Brillante_Mendoza

Brillante Mendoza

Brillante Mendoza

Filipino independent filmmaker

Brillante Mendoza[1] (Tagalog: [brɪˈʎantɛ mɛnˈdɔsɐ]; born July 30, 1960),[2] also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker.[3] Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.[4]

In this Philippine name, the family name is Mendoza.
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Career

Mendoza 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.[5]

Mendoza has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first collaborated with actor Coco Martin in seven films: Masahista, Kaleldo, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.

Mendoza directed the first and second State of the Nation Addresses of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 and 2017, respectively.[6][7]

Filmography

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Awards and nominations

Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival.[8] His 2009 film Lola won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival.[9]

Mendoza's 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012.[10] His 2012 film Thy Womb competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival[11] and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2012.[12]

Mendoza's film Taklub was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[13]

Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).[14]

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References

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