Ishmael Bernal

ActorDirectorWriter Sep 30 (died age 57) Manila, Philippines 1970–2025 (55 year career)

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Biography

Ishmael Bernal 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

Film

Miracle

Director

Film

Manila by Night

Director

Film

You Are Mine

Director

Film

Broken Marriage

Director

Film

Working Girls

Director

Film

An Affair

Director

Film

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Director

Film

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

Self

Filmography

Acting (7)

Movies (6)

Bomba Bernal

2025

as Self

Brocka x Bernal

2024

as Self (archival footage)

Himala Ngayon

2012

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Ishmael Bernal - Truth and Dare

1993

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

as Self

Annie Batungbakal

Television (1)

Noli Me Tangere

1993

as Kapitan Valentin

Crew (72)

Movies (72)

Bomba Bernal

2025

Director

Bomba Bernal

2025

Writer

Wating

1994

Director

6.0

Mahal Kita, Walang Iba

1992

Director

Mahal Kita, Walang Iba

1992

Screenplay

Pahiram ng Isang Umaga

Director

Smouldering Tears

Director

Working Girls 2

Director

Envy

1987

Director

The Graduates

Director

Wrenched From Heaven

Director

Gamitin Mo Ako

Director

Working Girls

Director

Shake, Rattle & Roll

Director

Fridge

Director

Broken Marriage

Director

An Affair

Director

An Affair

Story

Miracle

Director

Galawgaw

Director

Galawgaw

1982

Screenplay

I Can't Forget You

1982

Director

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

1982

Director

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

1982

Screenplay

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

1982

Story

Pabling

1981

Director

Pabling

1981

Screenplay

Pabling

1981

Story

Bilibid Boys

Director

Manila by Night

Director

Manila by Night

Writer

Vein Wound

Director

Girlfriend

1980

Director

Girlfriend

1980

Screenplay

Girlfriend

1980

Story

Good Morning, Sunshine

1980

Director

Salawahan

Director

Pleasure

Director

Pleasure

Story

Boy Kodyak

Director

Menor de Edad

1979

Director

2.0

Bakit May Pag-ibig Pa?

1979

Director

10.0

Will I Always Be a Woman?

1978

Director

5.5

Isang Gabi sa Iyo... Isang Gabi sa Akin

1978

Director

You Are Mine

Director

You Are Mine

Story

Tisoy!

Director

Walang Katapusang Tag-araw

1977

Director

Walang Katapusang Tag-araw

1977

Screenplay

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

1977

Director

1.0

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

1977

Screenplay

1.0

Dalawang Pugad... Isang Ibon

1977

Story

1.0

Ligaw na Bulaklak

1976

Director

A Speck in the Water

1976

Director

7.5

Anna Karenina: Babaing Hiwalay sa Asawa

1976

Director

Scotch on the Rocks to Remember, Black Coffee to Forget

1976

Director

Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

1975

Director

8.2

Lumapit, Lumayo ang Umaga

1975

Screenplay

8.2

Mister Mo, Lover Boy Ko

1975

Director

Sleeping Dragon

1975

Director

Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives

1974

Director

Bad Example: I Have Seven Wives

1974

Screenplay

Now and Forever

1973

Director

Zoom, Zoom, Superman!

1973

Director

10.0

Si Popeye, Atbp

1973

Director

Till Death Do Us Part

1972

Director

El Vibora

1972

Director

Inspiration

1972

Director

Storm Surge!

1971

Director

At the Top

Director

At the Top

Writer

Ah, Ewan! Basta sa Maynila Pa Rin Ako!

1970

Story