Brillante Mendoza
Brillante "Dante" Mendoza[1] (born 30 July 1960) is a Filipino independent filmmaker.[2]
Career
He 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.[3]
He has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first frequent collaboration with actor Coco Martin in seven films including Masahista, Summer Heat, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.
On 25 July 2016, he directed the first State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte.[4] Mendoza also directed Duterte's second State of the Nation Address on 24 July 2017.[5]
Recognition
He won the award for Best Director for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.[6]
His 2009 film Lola won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival.[7]
His 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.[8]
His 2012 film Thy Womb competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival[9] and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2012.[10]
His film Taklub has been selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[11]
His film 2019 film Mindanao competed for 41st Cairo International Film Festival, which he earned the award for Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution, as well as he decided to compete in any future film festivals.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Original title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Producer | Screenwriter | ||||
| 2005 | The Masseur | Masahista | Yes | Story | 2005 Locarno International Film Festival - Golden Leopard (video competition) | |
| 2006 | Summer Heat | Kaleldo | Yes | Yes | Story | 2007 Jeonju International Film Festival - Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award |
| The Teacher | Manoro | Yes | Also as cinematographer and production designer | |||
| 2007 | Fantasy | Pantasya | Yes | Also cinematographer | ||
| Foster Child | Yes | 2007 Brisbane International Film Festival - Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC) Award | ||||
| Slingshot | Tirador | Yes | Also as cinematographer | |||
| 2008 | Service | Serbis | Yes | Nominated—2008 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or Nominated—2009 Asian Film Awards - Best Director | ||
| 2009 | Butchered (The Execution of P) | Kinatay | Yes | Also as production designer 2009 Cannes Film Festival - Best Director 2009 Sitges Film Festival - Best Director Nominated—2009 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or | ||
| Grandmother | Lola | Yes | Also as production designer Nominated—2009 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion | |||
| 2012 | Captive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Nominated—2012 Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear | |
| Thy Womb | Sinapupunan | Yes | Yes | Also as production designer 2012 Venice Film Festival - La Navicella - Venezia Cinema Award 2012 Venice Film Festival - P. Nazareno Taddei Award (special mention) 2012 Asia Pacfic Screen Awards - Award for Achievement in Directing 2013 Cines del Sur - Jury Prize (special mention) Nominated—2012 Venice Film Festival - Golden Lion Nominated—2012 Asia Pacific Film Festival - Best Director Nominated—2013 Sakhalin International Film Festival - Best Director | ||
| 2013 | Sapi | Sapi | Yes | Executive | Also as cinematographer and production designer | |
| 2015 | Trap | Taklub | Yes | Also as production designer 2015 Cannes Film Festival - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (commendation) Nominated—2015 Cannes Film Festival - Prix Un Certain Regard | ||
| 2016 | Ma' Rosa | Ma' Rosa | Yes | Nominated—2016 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or | ||
| Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections | Asia sanmenkyô | Yes | Segment: "Shinauma" | |||
| 2018 | Alpha: The Right to Kill | Yes | Executive | Also as production designer | ||
| Journey | Lakbayan | Yes | Yes | Co-director with Lav Diaz | ||
| 2019 | Mindanao | Mindanao | Yes | Yes | Story | Also as production designer 2019 Cairo International Film Festival - Henry Barakat Award for Best Artistic Contribution Nominated—2019 Cairo International Film Festival - Golden Pyramid Award 7th Urduja Heritage Film Awards - Best Director |
| Verdict | Executive | |||||
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Amo (TV mini-series) | Distributed by Netflix |
References
- ↑ "Dante Mendoza in 'Bottomline with Boy Abunda'", ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, 25 June 2010.
- ↑ Brilliante Mendoza: Philippines' celebrated and divisive director. CNN.
- ↑ Pagdukot sa mga Burnham, isinapelikula. varsitarian.
- ↑ "LOOK: Brillante Mendoza confirmed to direct Duterte's SONA", Rappler, 15 July 2016.
- ↑ Brillante Mendoza draws cheers, jeers in Duterte’s 2nd SONA (en) (2017-07-24).
- ↑ Festival de Cannes: Kinatay. festival-cannes.com.
- ↑ Dubai International Film Festival – 2009 Winners. dubaifilmfest.com.
- ↑ First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special. Berlin Film Festival.
- ↑ Venezia 69. labiennale.
- ↑ APSA Nominees & Winners. Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
- ↑ Complement to the Official Selection. Cannes Film Festival (23 April 2015).