Gerardo de Leon

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-09-12 (68 years old)

Deathday

1981-07-25

Place of Birth

Manila, Philippines

Gerardo de Leon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerardo de León (September 12, 1913 - July 25, 1981) was a Filipino actor turned film director, who made his acting debut in the 1934 movie Ang Dangal. De León, who was born as Gerardo Ilagan, was a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures, which includes Robert Arevalo, Liberty Ilagan and Ronaldo Valdez, and musical scorer Tito Arévalo. De León was a medical doctor by profession, but his ultimate love for film has won him over. He made eight more films as an actor before he became a director. He made his directorial debut in 1939's Bahay-Kubo, starring Fely Vallejo (who he later married...

Production

1953

1956

Saigon

as Director

1971

Women in Cages

as Director

1954

Pedro Penduko

as Director

1939

Bahay Kubo

as Director

1947

Ikaw Ay Akin

as Director

1966

1968

Brides of Blood

as Director

1959

Terror Is a Man

as Director

1939

Ama at Anak

as Director

1941

Ang Maestra

as Director

1944

Tatlong Maria

as Director

1964

1966

Wanted: Johnny L

as Director

1950

48 Hours

as Director

1961

Noli me Tángere

as Director

1961

Noli me Tángere

as Screenplay

1957

Bicol Express

as Director

1950

Kamay ni Satanas

as Director

1971

Lilet

as Director

1951

Sisa

as Director

1974

1962

1955

Sanda Wong

as Director

1958

1954

Ifugao

as Director

1954

Ifugao

as Producer

1964

1974

1959

Aawitan Kita

as Director

1969

Brownout

as Director

1960

1951

Diego Silang

as Director

1953

Dyesebel

as Director

1964

Anak ni Dyesebel

as Director

1949

Padre Burgos

as Director

1965

1944

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