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Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema.
Nov 15, 2016 · Learn about the life and career of Lino Brocka, a radical filmmaker who explored the plight of the marginalized and ignored sectors of Filipino society. Discover his socially conscious films, his awards, his struggles under the Marcos dictatorship, and his legacy.
Mar 7, 2010 · Lino Brocka is possibly the best known and arguably most loved filmmaker the Philippines has ever known. He is, as filmmaker Khavn de la Cruz noted, “the ultimate icon of Philippine cinema.”
Lino Brocka was a world-renowned Filipino filmmaker who used cinema as a social commentary and awakened public consciousness to disturbing realities of life among the Filipino poor. He won the 1985 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts for his artistic and courageous films.
May 22, 1991 · 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.
On April 3, 1939, Catalino Ortiz Brocka, better known as Lino Brocka, one of the greatest film directors of the Philippines and National Artist for Films (1997), was born in Pilar, Sorsogon.
Feb 5, 2014 · Lino Brocka’s “Manila in the Claws of Light,” at the Museum of Modern Art, is a 1975 movie about the limits to life in the Philippines under the dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos.
