Lino Brocka

Biography

Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country. Brocka was openly gay and often incorporated LGBT themes into his films.

Directed

1. Manila in the Claws of Light (1975) — Director
2. Insiang (1976) — Director
3. Macho Dancer (1989) — Director
4. Weighed But Found Wanting (1974) — Director
5. Cain and Abel (1982) — Director
6. This Is My Country (1984) — Director
7. Bona (1984) — Director
8. Jaguar (1979) — Director
9. Fight for Us (1989) — Director
10. My Father, My Mother (1978) — Director
11. Three, Two, One (1974) — Director
12. All Be Damned (1990) — Director
13. A Plea to God (1991) — Director
14. I Carry the World (1987) — Director
15. Dirty Affair (1990) — Director
16. Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991) — Director
17. Above Everything Else (1991) — Director
18. Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita (1989) — Director
19. Dipped in Gold (1970) — Director
20. Miguelito (1985) — Director
21. Dung-aw (1975) — Director
22. Angela Markado (1980) — Director
23. White Slavery (1985) — Director
24. Victim (1990) — Director
25. Be Only Mine (1987) — Director
26. PX (1982) — Director
27. Napakasakit, Kuya Eddie (1986) — Director
28. Caught in the Act (1981) — Director
29. Mother, Sister, Daughter (1979) — Director
30. Stardoom (1971) — Director
31. Controversial (1981) — Director
32. Palipat-lipat, Papalit-palit (1982) — Director
33. When Forever Ends (1990) — Director
34. Santiago! (1970) — Director
35. Wake Up... Maruja (1978) — Director
36. God Is Still Asleep (1988) — Director
37. Spark in the Dark (1991) — Director
38. Stolen Love (1980) — Director
39. Bourgeois (1981) — Director
40. Adultery (1984) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Five and the Skin (1982)
2. The Marriage (1980) — Wedding Sponsor (uncredited)
3. Signed: Lino Brocka (1987)
4. Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983) — Self
5. Mortal (1976) — Face in the Dark
6. Omens (2008) — Himself
7. Lino: His Art and Life (1998) — Self
8. Brocka x Bernal (2024) — Self (archival footage)
9. Manila... A Filipino Film (1975) — Self
10. Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema (1986)
11. Ciné regards (1978) — Self