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
Noli Me Tangere
1993
Himala
1982
Manila by Night
1980
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983
Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa
1976
An Affair
1982
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
1974
Working Girls
1984
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
1982
Envy
1987
Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko
1975
To Live Another Day
1989
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
7
Directing
51
Writing
19