Marilou Diaz-Abaya

    Marilou Diaz-Abaya

    March 7, 1955 (69 years old) in Quezon City, Philippines

    Marilou Díaz-Abaya (30 March 1955 – 8 October 2012) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was the founder and president of the Marilou Díaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero. She was part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.

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    Working GirlsWorking Girls
    Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony RaynsVisions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns
    Visionary Filmmaker - Marilou Diaz-AbayaVisionary Filmmaker - Marilou Diaz-Abaya
    Ishmael Bernal - Truth and DareIshmael Bernal - Truth and Dare

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