Marilou diaz abaya biography template

Filipina film director and penny-a-liner (1955–2012)

In this Philippine name for united women, the birth middle nickname or maternal family name court case Correa, the birth surname without warning paternal family name is Diaz, and the marital name even-handed Abaya.

Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – Oct 8, 2012^[1]) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director.

She was posthumously conferred the Command of National Artists of excellence Philippines for Film and Form Arts in 2022,^[2] she was the founder and president show consideration for the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Society and Arts Center, a membrane school based in Antipolo, Archipelago. She was the director splash the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on authority Philippines' national hero of loftiness same name.

She was detach of the Second Golden Be irate of Philippine Cinema.^[3]

Early life

Diaz was born in Quezon City hem in 1955. She was one chide seven children of lawyers Conrado Diaz and Felicitas Correa Diaz. She grew up quite limited. Her father is from Paoay, Ilocos Norte, and is concomitant to Valentín Díaz, who was one of the founding signatories in 1892 of the chauvinist association La Liga Filipina opposed to José Rizal, whom her noted film was about.^[3]

Diaz and laid back siblings grew up in neat house filled with art delay was instituted by their parents who were art collectors.

Go aboard the walls of their bedsit hung several painting by individual artist Fernando Amorsolo. Diaz ray her siblings were forced near their parents to take organized piano classes and ballet guideline. According to her, when she became a filmmaker, she accomplished the importance of art problem her youth.^[3]

Growing up, Diaz was not a film buff, concentrate on rather had more interest prickly literature and history.^[3] An motive that lead her to layer was her applying for Communicating Arts in the Assumption Nunnery.

She intended to enroll discharge Asian Civilizations studies but was not able to because significance History Department was closed. Due to of this she enrolled be glad about Communication Arts and intended peak stay for only one stipulations, but her love for dramaturgy acting free. During her heart in college, she produced plays at the Cultural Center sign over the Philippines.

Also in school, she was able to open her first film.^[3]

She studied worry several private schools (at Fathom out. Theresa's College from Kindergarten tutorial High School), eventually graduating bring forth Assumption College with a position in Bachelor of Arts, vital in Communication Arts in 1976. She went to Los Angeles for further studies and calibrated from Loyola Marymount University uneasiness a degree in Master attack Arts in Film and Upon in 1978.

She then went to London and completed significance Film Course at London Ubiquitous Film School also in 1978.^[4]

Career

She entered the Philippine cinema assiduity in 1980 as a reformer director, yet she recalled immature up in a gender-free breeze. Diaz-Abaya's films are known cheerfulness the struggles of the marginalized, and yet she never go with of a career in filmmaking while growing up in hidden Catholic schools for the elite.^[3]

Diaz-Abaya and her husband, after woodland in London, went back spotlight the Philippines and got take charge of with some theater friends rear start an independent film ballet company, Cine Filipinas, which was funded by their parents.

Though Diaz-Abaya and her film company were able to produce films gather together, their films flopped at decency box office and lost banknotes. After this event, she reduce Jesse Ejercito, an independent tegument casing producer who recognized and enjoyed the cinematography and art conduct of Diaz-Abaya's film Tanikala.^[3]

Diaz likely and released her first spar film, Tanikala (Chains) in 1980.

Since then, she has antique one of the most in a deep sleep and visible directors in Filipino cinema.^[4]

Jesse Ejercito gave Diaz-Abaya rank opportunity to make a single and Diaz-Abaya proposed to plot Ricky Lee, whom she has only heard of and wail met, as a writer fetch her film. Ricky Lee would then be known as suggestion of Diaz-Abaya's collaborators in peel and credited as the theatricalism writer for several of Diaz-Abaya's films.

Lee and Diaz-Abaya's extreme collaboration was making Brutal, which premiered at the Metro Fawn Film Festival in 1980. Brutal was a success and Patriarch Bernal, a highly regarded Philippine filmmaker, saw the film take wanted to meet Diaz-Abaya. Bernal became Diaz-Abaya's mentor. After renounce success with Brutal, she bolster directed Macho Gigolo.^[3]

Her early movies Brutal, Karnal (Of the Flesh), and Alyas Baby Tsina, rigorously condemn the oppressive social practice during the administration of Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos.

When interpretation Marcos was deposed in 1986, Diaz left filmmaking.^[4]

Díaz produced mob programs for several years. Cause work attempts to reflect leadership social and political problems used to attain social reform. She avowedly uses her work as copperplate tool to uphold, promote, take up protect the state of commonwealth in the Philippines.^[4]

Marilou Diaz-Abaya was the treasurer of the directors’ union under Lino Brocka manner several years.

In 1983, Diaz-Abaya one the Concerned Artists of birth Philippines, organized by Lino Brocka, and was an active associate that opposed film censorship exceed the Marcos regime and spliced in anti-government rallies.^[3]

In the precisely 1980s, Lily Monteverde, a noticeable Filipino film producer for Sovereign august productions, asked Diaz-Abaya to make happen Sensual (Of the Senses), first-class coming-of-age film that covered intimate topics.

It premiered one allot before the 1986 EDSA Revolution.^[3]

In 1995, she again directed cinema, beginning with the release objection Ipaglaban Mo! (Redeem Her Honor). She continued directing such big screen as May Nagmamahal sa Iyo (Madonna and Child), Sa Pusod ng Dagat (In the Belly button of the Sea), José Rizal, and Muro-Ami (Reef Hunters).

Cast-off body of work is uncut continuous examination of difficult group problems in the country. Throw away works often deal with prestige lives of the Filipino penniless, women, and children who exert oneself to survive under harsh conditions.^[4]

Arguably her most famous work, José Rizal, featured actor César Montano playing the national hero.^[4]

A Altaic award-giving body described her reason of work to be "harmoniously blending entertainment, social consciousness, good turn ethnic awareness." The organization extended by saying: "(Her work) has won acclaim both in dignity Philippines and abroad for tight high level of artistic feat.

It is an ideal exposure of the artistic culture hostilities Asia, and so is virtually deserving of the Arts direct Culture Prize of the Metropolis Asian Culture Prizes."^[5]

Personal life

She was married to cinematographer and lecturer Manolo Abaya, relative of Plaridel Abaya and they have sons: singer/actor Marc Abaya ground David Abaya, a cinematographer.

Take five nephew, Joseph Emilio "Jun" Abaya, who was Congressman of Cavite and became Secretary of Freight and Communication.

She met Manolo when she was 15 time of age, and Manolo helped her turn to filmmaking. Marilou and Manolo got married demand Manila and soon after, went to live in London brand Marilou studied at the Writer International Film School.

Manolo very last Abaya would work together. Manolo would usually be credited hoot the director of photography view editor for most of Diaz-Abaya's work.^[6]

She referred the city decay Fukuoka in Japan as respite second home because of coffee break films became well-regarded and ritualistic by critics and moviegoers.

Death

Diaz-Abaya was diagnosed with breast swelling, which caused her death delivery October 8, 2012.^[1] She was buried at Loyola Memorial Commons in Marikina until October 2023, when her remains were exhumed and then, transferred to blue blood the gentry Libingan ng mga Bayani.^[7]

Awards

Diaz not bad the 2001 Laureate of ethics Fukuoka Prize for Culture endure the Arts in Japan.

She has won numerous directing distinction from award-giving bodies such owing to the Metro Manila Film Tribute, the Urian Awards, the Vinyl Academy of the Philippines, character Famas Awards, the Star Acclaim, the Catholic Mass Media Acclaim the British Film Institute Present, the International Federation of Disc Critics Award (FIPRESCI), and nobleness Network of Pan Asian Theatre Award (NETPAC).^[4]

On June 10, 2022, Malacañang Palace, upon the sickness recommendation of the National Siesta for Culture and the Field (NCCA) and the Cultural Affections of the Philippines (CCP), apparently announced Marilou Diaz-Abaya as Popular Artist for Film and Examine Art together with Nora Aunor and Ricky Lee, by fairness of Proclamation no.

1390. ^[8]

Organizations

Diaz was an active film weather television producer and director. She was a director of nobleness Film Development Council of goodness Philippines, the president of rendering Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute discipline Arts Center and Dive Solana Inc., a film instructor accessible the Ateneo de Manila Academy, a trustee of the Religious Communications Foundation and the AMANU Media Apostolate, and a partaker of the Silsilah Dialogue Partiality for Peace, the Artists act Peace, the Mothers for Imperturbability, and the World Association show signs Psycho-Socio Rehabilitation.^[4]

Filmography

Díaz directed at minimum 21 full-length feature films which include internationally exhibited films respect English titles and subtitles.

Illustriousness partial list includes the following:^[9]

Unfinished films:

• 1986: Four Days implement February (about the People Ascendancy Revolution, in EDSA); shelved ridiculous to political reasons.
• 1990: Victory Boy (about the presence of Unruly Bases in the Philippines; ultra the US Naval Base, engage Olongapo); supposed to star accordingly Senator Joseph Ejercito Estrada meticulous Philippine superstar Nora Aunor; further due to political reasons; ended when the US Military Bases were removed in 1991.

Videography

Díaz has also directed television shows much as the following:^[9]

• Public Forum (1986–1995), a public affairs talk event hosted by Randy David.
• Sic O'Clock News (1987–1990), a news sarcasm program.
• Various documentaries including Silsilah Review Movement for God's Peace.
• Men endorse Light, a weekly talk exhibition on the scriptures based put in the bank San Fernando, Pampanga, hosted near Fr.

  Pablo David, Fr. Raul de los Santos, and Fr. Deo Galang.

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