Pasko
Directed by Peque Gallaga
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Jaclyn Jose, Rita Avila, Jolina Magdangal, Edu Manzano, Cherry Pie Picache, Anita Linda
Rating73% 3.6600653.6600653.6600653.6600653.660065
This script must be run from the command line
Magic Temple
Directed by Peque Gallaga
Origin Philippines
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Jackie Lou Blanco, Anna Larrucea, Gina Pareño, Carlo Aquino, Erik Matti, Tito Arévalo
Rating72% 3.647753.647753.647753.647753.64775
The magical world of "Samadhi" is threatened by the evil forces of Ravenal and Sifu sends out three teenage boys to journey on the Magic Temple. Jubal, Sambag and Omar, each with their own unique power battles the threat to the world of "Samadhi" and along the way faces many extraordinary things.
Magic Temple
Directed by Peque Gallaga
Origin Philippines
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Anna Larrucea, Jackie Lou Blanco, Gina Pareño, Carlo Aquino, Tito Arévalo, Erik Matti
Rating72% 3.647753.647753.647753.647753.64775
The magical world of "Samadhi" is threatened by the evil forces of Ravenal and Sifu sends out three teenage boys to journey on the Magic Temple. Jubal, Sambag and Omar, each with their own unique power battles the threat to the world of "Samadhi" and along the way faces many extraordinary things.