Directing
Mike de Leon
TL, EN, FR cinema · 28 credits
Born
24 May 1947
Died
28 August 2025 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Manila, Philippines
Also known as Miguel de Leon
Miguel Pamintuan de Leon (May 24, 1947 – August 28, 2025), also known as Mike de Leon, was a Filipino film director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer. De Leon's films are a full reflection of the Filipino psyche that sought answer for questions on social class belonging, political absurdities, and fragmentations in various forms.
Known for
Filmography
Sangandaan
2022
Crossroads
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
Swamp Patch
Director
Mr. Li
Director, Writer
A Word from the Director
2018
A Word from the Director
as Narrator, Director
Citizen Jake
Producer, Director, Screenplay
Never Again
Director
Omens
Director, Editor
An Actor Remembers
Producer, Editor, Director
Keka
Thanks
Third World Hero
Director, Writer, Producer
Motorsiklo
2000
Motorsiklo
Producer, Writer
Southern Winds
Director
Aliwan Paradise
Director
Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War
Additional Camera
Prisoner in the Dark
Screenplay, Director, Editor
Room 666
as Self
Sister Stella L.
Director, Screenplay
Batch '81
Director, Writer
Kisapmata
Director, Screenplay
Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
Director, Screenplay
Aguila
Director of Photography
Moments in a Stolen Dream
Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
The Rites of May
Director
Monologo
Director
Manila in the Claws of Light
Producer, Director of Photography
Happy Days Are Here Again
Executive Producer