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Ishmael Bernal

Ishmael Bernal

Ishmael Bernal

1938-09-30

Manila, Philippines

DIRECTING

Biography

Ishmael Bernal 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.

Best known for:

Miracle

Manila by Night

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Ikaw ay Akin

Working Girls

Relasyon

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

Broken Marriage

Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

A Speck in the Water

Tisoy!

Lagi na Lamang Ba Akong Babae?

Salawahan

Bilibid Boys

Gamitin Mo Ako

At the Top

Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

Pleasure

Annie Batungbakal

Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?

Menor de Edad

Hinugot sa Langit

The Graduates

Pahiram ng Isang Umaga

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Filmography:

At the Top (1971)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
Storm Surge! (1971)
WORK AS:
Director
Till Death Do Us Part (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
El Vibora (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
Inspiration (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
Now and Forever (1973)
WORK AS:
Director
Zoom, Zoom, Superman! (1973)
WORK AS:
Director
Si Popeye, Atbp (1973)
WORK AS:
Director

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Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives (1974)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko (1975)
WORK AS:
Director
A Speck in the Water (1976)
WORK AS:
Director
Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa (1976)
WORK AS:
Director
Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon (1977)
WORK AS:
Director, Story, Screenplay
Tisoy! (1977)
WORK AS:
Director
Ikaw ay Akin (1978)
WORK AS:
Director, Story
Lagi na Lamang Ba Akong Babae? (1978)
WORK AS:
Director

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Pleasure (1979)
WORK AS:
Director, Story
Salawahan (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Boy Kodyak (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Menor de Edad (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Manila by Night (1980)
WORK AS:
Writer, Director
Vein Wound (1980)
WORK AS:
Director
Girlfriend (1980)
WORK AS:
Story, Director, Screenplay
Good Morning, Sunshine (1980)
WORK AS:
Director
Bilibid Boys (1981)
WORK AS:
Director
Pabling (1981)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay, Story
Miracle (1982)
WORK AS:
Director
Relasyon (1982)
WORK AS:
Director, Story
Galawgaw (1982)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak? (1982)
WORK AS:
Story, Director, Screenplay
Hindi Kita Malimot (1982)
WORK AS:
Director
Broken Marriage (1983)
WORK AS:
Director
Working Girls (1984)
WORK AS:
Director
Shake, Rattle & Roll (1984)
WORK AS:
Director
Fridge (1984)
WORK AS:
Director
Hinugot sa Langit (1985)
WORK AS:
Director
Gamitin Mo Ako (1985)
WORK AS:
Director
The Graduates (1986)
WORK AS:
Director
Pinulot Ka Lang sa Lupa (1987)
WORK AS:
Director
Working Girls 2 (1987)
WORK AS:
Director
Nagbabagang Luha (1988)
WORK AS:
Director
Pahiram ng Isang Umaga (1989)
WORK AS:
Director
Mahal Kita, Walang Iba (1992)
WORK AS:
Director, Screenplay
Noli Me Tangere (1993)
APPEREAD AS:
Kapitan Valentin
Wating (1994)
WORK AS:
Director
Bomba Bernal (2025)
WORK AS:
Director