Armando Lao
- Writing
- September 6, 1948
- June 18, 2024
Biography
Armando "Bing" Lao was a five-time Gawad Urian-winning screenwriter and collaborator of Filipino directors Brillante Mendoza (Kinatay, Serbis), Chito Roño (La Vida Rosa, Itanong mo sa Buwan), and Jeffrey Jeturian (Tuhog, The Bet Collector). He also directed Biyaheng Lupa and Dukit. He founded the Found Story School of Filmmaking. In 2026, he was posthumously named a National Artist of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts.
Known for
Filmography
- Red · Assistant Director
- Feast · Creative Consultant
- Mindanao · Creative Consultant
- Fuccbois · Creative Consultant
- The Decaying · Creative Consultant
- Ma' Rosa · Creative Consultant
- Dukit · Director, Screenplay
- The Bit Player · Thanks
- Quick Change · Creative Consultant
- Babagwa · Creative Consultant
- Ad Ignorantiam · Director
- Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay · Special Appearance
- Here Comes the Bride · Producer
- Soliloquy · Executive producer, Director
- Butchered · Writer
- Serbis · Screenplay
- The Bet Collector · Screenplay
- Mother · Script Consultant
- Summer Heat · Creative Consultant
- Minsan Pa · Screenplay
- Bridal Shower · Screenplay
- La Vida Rosa · Lyricist, Screenplay
- Larger Than Life · Screenplay
- Fetch a Pail of Water · Screenplay
- Enter Love · Screenplay, Story
- Tayo Na Sa Dilim · Screenplay
- Oras-Oras, Araw-Araw · Screenplay
- Dear Diary · Story, Screenplay
- Moonchild · Screenplay
- Hati Tayo sa Magdamag · Screenplay
- Stupid Cupid · Story, Screenplay
- Where Does Love Hide? · Screenplay
- Di Maghilom ang Sugat · Screenplay
- Takaw Tukso · Screenplay