Brillante Ma Mendoza
- Directing
- July 30, 1960 · San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
Biography
Brillante Mendoza (born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave. Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Other international accolades include Best Film for his 2009 film Lola at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival and Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his 2012 film Thy Womb, which also competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. Mendoza's 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. Taklub was also selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).
Known for
Filmography
- Until She Remembers · Director, Writer
- Nympho · Producer, Production Design
- Basang Basa · Director, Executive producer
- Motherland · Director, Executive producer
- The Hearing · Executive producer
- Red · Director, Executive producer
- Moro · Director
- Moro · Executive producer, Director
- Hosto · Writer, Production Design
- Feast · Director, Executive producer
- Sabel Is Still Young · Writer
- Alapaap · Screenplay
- Virgin Forest · Director, Writer
- Gensan Punch · Director
- Pusoy · Creator, Executive producer
- Bahay na Pula · Director
- Sisid · Story, Director
- Palitan · Director, Executive producer
- Payback · Director, Production Design
- He Who Is Without Sin · Executive producer
- Broken · Executive producer, Writer
- Mindanao · Director, Producer
- Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema · Self
- Verdict · Producer
- Gino and Marie · Story
- The Crown Is Mine · Executive producer
- Journey · Director, Producer
- Alpha: The Right to Kill · Director
- Judgement · Executive producer
- Uno sguardo alla Terra
- AMO · Director, Creator
- Ma' Rosa · Director, Executive producer
- Art Through Our Eyes · Director
- Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections · Director
- Imago · Producer
- Taklub · Director
- French Cinema Mon Amour · Self
- Modus · Director
- Invisible · Executive producer
- Balut Country · Executive producer
- Scarecrow · Executive producer
- Swap · Executive producer
- Ninja Party · Executive producer
- Sine, Laging Kasama · Self
- Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
- Unfriend · Executive producer
- Possession · Director, Cinematography
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded · Director
- Thy Womb · Director, Production Design
- Captive · Writer, Director
- The Great Cinema Party
- 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero · Director
- Quattro Hong Kong 2 · Director
- Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema · Self
- Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement · Self
- Ayos ka · Director, Writer
- Butchered · Director, Production Design
- Grandmother · Director, Production Design
- Slingshot · Director, Cinematography
- Serbis · Director
- Foster Child · Director
- Pantasya · Director
- Manoro · Director, Cinematography
- Summer Heat · Producer, Story
- The Masseur · Director, Story
- Sandakot na Kaligayahan · Production Design
- Iisa Isahin Ko Kayo · Production Design
- Kristobal (Tinik sa Korona) · Production Design
- Mula Paa Hanggang Ulo · Production Design
- Kunin Mo ang Ulo ni Ismael · Production Design
- Valentina · Production Design
- Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid · Production Design
- Takaw Tukso · Production Design, Assistant Director
- Private Show · Production Design
- Virgin Forest · Art Direction
- Chameleon · Director