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Ishmael Bernal

Director

Ishmael Bernal

Directing
1980 — 1982 · 2 films
Lived
30 September 1938 — d. 1996
From
Manila, Philippines

Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) 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.

Career Signature

How Ishmael Bernal’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.