Marilou Diaz-Abaya

from Quezon City, Philippines

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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.

Timeline

2012Aged 57

  • Poster for Bwakaw

    Thanks

2011Aged 56

  • Poster for Ikaw ang Pag-ibig

    Screenplay

2005Aged 50

  • Poster for Maging Akin Muli

    Writer

2003Aged 48

  • Poster for Then and Now

    Director

2001Aged 46

  • Poster for New Moon

    Producer

1999Aged 44

1998Aged 43

  • Poster for Kiss, Cuddle and Celebrate

    Line Producer

  • Poster for In the Navel of the Sea

    Director

  • Poster for José Rizal

    Director

1997Aged 42

  • Poster for Milagros

    Director

1996Aged 41

  • Poster for Madonna and Child

    Line Producer

  • Poster for Mula Noon Hanggang Ngayon

    Line Producer

1995Aged 40

  • Poster for Redeem Her Honor

    Line Producer

  • Poster for Sarah: The Little Princess

    Line Producer

1994Aged 39

  • Poster for The 11th Commandment: Love Thy Spouse

    Director

1986Aged 31

  • Poster for Sensual

    Director

1984Aged 29

  • Poster for Working Girls

    Mrs. Kalaw (uncredited)

  • Poster for Baby Tsina

    Director

1983Aged 28

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

    Self

  • Poster for Minsan pa Nating Hagkan ang Nakaraan

    Director

  • Poster for Of the Flesh

    Director

1982Aged 27

  • Poster for Boystown

    Director

  • Poster for Moral

    Director

1981Aged 26

  • Poster for Macho Gigolo

    Director

1980Aged 25

  • Poster for Chain

    Director

  • Poster for Brutal

    Director