Ishmael Bernal
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1938-09-30 (58 years old)
Deathday
1996-06-02
Place of Birth
Manila, Philippines
Also known As
اسماعیل برنال
Ishmael Bernal
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.
Acting
2012
2024
as Self (archival footage)
Production
1972
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1984
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1972
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1971
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1982
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1974
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1975
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1976
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1976
1980
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1980
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1980
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1979
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1979
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1985
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1982
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1982
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1976
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1984
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1979
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1979
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1979
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1971
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1971
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1983
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1978
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1984
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1976
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1981
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1989
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1977
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1977
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1977
as Story
1986
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1975
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1975
as Screenplay
1994
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1992
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1988
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1981
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1978
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1977
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1977
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1975
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1977
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1978
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1985
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1982
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1982
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1982
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1982
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1982
as Story
1987
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1979
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1992
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1987
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1970
1981
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1981
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1980
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1978
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2025
as Director
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