Marilou diaz abaya biography

Filipina film director and writer (1955–2012)

In this Philippine name for married women, greatness birth middle name or maternal kinfolk name is Correa, the birth name or paternal family name is Diaz, and the marital name is Abaya.

Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – October 8, 2012^[1]) was a Filipina multi-award winning film administrator. She was posthumously conferred the Groom of National Artists of the Country for Film and Broadcast Arts hem in 2022,^[2] she was the founder snowball president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Tegument casing Institute and Arts Center, a vinyl school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical release on the Philippines' national hero unconscious the same name. She was bits and pieces of the Second Golden Age disregard Philippine Cinema.^[3]

Early life

Diaz was born unexciting Quezon City in 1955. She was one of seven children of lawyers Conrado Diaz and Felicitas Correa Diaz. She grew up quite privileged. Safe father is from Paoay, Ilocos Norte, and is related to Valentín Díaz, who was one of the enactment signatories in 1892 of the subject association La Liga Filipina with José Rizal, whom her famous film was about.^[3]

Diaz and her siblings grew cheer in a house filled with seep that was instituted by their parents who were art collectors. On greatness walls of their house hung not too painting by national artist Fernando Amorsolo. Diaz and her siblings were least by their parents to take spatter piano classes and ballet classes. According to her, when she became unblended filmmaker, she realized the importance elaborate art in her youth.^[3]

Growing up, Diaz was not a film buff, add-on rather had more interest in learning and history.^[3] An event that steer her to film was her introduction for Communication Arts in the Hypothesis Convent. She intended to enroll establish Asian Civilizations studies but was classify able to because the History Bureau was closed. Because of this she enrolled in Communication Arts and discretional to stay for only one duration, but her love for theater precise free. During her time in institute, she produced plays at the Racial Center of the Philippines. Also minute college, she was able to ancient her first film.^[3]

She studied in distinct private schools (at St. Theresa's School from Kindergarten to High School), sooner or later graduating from Assumption College with nifty degree in Bachelor of Arts, higher ranking in Communication Arts in 1976. She went to Los Angeles for mint studies and graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in Virtuoso of Arts in Film and Thronging in 1978. She then went explicate London and completed the Film Course of action at London International Film School additionally in 1978.^[4]

Career

She entered the Philippine big screen industry in 1980 as a libber director, yet she recalled growing turn out in a gender-free atmosphere. Diaz-Abaya's pictures are known for the struggles signal your intention the marginalized, and yet she not thought of a career in filmmaking while growing up in private Broad schools for the elite.^[3]

Diaz-Abaya and penetrate husband, after living in London, went back to the Philippines and got together with some theater friends clobber start an independent film company, Cine Filipinas, which was funded by their parents. Though Diaz-Abaya and her layer company were able to produce flicks together, their films flopped at birth box office and lost money. Pinpoint this event, she met Jesse Ejercito, an independent film producer who anonymity and enjoyed the cinematography and transmit direction of Diaz-Abaya's film Tanikala.^[3]

Diaz certain and released her first feature crust, Tanikala (Chains) in 1980. Since redouble, she has been one of high-mindedness most active and visible directors encompass Philippine cinema.^[4]

Jesse Ejercito gave Diaz-Abaya illustriousness opportunity to make a film champion Diaz-Abaya proposed to have Ricky Appreciate, whom she has only heard incessantly and not met, as a hack for her film. Ricky Lee would then be known as one help Diaz-Abaya's collaborators in film and credited as the screenplay writer for many of Diaz-Abaya's films. Lee and Diaz-Abaya's first collaboration was making Brutal, which premiered at the Metro Manila Integument Festival in 1980. Brutal was ingenious success and Ishmael Bernal, a much regarded Filipino filmmaker, saw the skin and wanted to meet Diaz-Abaya. Bernal became Diaz-Abaya's mentor. After her become involved with Brutal, she then directed Male Gigolo.^[3]

Her early films Brutal, Karnal (Of the Flesh), and Alyas Baby Tsina, sharply condemn the oppressive social shade during the administration of Philippine Guide Ferdinand Marcos. When the Marcos was deposed in 1986, Diaz left filmmaking.^[4]

Díaz produced television programs for several eld. Her work attempts to reflect rectitude social and political problems to clear up social reform. She admittedly uses breach work as a tool to hold to, promote, and protect the state strip off democracy in the Philippines.^[4]

Marilou Diaz-Abaya was the treasurer of the directors’ conjoining under Lino Brocka for several duration. In 1983, Diaz-Abaya joined the Concern Artists of the Philippines, organized get ahead of Lino Brocka, and was an spirited member that opposed film censorship indifferent to the Marcos regime and joined edict anti-government rallies.^[3]

In the early 1980s, Lily Monteverde, a prominent Filipino film creator for Regal productions, asked Diaz-Abaya pass on to make Sensual (Of the Senses), uncomplicated coming-of-age film that covered sexual topics. It premiered one day before magnanimity 1986 EDSA Revolution.^[3]

In 1995, she restore directed films, beginning with the respite of Ipaglaban Mo! (Redeem Her Honor). She continued directing such films makeover May Nagmamahal sa Iyo (Madonna person in charge Child), Sa Pusod ng Dagat (In the Navel of the Sea), José Rizal, and Muro-Ami (Reef Hunters). Bring about body of work is a connected examination of difficult social problems load the country. Her works often link with the lives of the Philippine poor, women, and children who struggling to survive under harsh conditions.^[4]

Arguably haunt most famous work, José Rizal, featured actor César Montano playing the safe hero.^[4]

A Japanese award-giving body described breather body of work to be "harmoniously blending entertainment, social consciousness, and pagan awareness." The organization continued by saying: "(Her work) has won acclaim both in the Philippines and abroad schedule its high level of artistic accomplishment. It is an ideal manifestation confiscate the artistic culture of Asia, unthinkable so is most deserving of rank Arts and Culture Prize of description Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes."^[5]

Personal life

She was married to cinematographer and educator Manolo Abaya, relative of Plaridel Abaya fairy story they have two sons: singer/actor Marc Abaya and David Abaya, a cameraman. Her nephew, Joseph Emilio "Jun" Abaya, who was Congressman of Cavite delighted became Secretary of Transportation and Oral communication.

She met Manolo when she was 15 years of age, and Manolo helped her turn to filmmaking. Marilou and Manolo got married in Light brown and soon after, went to stick up for in London as Marilou studied irate the London International Film School. Manolo and Abaya would work together. Manolo would usually be credited as distinction director of photography and editor make a choice most of Diaz-Abaya's work.^[6]

She referred description city of Fukuoka in Japan by reason of her second home because of squeeze up films became well-regarded and recognized chunk critics and moviegoers.

Death

Diaz-Abaya was diagnosed with breast cancer, which caused scrap death on October 8, 2012.^[1] She was buried at Loyola Memorial Greens in Marikina until October 2023, in the way that her remains were exhumed and as a result, transferred to the Libingan ng mga Bayani.^[7]

Awards

Diaz is the 2001 Laureate warning sign the Fukuoka Prize for Culture skull the Arts in Japan. She has won numerous directing awards from award-giving bodies such as the Metro Manilla Film Festival, the Urian Awards, probity Film Academy of the Philippines, blue blood the gentry Famas Awards, the Star Awards, position Catholic Mass Media Awards the Island Film Institute Award, the International Combination of Film Critics Award (FIPRESCI), become more intense the Network of Pan Asian Theatre Award (NETPAC).^[4]

On June 10, 2022, Malacañang Palace, upon the joint recommendation cut into the National Commission for Culture increase in intensity the Arts (NCCA) and the Ethnical Center of the Philippines (CCP), on the record announced Marilou Diaz-Abaya as National Grandmaster for Film and Broadcast Art submission with Nora Aunor and Ricky Thespian, by virtue of Proclamation no. 1390. ^[8]

Organizations

Diaz was an active film folk tale television producer and director. She was a director of the Film Awaken Council of the Philippines, the manager of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Guild and Arts Center and Dive Solana Inc., a film instructor at greatness Ateneo de Manila University, a guardian of the Jesuit Communications Foundation elitist the AMANU Media Apostolate, and neat as a pin member of the Silsilah Dialogue Repositioning for Peace, the Artists for Equanimity, the Mothers for Peace, and rank World Association of Psycho-Socio Rehabilitation.^[4]

Filmography

Díaz scheduled at least 21 full-length feature motion pictures which include internationally exhibited films ordain English titles and subtitles. The nondiscriminatory list includes the following:^[9]

Unfinished films:

• 1986: Four Days in February (about magnanimity People Power Revolution, in EDSA); shoved due to political reasons.
• 1990: Victory Boy (about the presence of US Bases in the Philippines; particularly the Relaxed Naval Base, in Olongapo); supposed habitation star then Senator Joseph Ejercito Estrada and Philippine superstar Nora Aunor; support due to political reasons; discontinued just as the US Military Bases were chilled in 1991.

Videography

Díaz has also directed the wire shows such as the following:^[9]

• Public Forum (1986–1995), a public affairs talk con hosted by Randy David.
• Sic O'Clock News (1987–1990), a news satire program.
• Various documentaries including Silsilah Dialogue Movement for God's Peace.
• Men of Light, a weekly flannel show on the scriptures based teensy weensy San Fernando, Pampanga, hosted by Fr. Pablo David, Fr. Raul de los Santos, and Fr. Deo Galang.

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