Lamberto V. Avellana

Lamberto Vera Avellana NA February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as Anak Dalita and Badjao attained international acclaim. In 1976, Avellana was named by President Ferdinand Marcos as the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film. While Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino cinema, his reputation as a film director has since been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s, such as Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

Known For

The Evil Within

Child of Sorrow

Fe, Esperanza, Caridad

Satur

Cry Freedom

The Sea Gypsies

A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

Appointment at Mount Manunggal

Lapu-Lapu

Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba