Ishmael Bernal
- Directing
- September 30, 1938 · Manila, Philippines
- June 2, 1996
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
- Himala Ngayon · Self
- Wating · Director
- Noli Me Tangere · Kapitan Valentin
- Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare
- Mahal Kita, Walang Iba · Director, Screenplay
- 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, Story
- Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak? · Director, Screenplay
- Galawgaw · Director, Screenplay
- Pabling · Director, Story
- Bilibid Boys · Director
- Manila by Night · Director, Writer
- Vein Wound · Director
- Girlfriend · Director, Story
- Good Morning, Sunshine · Director
- Pleasure · Director, Story
- Salawahan · Director
- Annie Batungbakal
- Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa? · Director
- Menor de Edad · Director
- Boy Kodyak · Director
- You Are Mine · Director, Story
- Will I Always Be a Woman? · Director
- Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin · Director
- Walang Katapusang Tag-araw · Director, Screenplay
- Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon · Director, Screenplay
- 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 · Director, Screenplay
- Sleeping Dragon · Director
- Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko · Director
- Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives · Director, Screenplay
- Si Popeye, Atbp · Director
- Zoom, Zoom, Superman! · Director
- Now and Forever · Director
- Till Death Do Us Part · Director
- El Vibora · Director
- Inspiration · Director
- Storm Surge! · Director
- At the Top · Director, Writer
- Ah, Ewan! Basta sa Maynila Pa Rin Ako! · Story