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    Lamberto Avellana was a prominent Filipino film director who made his debut in 1939 with the film Sakay, which was an immediate success. Some of his most notable films include Anak Dalita (1956), which won Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and Badjao (1957). Avellana directed over 70 films in his career spanning six decades. In 1976, he was named the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film by President Ferdinand Marcos, in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino cinema.

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    Lamberto Avellana was a prominent Filipino film director who made his debut in 1939 with the film Sakay, which was an immediate success. Some of his most notable films include Anak Dalita (1956), which won Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and Badjao (1957). Avellana directed over 70 films in his career spanning six decades. In 1976, he was named the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film by President Ferdinand Marcos, in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino cinema.

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    Lamberto Avellana was a prominent Filipino film director who made his debut in 1939 with the film Sakay, which was an immediate success. Some of his most notable films include Anak Dalita (1956), which won Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and Badjao (1957). Avellana directed over 70 films in his career spanning six decades. In 1976, he was named the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film by President Ferdinand Marcos, in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino cinema.

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    Lamberto Avellana was a prominent Filipino film director who made his debut in 1939 with the film Sakay, which was an immediate success. Some of his most notable films include Anak Dalita (1956), which won Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and Badjao (1957). Avellana directed over 70 films in his career spanning six decades. In 1976, he was named the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film by President Ferdinand Marcos, in recognition of his significant contributions to Filipino cinema.

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    Nicole  T.

     Lopez     GAS-­‐12  A    

    LAMBERTO V. AVELLANA

    Lamberto Vera Avellana (February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a
    prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that
    hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as Anak
    Dalita and Badjao attained international acclaim. In 1976, Avellana was named by
    President Ferdinand Marcos as the very first National Artist of the Philippines for Film. While
    Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino cinema, his reputation as a film director has since
    been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s, such as Lino
    Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

    Born in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Avellana was educated at the Ateneo de Manila AB '37,
    where he developed what turned out to be a lifelong interest in the theater. He taught at the Ateneo
    after graduation and married his teen-age sweetheart Daisy Hontiveros, an actress who eventually
    also became a National Artist in 1999.

    Avellana made his film debut with Sakay in 1939, a biopic on the early 20th century Filipino
    revolutionary Macario Sakay. The film was an immediate sensation, particularly distinguished for
    its realism which was a typical of Filipino cinema at the time. The treatment is the subject of some
    controversy today. Avellana's Sakay toed the line with the American-fostered perception of Sakay as
    a mere bandit, different from the current-day appreciation of Sakay as a fighter for Filipino
    independence. Raymond Red's 1993 film, Sakay hews closer to this modern view of Sakay.
    Leopoldo Salcedo, who played Sakay in the 1939 Avellana version, portrayed Sakay's father in the
    1993 version in his final film role.
    Avellana directed more than 70 films in a career that spanned six decades. Anak Dalita (1956)
    and Badjao (1957) perhaps stand as the most prominent works from his oeuvre. Anak Dalita, which
    was named Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, was a realistic portrayal of poverty-
    stricken Filipinos coping with the aftermath of World War II. Badjao was a love-story among the
    sea-dwelling Badjaos, an indigenous Filipino people hailing from Mindanao. Rolf Bayer was the
    screenwriter for both films.
    Nicole  T.  Lopez     GAS-­‐12  A    

    FILMOGRAPHY / DIRECTED

    A Portrait of the artist as Filipino Communists in a new life

    Sergeant Hassan Pag-asa

    Faithful Sakay

    Badjao Child of sorrow

    Anak Dalita
    Nicole  T.  Lopez     GAS-­‐12  A    

    •   Initially aimed to get established in the Filipino theater industry; played Joan of Arc at the age of 20.
    •   Featured in many University of Philippines' plays; formed the Barangay Theater Guild along with his
    future wife.
    •   Made his directorial debut with the film Sakay (1939), which won him great reviews from critics and
    journalists alike.
    •   The success of his first movie earned him the title The Boy Wonder of Philippine Movies.
    •   Won a Grand Prix Award at the Asian Film Festival for the movie Anak Dalita (1956).
    •   Became the first Filipino filmmaker to have his film Kandelerong Pilak (1954) screened at the Cannes
    International Film Festival.
    •   Is also the first-ever Filipino to be named National Artist for Theater and Film in 1976.
    •   One of his classics A Portrait Of The Artist As Filipino (1965) is his first movie to be restored in
    2015.
    •   Has been immortalized with the release of three stamps carrying his portrait in February 2015, as a
    way of marking his birth centenary and celebrating the National Arts Month.

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