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Ishmael Bernal

Directing

Ishmael Bernal

EN, TL cinema · 58 credits

Born

30 September 1938

Died

2 June 1996 (aged 57)

Birthplace

Manila, Philippines

Also known as اسماعیل برنال

Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) was a Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for melodramas with feminist and moral themes, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Pagdating sa Dulo (1971), Nunal sa Tubig (1976), Manila by Night (1980), Himala (1982), and Working Girls (1984). Bernal was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001.

Known for

Filmography

Bomba Bernal poster

Bomba Bernal

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self

Brocka x Bernal poster

Brocka x Bernal

TL · 2024Not rated

as Self (archival footage)

Himala Ngayon poster

Himala Ngayon

TL · 20129.0

as Self (archive footage)

Wating poster

Wating

TL · 19946.5

Director

Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare

1993

Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare

EN · 1993Not rated

Actor

Mahal Kita, Walang Iba poster

Mahal Kita, Walang Iba

TL · 19929.0

Director, Screenplay

To Live Another Day poster

To Live Another Day

TL · 198910.0

Director

Smouldering Tears poster

Smouldering Tears

TL · 19888.0

Director

Envy poster

Envy

TL · 19878.0

Director

Working Girls 2 poster

Working Girls 2

TL · 19879.0

Director

The Graduates poster

The Graduates

TL · 19867.5

Director

Wrenched From Heaven poster

Wrenched From Heaven

TL · 19859.5

Director

Gamitin Mo Ako poster

Gamitin Mo Ako

TL · 19855.2

Director

Working Girls poster

Working Girls

TL · 19846.5

Director

Shake, Rattle & Roll poster

Shake, Rattle & Roll

TL · 19845.8

Director

Fridge poster

Fridge

TL · 1984Not rated

Director

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns poster

Visions Cinema: Film in the Philippines - A Report by Tony Rayns

EN · 19836.6

as Self

Broken Marriage poster

Broken Marriage

TL · 19838.4

Director

I Can't Forget You poster

I Can't Forget You

TL · 19829.0

Director

Himala poster

Himala

TL · 19828.0

Director

An Affair poster

An Affair

TL · 19826.4

Story, Director

Galawgaw poster

Galawgaw

TL · 19827.0

Director, Screenplay

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak? poster

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

TL · 198210.0

Screenplay, Director, Story

Bilibid Boys poster

Bilibid Boys

TL · 19813.3

Director

Pabling poster

Pabling

TL · 19818.0

Director, Story, Screenplay

Vein Wound poster

Vein Wound

TL · 19809.0

Director

Manila by Night poster

Manila by Night

TL · 19807.2

Director, Writer

Girlfriend poster

Girlfriend

TL · 19807.0

Director, Story, Screenplay

Good Morning, Sunshine poster

Good Morning, Sunshine

TL · 19809.0

Director

Annie Batungbakal poster

Annie Batungbakal

TL · 19798.2

Actor

Boy Kodyak poster

Boy Kodyak

TL · 1979Not rated

Director

Menor de Edad poster

Menor de Edad

TL · 19793.7

Director

Pleasure poster

Pleasure

TL · 19794.7

Director, Story

Salawahan poster

Salawahan

TL · 19795.0

Director

Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?

1979

Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?

TL · 197910.0

Director

You Are Mine poster

You Are Mine

TL · 19787.1

Director, Story

Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin

1978

Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin

TL · 197810.0

Director

Will I Always Be a Woman? poster

Will I Always Be a Woman?

TL · 19786.3

Director

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon poster

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

TL · 19773.3

Story, Screenplay, Director

Walang Katapusang Tag-araw

1977

Walang Katapusang Tag-araw

TL · 197710.0

Director, Screenplay

Tisoy! poster

Tisoy!

TL · 19777.7

Director

Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa poster

Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa

TL · 1976Not rated

Director

Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget

1976

Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget

TL · 19769.0

Director

A Speck in the Water poster

A Speck in the Water

TL · 19768.3

Director

Wild Flower poster

Wild Flower

TL · 19769.0

Director

Xing long fu hu

1975

Sleeping Dragon

TL · 1975Not rated

Director

Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

1975

Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

TL · 19758.5

Director, Screenplay

Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko poster

Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko

TL · 19757.0

Director

Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives poster

Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives

TL · 19748.0

Screenplay, Director

Now and Forever poster

Now and Forever

TL · 1973Not rated

Director

Si Popeye, Atbp poster

Si Popeye, Atbp

TL · 197310.0

Director

Zoom, Zoom, Superman! poster

Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

TL · 197310.0

Director

Till Death Do Us Part poster

Till Death Do Us Part

TL · 19729.0

Director

El Vibora poster

El Vibora

TL · 1972Not rated

Director

Inspiration poster

Inspiration

TL · 19728.0

Director

Storm Surge! poster

Storm Surge!

TL · 1971Not rated

Director

At the Top poster

At the Top

TL · 19718.5

Director, Writer

Ah, Ewan! Basta sa Maynila Pa Rin Ako!

1970

Ah, Ewan! Basta sa Maynila Pa Rin Ako!

TL · 1970Not rated

Story