Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1955-03-30 (57 years old)

Deathday

2012-10-08

Place of Birth

Quezon City, Philippines

Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Biography

Marilou Díaz-Abaya (30 March 1955 – 8 October 2012) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was the founder and president of the Marilou Díaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero. She was part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.

Production

1999

Reef Hunters

as Producer

1981

Macho Gigolo

as Director

1998

José Rizal

as Director

1980

Tanikala

as Director

1982

Moral

as Director

1983

Of the Flesh

as Director

1984

Alias Baby Tsina

as Director

1980

Brutal

as Director

1999

Reef Hunters

as Director

1996

1997

Milagros

as Director

2003

Noon At Ngayon

as Director

2001

New Moon

as Writer

2001

New Moon

as Director

1995

Redeem Her Honor

as Line Producer

1995

Redeem Her Honor

as Director

2011

Ikaw ang Pag-ibig

as Screenplay

2011

1998

1986

Sensual

as Director

2005

Maging Akin Muli

as Director

2005

1982

Boystown

as Director

1996

Madonna and Child

as Line Producer

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