Lamberto V. Avellana

Biography

Lamberto Vera Avellana NA 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 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.

Directed

1. Child of Sorrow (1956) — Director
2. Badjao (1957) — Director
3. A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino (1965) — Director
4. Huk in a New Life (1953) — Director
5. Fe, Esperanza, Caridad (1974) — Director
6. Pag-asa (1951) — Director
7. Sarjan Hassan (1958) — Director
8. Lapu-Lapu (1955) — Director
9. Kapitan Kulas (1975) — Director
10. Sakay (1939) — Director
11. Cry Freedom (1959) — Director
12. Song of the Race (1959) — Director
13. Korea (1952) — Director
14. Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba (1952) — Director
15. The Evil Within (1970) — Director
16. Faithful (1958) — Director
17. Book of Life (1952) — Director
18. Hantik (1950) — Director
19. No Money No Honey (1955) — Director
20. Waywaya (1982) — Director
21. Ang Bombero (1950) — Director
22. A La Viva! (1948) — Director
23. Prinsipe Amante (1950) — Director
24. Satur (1951) — Director
25. Ang Pag-ibig Ko'y Huwag Mong Sukatin (1975) — Director
26. Silver Candlestick (1954) — Director
27. Appointment at Mount Manunggal (1966) — Director
28. Sa Paanan Ng Nazareno (1952) — Director
29. In Despair (1950) — Director
30. A Battle among the Clouds (1975) — Director
31. The Survivor — Director

Also appeared in

1. No Man Is an Island (1962) — Mr. Shimoda
2. Salamat sa Alaala (2015) — Himself
3. Tatak Avellana (1988) — Self
4. Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema (1986)