Ishmael Bernal

Known for: Directing
Born: September 30, 1938, Manila, Philippines
Died: June 2, 1996
Movies: 57

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.

Best-Known Movies

8.0

Himala

1982

7.2

Manila by Night

1980

5.8

Shake, Rattle & Roll

1984

6.5

Working Girls

1984

6.4

An Affair

1982

7.1

You Are Mine

1978

6.6

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

1983

8.4

Broken Marriage

1983

5.0

Salawahan

1979

5.2

Gamitin Mo Ako

1985

Filmography

2025	Bomba Bernal	Self
2024	Brocka x Bernal	Self (archival footage)
2012	Himala Ngayon	Self (archive footage)
1993	Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare
1983	Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns	Self
1979	Annie Batungbakal

Directing, Writing & Producing

1994	Wating	Director
1992	Mahal Kita, Walang Iba	Director, Screenplay
1989	To Live Another Day	Director
1988	Smouldering Tears	Director
1987	Envy	Director
1987	Working Girls 2	Director
1986	The Graduates	Director
1985	Wrenched From Heaven	Director
1985	Gamitin Mo Ako	Director
1984	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Director
1984	Fridge	Director
1984	Working Girls	Director
1983	Broken Marriage	Director
1982	Himala	Director
1982	I Can't Forget You	Director
1982	An Affair	Director
1982	Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?	Director, Screenplay
1982	Galawgaw	Director, Screenplay
1981	Pabling	Director, Screenplay
1981	Bilibid Boys	Director
1980	Manila by Night	Writer, Director
1980	Vein Wound	Director
1980	Girlfriend	Director, Screenplay
1980	Good Morning, Sunshine	Director
1979	Pleasure	Director
1979	Salawahan	Director
1979	Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?	Director
1979	Menor de Edad	Director
1979	Boy Kodyak	Director
1978	You Are Mine	Director
1978	Will I Always Be a Woman?	Director
1978	Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin	Director
1977	Walang Katapusang Tag-araw	Screenplay, Director
1977	Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon	Director, Screenplay
1977	Tisoy!	Director
1976	Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa	Director
1976	A Speck in the Water	Director
1976	Wild Flower	Director
1976	Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget	Director
1975	Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga	Screenplay, Director
1975	Sleeping Dragon	Director
1975	Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko	Director
1974	Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives	Screenplay, Director
1973	Si Popeye, Atbp	Director
1973	Zoom, Zoom, Superman!	Director
1973	Now and Forever	Director
1972	Till Death Do Us Part	Director
1972	El Vibora	Director
1972	Inspiration	Director
1971	Storm Surge!	Director
1971	At the Top	Director, Writer

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