

Directing
Mike de Leon
- Titles
- 29movies
- Career
Active from 1975 to 2022, with up to 2 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 21titles as director
- Average score
75/100
- Highest rated
Manila in the Claws of Light89/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Contemporary Realism9.0average 5.2
- Social Commentary8.7average 4.9
- Crime7.3average 3.7
- Pathos8.3average 5.2
- Violence7.0average 4.3
- Psychological8.0average 5.6
- Melancholy7.0average 4.7
- Scare4.7average 2.6
Rarely in their work
- Wholesome1.0, average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay1.7, average 3.7
- Situational Comedy0.7, average 2.7
- Romance2.0, average 3.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Political Commentary 3
- Documentary Short 2
- Thought-Provoking 2
- Psychological Horror 2
- Filipino Cinema 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.WriterKisapmata, Manila in the Claws of Light, Batch '81, Third World Hero, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, +3 more
Jay IlaganActorKisapmata, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Aguila, Sister Stella L.
Charo SantosActorKisapmata, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, The Rites of May, Aguila- JJose AlmojuelaActorSister Stella L., Prisoner in the Dark, Aliwan Paradise, Omens
Christopher de LeonActorAn Indivisible Heaven, Moments in a Stolen Dream, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Aguila
Ike Jarlego Jr.EditorManila in the Claws of Light, Moments in a Stolen Dream, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, The Rites of May
Rody LacapCinematographerKisapmata, Batch '81, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, The Rites of May
Lorrie IlustreComposerKisapmata, Batch '81, Third World Hero, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
Jess NavarroEditorKisapmata, Batch '81, Sister Stella L., Omens
Moody DiazActorMoments in a Stolen Dream, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, The Rites of May
Raquel VillavicencioWriterKisapmata, Batch '81, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
Lino BrockaActorManila in the Claws of Light, Omens
Movies and TV shows
41990s
1 title

Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War (1991)
Additional Camera
1980s
1 title

Aguila (1980)
Director of Photography
1970s
2 titles ยท average score 89

Moments in a Stolen Dream (1977)
Screenplay, Director of Photography
89
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
Producer, Director of Photography