Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 30, 1938
Died
Jun 02, 1996
Place of Birth
Manila, Philippines
Credits
59 titles
Ishmael Bernal
Biography
Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) 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.
Known For
Filmography
Bomba Bernal
Self
Brocka x Bernal
Self (archival footage)
Himala Ngayon
Self (archive footage)
Wating
Director
Noli Me Tangere
Kapitan Valentin
Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare
Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
Director
To Live Another Day
Director
Smouldering Tears
Director
Envy
Director
Working Girls 2
Director
The Graduates
Director
Wrenched From Heaven
Director
Gamitin Mo Ako
Director
Shake, Rattle & Roll
Director
Fridge
Director
Working Girls
Director
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
Self
Broken Marriage
Director
Himala
Director
I Can't Forget You
Director
An Affair
Director
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
Story
Galawgaw
Director
Pabling
Director
Bilibid Boys
Director
Manila by Night
Writer
Vein Wound
Director
Girlfriend
Story
Good Morning, Sunshine
Director
Pleasure
Director
Salawahan
Director
Annie Batungbakal
Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?
Director
Menor de Edad
Director
Boy Kodyak
Director
You Are Mine
Director
Will I Always Be a Woman?
Director
Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin
Director
Walang Katapusang Tag-araw
Screenplay
Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon
Director
Tisoy!
Director
Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa
Director
A Speck in the Water
Director
Wild Flower
Director
Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget
Director
Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga
Screenplay
Sleeping Dragon
Director
Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko
Director
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
Screenplay