Marilou Diaz-Abaya

Directing • Born 1955-03-30 • Quezon City, Philippines

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.

Filmography

6.3

Working Girls

1984 • Mrs. Kalaw (uncredited)

6.6

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

1983 • Self

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Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare

1993

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Visionary Filmmaker - Marilou Diaz-Abaya

1999