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Ishmael Bernal

Directing
Known For

57 Years Old

Ishmael Bernal was a Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for melodramas with feminist and moral themes, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Pagdating sa Dulo (1971), Nunal sa Tubig (1976), Manila by Night (1980), Himala (1982), and Working Girls (1984). Bernal was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001.

Born

Manila, Philippines on 30th September 1938

Died

2nd June 1996

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Noli Me Tangere
Kapitan Valentin
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Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns Image
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
Self
Brocka x Bernal Image
Brocka x Bernal
Self (archival footage)
Himala Ngayon Image
Himala Ngayon
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Annie Batungbakal