Director

Lamberto V. Avellana

Directing

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Directed movies: 26Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29

TMDB ID: 1040459

IMDb ID: nm0042885

Known for: Directing

Born: February 12, 1915

Died: April 25, 1991

Age: 76

Place of birth: Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippine Islands

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1939 - 1988

Years active: 50

Wikidata: Q2536796

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Biography

Lamberto Vera Avellana NA February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as Anak Dalita and Badjao attained international acclaim. In 1976, Avellana was named by President Ferdinand Marcos as the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film. While Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino cinema, his reputation as a film director has since been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s, such as Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.