Мигель де Леон: Филиппин режиссерінің өмір және шығарма жолы

Filipino film director
the film director

Miguel "Mike" Pamintuan de Leon (born May 24, 1947) is a Filipino film director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer.

Mike de Leon was born on March 24, 1947, in Manila, Philippines, to producer Manuel de Leon and Imelda Pamintuan. Through his father, Mike de Leon is the grandson of LVN Studios matriarch Narcisa "Sisang" de Leon. De Leon received his bachelor's degree from the Ateneo de Manila University before going on to take up art history at the University of Heidelberg in Germany.

In the beginning of his career, de Leon directed two short films, Sa Bisperas in 1972 and Monologo in 1975.

While his other film Batch '81 went on a production hiatus, de Leon directed the psychological horror Kisapmata. Inspired by real life events, a controlling patriarch, played by Vic Silayan, dominates the married life of his daughter and her husband, played by Charo Santos and Jay Ilagan, respectively. It was the first major treatment of incest in Philippine cinema. At the 1982 Metro Manila Film Festival, the film won 10 awards, including Best Picture as well as Best Director and Best Screenplay for de Leon.

In 1982, de Leon's Batch 81 was released. The film depicted harsh fraternity rituals where neophytes were subjected to violent hazing and dehumanizing tests of blind loyalty, shown through the eyes of an unnamed pledgee played by Mark Gil in his breakout role. Batch '81 was screened alongside Kisapmata at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival Directors' Fortnight. With this achievement, de Leon became the second director, and first Filipino, to have two films screened at the Directors' Fortnight.

De Leon continued his sociopolitical commentary with the Vilma Santos led Sister Stella L. In the midst of contemporary debate on liberation theory, Sister Stella L. told the story of a religious sister who becomes involved in a labor strike. Although de Leon initially set out to self produce the film, limited financial resources forced him to ask producer Lily Monteverde of Regal Films to step in. This would be the first serious political film of Regal Films. It won 10 Gawad Urian awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and also competed for the Golden Lion at the 41st Venice International Film Festival.

In the 1990s, de Leon was in talks with GMA Pictures, then called Cinemax, to helm a José Rizal biopic that would star Aga Muhlach. Both director and star dropped out of the project during the pre production stage. GMA Pictures went on to produce the 1998 José Rizal biopic starring Cesar Montano and directed by Marilou Diaz Abaya. Nevertheless, according to frequent collaborator Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr., de Leon could not let go of the idea of a film about Rizal. In 1999, de Leon directed the black and white mockumentary Bayaning 3rd World. The film won six Gawad Urian awards, including for Best Film as well as Best Director for de Leon.

Artist Itim (1976) Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (1977) Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (1980) Kisapmata (1981) Batch '81 (1982) Sister Stella L. (1984) Hindi Nahahati ang Langit (1985) Aliwan Paradise (1993) Bayaning 3rd World (1999) Citizen Jake (2018)Actors Charo Santos Moody Diaz Christopher de Leon Danny Javier Boboy Garrovillo Laurice Guillen Johnny Delgado Jay Ilagan Nanette Inventor Charito Solis Dina Bonnevie Crew Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. Raquel Villavicencio Rody Lacap Ike Jarlego Jr. Jess Navarro Mel Chionglo Cesar Hernando Lorrie Ilustre