Ishmael Bernal
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.
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Movies (58)
Bomba Bernal
2025 · Self
Brocka x Bernal
2024 · Self (archival footage)
Himala Ngayon
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Wating
1994 · Director
Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare
1993
Mahal Kita, Walang Iba
1992 · Director, Screenplay
To Live Another Day
1989 · Director
Smouldering Tears
1988 · Director
Envy
1987 · Director
Working Girls 2
1987 · Director
The Graduates
1986 · Director
Wrenched From Heaven
1985 · Director
Gamitin Mo Ako
1985 · Director
Shake, Rattle & Roll
1984 · Director
Fridge
1984 · Director
Working Girls
1984 · Director
Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
1983 · Self
Broken Marriage
1983 · Director
Himala
1982 · Director
I Can't Forget You
1982 · Director
An Affair
1982 · Director, Story
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
1982 · Story, Director, Screenplay
Galawgaw
1982 · Director, Screenplay
Pabling
1981 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Bilibid Boys
1981 · Director
Manila by Night
1980 · Writer, Director
Vein Wound
1980 · Director
Girlfriend
1980 · Story, Director, Screenplay
Good Morning, Sunshine
1980 · Director
Pleasure
1979 · Director, Story
Salawahan
1979 · Director
Annie Batungbakal
1979
Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?
1979 · Director
Menor de Edad
1979 · Director
Boy Kodyak
1979 · Director
You Are Mine
1978 · Director, Story
Will I Always Be a Woman?
1978 · Director
Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin
1978 · Director
Walang Katapusang Tag-araw
1977 · Screenplay, Director
Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon
1977 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Tisoy!
1977 · Director
Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa
1976 · Director
A Speck in the Water
1976 · Director
Wild Flower
1976 · Director
Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget
1976 · Director
Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga
1975 · Screenplay, Director
Sleeping Dragon
1975 · Director
Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko
1975 · Director
Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives
1974 · Screenplay, Director
Si Popeye, Atbp
1973 · Director
Zoom, Zoom, Superman!
1973 · Director
Now and Forever
1973 · Director
Till Death Do Us Part
1972 · Director
El Vibora
1972 · Director
Inspiration
1972 · Director
Storm Surge!
1971 · Director
At the Top
1971 · Director, Writer
Ah, Ewan! Basta sa Maynila Pa Rin Ako!
1970 · Story
