Marilou Diaz-Abaya
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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1955-03-30 · Quezon City, Philippines
- Died
- 2012-10-08
Known for
- Of the Flesh (1983) — Director
- Moral (1982) — Director
- In the Navel of the Sea (1998) — Director
- Bwakaw (2012) — Thanks
- Working Girls (1984) — Mrs. Kalaw (uncredited)
- Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns (1983) — Self
- José Rizal (1998) — Director
- Brutal (1980) — Director
- Sarah: The Little Princess (1995) — Line Producer
- Madonna and Child (1996) — Director
- Minsan pa Nating Hagkan ang Nakaraan (1983) — Director
- Sensual (1986) — Director
- Milagros (1997) — Director
- Then and Now (2003) — Director
- New Moon (2001) — Director
- The 11th Commandment: Love Thy Spouse (1994) — Director