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
76/100
- 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, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Third World Hero, +3 more
Charo SantosActorKisapmata, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Aguila, The Rites of May- JJose AlmojuelaActorSister Stella L., Prisoner in the Dark, Aliwan Paradise, Omens
Jay IlaganActorKisapmata, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Aguila, Sister Stella L.
Christopher de LeonActorAn Indivisible Heaven, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Moments in a Stolen Dream, Aguila
Ike Jarlego Jr.EditorManila in the Claws of Light, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Moments in a Stolen Dream, The Rites of May
Rody LacapCinematographerKisapmata, Batch '81, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, The Rites of May
Lorrie IlustreComposerKisapmata, Batch '81, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?, Third World Hero
Jess NavarroEditorKisapmata, Batch '81, Sister Stella L., Omens
Moody DiazActorWill Your Heart Beat Faster?, Moments in a Stolen Dream, The Rites of May
Raquel VillavicencioWriterKisapmata, Batch '81, Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
Joel TorreActorThird World Hero, Prisoner in the Dark
Movies and TV shows
282020s
1 title
Crossroads (2022)
Director, Editor
2010s
5 titles
Mr. Li (2019)
Director, Writer
Swamp Patch (2019)
Director
Citizen Jake (2018)
Screenplay, Producer
A Word from the Director (2018)
as Narrator
Never Again (2016)
Director
2000s
5 titles
Omens (2008)
Director, Editor
An Actor Remembers (2006)
Editor, Producer
Keka (2003)
Thanks
Third World Hero (2000)
Writer, Producer
Motorsiklo (2000)
Writer, Producer
1990s
3 titles
Aliwan Paradise (1993)
Director
Southern Winds (1993)
Director
Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War (1991)
Additional Camera
1980s
8 titles · average score 76
Prisoner in the Dark (1986)
Editor, Director
An Indivisible Heaven (1985)
Director
Sister Stella L. (1984)
Director, Screenplay
Signos (1983)
Director
65
Batch '81 (1982)
Writer, Director
86
Kisapmata (1981)
Screenplay, Director
77
Will Your Heart Beat Faster? (1980)
Director, Screenplay
Aguila (1980)
Director of Photography
1970s
6 titles · average score 77
Moments in a Stolen Dream (1977)
Director of Photography, Director
65
The Rites of May (1976)
Director
89
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
Producer, Director of Photography
Manila... A Filipino Film (1975)
Producer
Monologo (1975)
Director
Happy Days Are Here Again (1974)
Executive Producer