Theater, Film, and Broadcast Arts

Theater, Film, and
Broadcast Arts

National Artist in the
Philippines



• Daisy Avellana

(Jan. 26, 1917 – May 12, 2013)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Theater
and Film in 1999, Avellana is a performer and
film director. She was married to Lamberto
Avellana another Philippine National Artist, her
film credits include “Portrait of the Artist as
Filipino” (actress and scriotwriter), “Diego Silang”
(directress), “Walang Sugat” (directress), and
“Sakay” (scriptwriter).



• Lamberto Avellana

(Feb. 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Film in
1976, Avellana was the first recipient of such
awards conferred by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos. He
was a prominent Filipino film and stage director
whose career spanned six decades. Of the more
than 70 films he directed, the films “Anak Dalita”
(1956) and “Badjao” (1957) won for him
international acclaim.



• Ishmael Bernal

(Sept. 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema in
2001, Bernal was an acclaimed Filipino film, stage
and television director, actor, and screenwriter.
He was know for his melodramas dealing with
feminist and moral issue.



• Salvador E. Vernal

(Jan. 7, 1945 – Oct. 26, 2011)

- National Artist of the Philippines fir Theater and
Design in 2003, Bernal was an acclaimed artist from
the Philippines. Since he began his career in 1969, he
completed over 300 production in arts, film, and
music.

- Notable works are:

“Rama and Sita” “Abaniko”

“Pilipinas Circa” “La Traviata”

“Dalagang bukid” “Tomaneg at
Aniway”

“Banaag at Sikat” “Pagkahaba-haba
ng prosisyon sa

“Rajah Sulayman” simbahan din
ang tuloy”



• Catalino Brocka

(April 3,1939 – May 21, 1991)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema in 1997,
Brocka *(aka Lino) is known as an “actor‟s director”
because he groomed many budding actors into award-
winning ones.



• Manuel Conde

(Oct. 9, 1915 – Aug. 11, 1985)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema in 2009,
Conde “indigenized cinema by assigning it a history and
culture of its own, by revitalizing folk culture with
urgent issues, by depicting and critiquing Filipino
customs, value, and traditions according to the needs
of the present, by employing and at the same time
innovating on the traditional cinematic genres of his
time, and by establishing the presence of the Filipino
cinema in the world (NCCA).



• Honorata De La Rama-
Hernandez

(Jan. 11, 1902 – July 11, 1991)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Music
in 1987, De La Rama (aka Atang) was an singer,
playwright-producer, and vaudeville performer who
became the first Filipino film Actress.



• Gerardo De Leon

(Sept. 12, 1913 – July 25, 1981)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema in 1982,
De Leon
(aka “Gerry”) was a Filipino actor and director from

the Ilagan clan of
Philippine motion pictures. He was distinguished as the

most awarded film
director in the history of FAMAS (Filipino Academy of

Movie Arts and
Science).



• Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero

(Jan. 22, 1911 – April 28, 1995)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Theater in 1997,
Ma. Guerrero Founded the UP Mobile Theater, serving
as its artistic director and pioneering the concept of
theater campus tour. “By bringing theater to the
countryside, he made possible for students and
audiences in general to experience the basic grammar
of staging and acting in familiar and friendly ways
through his play that hormoniously reflect the behavior
of the Filipino (NCCA).



• Severino Montano

(Jan. 3, 1915 – Dec. 12, 1980)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Theater in 2001,
Montano is a playwright, director, actor, and theatre
organizer. “He Institutionalized „legitimate theater in
the Philippines and honed and shared his expertise
with his countrymates. He also estanlished the Arena
Theater PlaywritingContest (NCCA)”.



• Ronald Allan K. Poe, Jr.

(Aug. 20, 1939 – Dec. 12, 2004)

- Posthumously declared as National Artist of the
Philippines for Cinema in May 23, 2006 by
Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and proclaimed
again as such on July 20, 2012 by Pres. Benigno
Aquino III, Poe ( better known as FPJ and Da
King) was an actor, director (Ronwaldo
Reyes), and producer.



• Eddie S. Romero

(July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Cinema
And Broadcast in 2003, Romero was an
acclaimed and influential Filipino film director,
producer, and screenwriter, considered one of
the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.



• Ronaldo S. Tinio

(March 5, 1937 – July 8, 1997)

- National Artist of the Philippines for Theater
and Literature in 1997,Tinio is a film actor,
scriptwriter, and director married to theater
and film actress Ella Luansing. Born in
Gagalangin,Tondo Manila, he studied at the
University of Santo Tomas and Graduated with
honors (magna cumlaude). A Philosophy
degree holder, earned hid MFA degree in
Creative Writing.