Brillante Mendoza

Filipino independent filmmaker

In this Philippine name, the family name is Mendoza.

Brillante Mendoza

Mendoza at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in September 2012

Born|  (1960-07-30) July 30, 1960 (age 64)

San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines

Alma mater| University of Santo Tomas
Occupation| Film director
Years active| 1990s–present

Brillante Mendoza[1] (Tagalog: [brɪlˈjantɛ mɛnˈdɔsɐ]; born July 30, 1960),[2] also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker.[3] Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.[4]

## Career

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Mendoza was born and raised in San Fernando, Pampanga. He took advertising arts of the College of Architecture and fine arts at the University of Santo Tomas.[5]

Mendoza has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first collaborated with actor Coco Martin in seven films: Masahista, Kaleldo, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.

Mendoza directed the first and second State of the Nation Addresses of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 and 2017, respectively.[6][7]

## Filmography

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Year  | Title  | Original title  | Credited as  | Notes

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Director  | Producer  | Screenwriter  | Production designer
1985  | Virgin Forest | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
1986  | Takaw Tukso | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Private Show | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Di Maghilom ang Sugat | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Materyales Fuertes | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Magic of the Universe | Salamangkero | No  | No  | No  | Yes  | With Arthur Nicdao
1987  | Mga Lihim ng Kalapati | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
1989  | Si Baleleng at ang Gintong Sirena | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Gabriela | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Valentina | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Target... Police General (Maj. Gen. Alfredo S. Lim Story) | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
1990  | "Ako ang Batas" -Gen. Tomas Karingal | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Mula Paa Hanggang Ulo | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Kristobal: Tinik sa Corona | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
Iisa-isahin Ko Kayo! | No  | No  | No  | Yes  |
2005  | The Masseur | Masahista | Yes  |  | Story  |  |
2006  | Summer Heat | Kaleldo | Yes  | Yes  | Story  |  |
The Teacher | Manoro | Yes  |  |  | Yes  | Also as cinematographer
2007  | Fantasy | Pantasya | Yes  |  |  |  | Also cinematographer
Foster Child |  | Yes  |  |  |  |
Slingshot | Tirador | Yes  |  |  |  | Also as cinematographer
2008  | Service | Serbis | Yes  |  |  |  |
2009  | Butchered (The Execution of P) | Kinatay | Yes  |  |  | Yes  |
Grandmother | Lola | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  |
2012  | Captive |  | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |
Thy Womb | Sinapupunan | Yes  | Executive  | No  | Yes  |
2013  | Sapi | Sapi | Yes  | Executive  | No  | Yes  | Also as cinematographer
2015  | Trap | Taklub | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  |
2016  | Ma' Rosa | Ma' Rosa | Yes  | Executive  | No  | Yes  |
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections | Asia sanmenkyô | Yes  |  |  |  | Segment: "Shinauma"
2018  | Alpha: The Right to Kill |  | Yes  | Executive  |  | Yes  |
Journey | Lakbayan | Yes  | Yes  |  |  | Segment: "Desfocado"
Co-director with Lav Diaz and Kidlat Tahimik
Amo (TV mini-series)  |  | Yes  |  |  |  | TV mini-series, distributed by Netflix (international)
2019  | Mindanao | Mindanao | Yes  | Yes  | Story  | Yes  |
Verdict |  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | Also creative consultant
2021  | Gensan Punch |  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  |
2022  | Resbak |  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  |
Apag |  | Yes  | Executive  | No  | Yes  |
2024  | Pula | Pola | Yes  | Executive  | Story  | No  | Premiered on Netflix
Motherland | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  |

## Awards and nominations

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Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.[8] His 2009 film Lola won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival.[9]

Mendoza's 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.[10] His 2012 film Thy Womb competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival[11] and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2012.[12]

Mendoza's film Taklub was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[13]

Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).[14]

Year  | Film  | Film festival  | Category  | Result  | Refs.

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1987  | Salamangkero | 3rd PMPC Star Awards for Movies | Best Production Design  | Won  | [15]
Private Show | 5th Film Academy of the Philippines Awards | Best Production Design  | Nominated  | [16][17]
Takaw Tukso | 11th Gawad Urian Awards | Best Production Design  | Won  | [18]
Private Show | Nominated  | [19]
2008  | Service | 2008 Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated | [20]
2009  | Kinatay | 2009 Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated | [21]
Best Director | Won | [21]
2009  | Grandmother | 66th Venice International Film Festival | Golden Lion | Nominated | [22]
2012  | Captive | 62nd Berlin International Film Festival | Golden Bear | Nominated | [23]
2012  | Thy Womb | 69th Venice International Film Festival | Golden Lion | Nominated | [24]
2016  | Ma' Rosa | 2016 Cannes Film Festival | Palme d'Or | Nominated | [25]
2021  | Gensan Punch | 26th Busan International Film Festival | Kim Jiseok Award | Won | [26]

## References

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1. ^ "Dante Mendoza in 'Bottomline with Boy Abunda'". ABS-CBN News. June 25, 2010. Retrieved May 29, 2017.
2. ^ "Brillante Mendoza - About".
3. ^ "Brilliante Mendoza: Philippines' celebrated and divisive director". CNN. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
4. ^ "Filipino New Wave - Movie list". MUBI. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
5. ^ "Pagdukot sa mga Burnham, isinapelikula". varsitarian. August 18, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
6. ^ "LOOK: Brillante Mendoza confirmed to direct Duterte's SONA". Rappler. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
7. ^ "Brillante Mendoza draws cheers, jeers in Duterte's 2nd SONA". ABS-CBN News. July 24, 2017. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
8. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Kinatay". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
9. ^ "Dubai International Film Festival – 2009 Winners". dubaifilmfest.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
10. ^ "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". Berlin Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
11. ^ "Venezia 69". labiennale. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
12. ^ "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
13. ^ "Complement to the Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
14. ^ "Brillante Mendoza Film Awards – Carlo Valenzona". carlovalenzona.com. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
15. ^ "Jacklyn Jose, Joel Torre lead PMPC 3rd Star Awards winners". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. March 19, 1987. p. 14. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
16. ^ "Viva Films dominates FAP nominees". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. March 23, 1987. p. 14. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
17. ^ Dormiendo, Justino (April 14, 1987). "Daybreak for 'Takaw Tukso', Nightfall for 'Gabi na, Kumander'". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. p. 15. Retrieved March 21, 2024. "[...] Benjie de Guzman's incoherent production design triumphing over Dante Mendoza's atmospheric work in Private Show (which I gather was eventually disqualified due to FAP's internal quibbling over tenure)[...]"
18. ^ Paul, Evelyn (May 8, 1987). "Jacklyn Jose, 'Tukso' get critics' nod". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
19. ^ "'Bagong Hari' tops 11th Urian nominees". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. April 21, 1987. p. 13. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
20. ^ "In Competition: "Serbis" by Brillante Mendoza - Festival de Cannes".
21. ^ a b "Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for 'Kinatay'". Festival de Cannes 2021. May 24, 2009.
22. ^ Jennings2009-09-10T16:14:00+01:00, Sheri. "Mendoza's Lola revealed as second surprise film in Venice". Screen.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
23. ^ "Brillante Mendoza's 'Captive', other contenders at Berlin film festival". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. February 18, 2012.
24. ^ Young, Neil (September 3, 2012). "Venice 2012: Searching For The Golden Lion In The Festival's First Half".
25. ^ "MA' ROSA - Festival de Cannes".
26. ^ Patrick Frater (October 15, 2021). "'Apartment' and 'Hometown' Share Busan Festival's New Currents Award". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2021.

## External links

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* Brillante Mendoza at IMDb

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Films directed by Brillante Mendoza

* The Masseur (2005)
* Summer Heat (2006)
* Foster Child (2007)
* Service (2008)
* Kinatay (2009)
* Grandmother (2009)
* Captive (2012)
* Thy Womb (2012)
* Taklub (2015)
* Ma' Rosa (2016)
* Mindanao (2019)
* Apag (2022)
* Red (2024)

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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director

1946–1975|

* René Clément (1946)
* René Clément (1949)
* Luis Buñuel (1951)
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* Jules Dassin / Sergei Vasilyev (1955)
* Sergei Yutkevich (1956)
* Robert Bresson (1957)
* Ingmar Bergman (1958)
* François Truffaut (1959)
* Yuliya Solntseva (1961)
* Liviu Ciulei (1965)
* Sergei Yutkevich (1966)
* Ferenc Kósa (1967)
* Vojtěch Jasný / Glauber Rocha (1969)
* John Boorman (1970)
* Miklós Jancsó (1972)
* Michel Brault / Costa-Gavras (1975)

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* Ettore Scola (1976)
* Nagisa Ōshima (1978)
* Terrence Malick (1979)
* Werner Herzog (1982)
* Robert Bresson / Andrei Tarkovsky (1983)
* Bertrand Tavernier (1984)
* André Téchiné (1985)
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* Mathieu Kassovitz (1995)
* Joel Coen (1996)
* Wong Kar-wai (1997)
* John Boorman (1998)
* Pedro Almodóvar (1999)
* Edward Yang (2000)

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* Joel Coen / David Lynch (2001)
* Paul Thomas Anderson / Im Kwon-taek (2002)
* Gus Van Sant (2003)
* Tony Gatlif (2004)
* Michael Haneke (2005)
* Alejandro González Iñárritu (2006)
* Julian Schnabel (2007)
* Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2008)
* Brillante Mendoza (2009)
* Mathieu Amalric (2010)
* Nicolas Winding Refn (2011)
* Carlos Reygadas (2012)
* Amat Escalante (2013)
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* Miguel Gomes (2024)
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Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Director

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* Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2008)
* Lu Chuan (2009)
* Lee Chang-dong (2010)
* Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2011)
* Brillante Mendoza (2012)
* Anthony Chen (2013)
* Nuri Bilge Ceylan (2014)
* Alexey German JR (2015)
* Feng Xiaogang (2016)
* Andrey Zvyagintsev (2017)
* Nadine Labaki (2018)
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* Wenn V. Deramas (2010)
* Tikoy Aguiluz (2011)
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* Joyce Bernal (2013)
* Dan Villegas (2014)
* Erik Matti (2015)
* Erik Matti (2016)
* Paul Soriano (2017)
* Joel Lamangan (2018)
* Brillante Mendoza (2019)
* Antoinette Jadaone (2020)
* Jun Lana (2021)
* Mikhail Red (2022)
* Pepe Diokno (2023)

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* Joseph Estrada (1975)
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* Rolly Quizon (1977)
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* Jomari Yllana (1996)
* Christopher de Leon (1997)
* Cesar Montano (1998)
* Christopher de Leon (1999)
* Johnny Delgado (2000)

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* Cesar Montano (2001)
* Eddie Garcia (2002)
* Eric Quizon (2003)
* Christopher de Leon (2004)
* Marvin Agustin (2005)
* Cesar Montano (2006)
* Jinggoy Estrada (2007)
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* Robin Padilla (2013)
* Derek Ramsay (2014)
* Jericho Rosales (2015)
* Paolo Ballesteros (2016)
* Derek Ramsay (2017)
* Dennis Trillo (2018)
* Allen Dizon (2019)
* Paulo Avelino (2020)
* Christian Bables (2021)
* Ian Veneracion (2022)
* Cedrick Juan (2023)

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* Charito Solis (1975)
* Hilda Koronel (1976)
* Vilma Santos (1977)
* Nora Aunor (1978)
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* Nora Aunor (1979)
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* Gina Alajar (1992)
* Dawn Zulueta (1993)
* Kimberly Diaz (1994)
* Nora Aunor (1995)
* Amy Austria (1996)
* Maricel Soriano (1997)
* Alice Dixson (1998)
* Elizabeth Oropesa (1999)
* Gloria Romero (2000)

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* Assunta De Rossi (2001)
* Ara Mina (2002)
* Maricel Soriano (2003)
* Vilma Santos (2004)
* Zsa Zsa Padilla (2005)
* Judy Ann Santos (2006)
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