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Gerardo de Leon
Manila, Philippines
Gerardo de León (September 12, 1913 - July 25, 1981) was a Filipino actor turned film director, who made his acting debut in the 1934 movie Ang Dangal. De León, who was born as G…
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Gerardo de León (September 12, 1913 - July 25, 1981) was a Filipino actor turned film director, who made his acting debut in the 1934 movie Ang Dangal. De León, who was born as Gerardo Ilagan, was a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures, which includes Robert Arevalo, Liberty Ilagan and Ronaldo Valdez, and musical scorer Tito Arévalo. De León was a medical doctor by profession, but his ultimate love for film has won him over. He made eight more films as an actor before he became a director. He made his directorial debut in 1939's Bahay-Kubo, starring Fely Vallejo (who he later married). One of his unfinished projects was in the late Fernando Poe, Jr.'s Juan de la Cruz in 1972. Nicknamed "Manong", de León holds the sole distinction of being the most awarded film director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences' FAMAS Awards, the Philippines' Oscars. From 1952 to 1971, he was awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them he received three years in a row. All of the films in which he won for Best Director also won for Best Picture at the FAMAS: Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952), Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig (1958), Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960), Noli Me Tangere (1961, adaptation of the novel Noli Me Tangere ), El Filibusterismo (1962), Daigdig ng mga Api (1965), Lilet (1971).
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1975
Banaue: Stairway to the Sky
Movie Director
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1974
Fe, Esperanza, Caridad
Movie Director
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1971
Women in Cages
Movie Director
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1971
Lilet
Movie Director
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1969
Mad Doctor of Blood Island
Movie Director
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1969
Brownout
Movie Director
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1968
Brides of Blood
Movie Director
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1966
Curse of the Vampires
Movie Director
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1966
Wanted: Johnny L
Movie Director
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1965
Ang Daigdig ng mga Api
Movie Director
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1964
The Blood Drinkers
Movie Director
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1964
The Walls of Hell
Movie Director
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1964
Anak ni Dyesebel
Movie Director
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1962
El Filibusterismo
Movie Director
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1961
The Moises Padilla Story
Movie Director
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1961
Noli Me Tángere
Movie Screenplay
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1960
Huwag Mo Akong Limutin
Movie Writer
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1959
Terror Is a Man
Movie Director
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1959
Aawitan Kita
Movie Director
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1958
Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig
Movie Director
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1958
Cavalry Command
Movie Director
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1957
Bicol Express
Movie Director
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1956
Saigon
Movie Director
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1955
Sanda Wong
Movie Director
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1954
Pedro Penduko
Movie Director
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1954
Ifugao
Movie Producer
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1953
Dyesebel
Movie Director
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1953
Ang Bagong Maestra
Movie Director
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1952
Ang Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo
Movie Director
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1951
Sisa
Movie Director
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1951
Diego Silang
Movie Director
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1950
Kamay ni Satanas
Movie Director
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1950
48 Hours
Movie Director
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1949
Padre Burgos
Movie Director
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1947
Ikaw Ay Akin
Movie Director
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1944
The Dawn of Freedom
Movie Director
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1944
Tatlong Maria
Movie Director
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1941
Ang Maestra
Movie Director
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1939
Ama at Anak
Movie
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1939
Ruisenor
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