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Eddie Romero

Born July 7, 1924 · Dumaguete City, Philippines

Died May 28, 2013 · aged 88

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eddie Romero (born July 7, 1924) is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines. Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003. His career spans three generations of filmmakers. His 1976 film "Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?," set at the …

Known For

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now · 1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

The Big Doll House

The Big Doll House · 1971

The Big Doll House

MovieActionDrama

Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women, along with the help of two men, plot an escape.

Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama · 1973

Black Mama, White Mama

MovieActionCrime

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.

Ang Selosa

Ang Selosa · 1948

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf · 1963

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines.

Diego Silang

Diego Silang · 1951

MovieHistoryAction

This movie captures the core and colorful saga of the famous Ilocano hero Diego Silang.

El Indio

El Indio · 1953

MovieAdventureAction

Based on Francisco V. Coching's adventure comics novel, the film tells the story of Fernando (Cesar Ramirez), a handsome and dashing Spanish mestizo who goes back to the Philippines to exact revenge on his father whom he believed abandoned him and his mother Blanquita. There, he discovers the cruel and oppressive colonial government and joins the rebels in the fight against the oppressors as El Indio.

Savage Sisters

Savage Sisters · 1974

MovieActionCrime

A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.

Filmography

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Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now · 1979

At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.

Associate Producer

The Big Doll House

The Big Doll House · 1971

The Big Doll House

MovieActionDrama

Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women, along with the help of two men, plot an escape.

Executive Producer

Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama · 1973

Black Mama, White Mama

MovieActionCrime

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.

Director

Ang Selosa

Ang Selosa · 1948

Screenplay

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf · 1963

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines.

Director

Diego Silang

Diego Silang · 1951

MovieHistoryAction

This movie captures the core and colorful saga of the famous Ilocano hero Diego Silang.

Writer

El Indio

El Indio · 1953

MovieAdventureAction

Based on Francisco V. Coching's adventure comics novel, the film tells the story of Fernando (Cesar Ramirez), a handsome and dashing Spanish mestizo who goes back to the Philippines to exact revenge on his father whom he believed abandoned him and his mother Blanquita. There, he discovers the cruel and oppressive colonial government and joins the rebels in the fight against the oppressors as El Indio.

Director

Savage Sisters

Savage Sisters · 1974

MovieActionCrime

A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash but are thwarted when a bandit leader they are working with double crosses them. A tough cop and her boyfriend help two of the female revolutionaries escape from prison hoping that they will lead them to the cash, which they plan on keeping for themselves.

Director

Camelia

Camelia · 1949

MovieDramaRomance

A story about Camelia a theater actress and notorious maneater. One day she falls in love with an up-and-coming politician, who unconditionally loves her even with her dark past.

Writer

Brides of Blood

Brides of Blood · 1968

Brides of Blood

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.

Director

Lost Battalion

Lost Battalion · 1962

In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.

Writer

Si, Si, Señorito

Si, Si, Señorito · 1947

Si, Si, Señorito

Writer

The Twilight People

The Twilight People · 1972

The Twilight People

MovieScience FictionHorror

A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.

Director

Whiteforce

Whiteforce · 1988

MovieActionAdventure

Johnny Quinn has been set up by a drug lord and must find a way to clear his name before the bad guys and his own agency put him in the ground.

Director

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko...

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko... · 1995

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko...

Daniel, a junior military officer, was reassigned to Zamboanga where he found his unit to be misbehaved and corrupt. He began working to solve the problem.

Story

Pitong Gabi sa Paris

Pitong Gabi sa Paris · 1961

Pitong Gabi sa Paris

MovieMysteryRomance

Alex Torres, a lawyer and part-time detective sent to Paris after the death of Alejandro Sarmiento to locate the heir to a 3 million peso inheritance. What should have been a straightforward search slowly pulls him into a small, restless world of jazz bars, runaways, and even unexpected love. Unbeknownst to him, Lili Gamboa was sent to watch his every move, though the assignment doesn’t stay simple once feelings start to get involved.

Director

Sudden Death

Sudden Death · 1977

When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but relents after Neilson too meets an explosive death. Deception, international intrigue and a ruthless "syndicate of businessmen" intent on raping a South Pacific Islands nation of its resources keep the pace fast.

Director

Beyond Atlantis

Beyond Atlantis · 1973

Beyond Atlantis

MovieFantasyScience Fiction

A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.

Director

Aguila

MovieDramaAction

Flashbacks encompass the history of the Philippines as well as the life story of the elderly Daniel Aguila. The Aguila family gathers to celebrate Daniel's 88th birthday, but the old man is nowhere to be seen--he has been missing for a decade. Suspecting that his father is in Mindanao, one of his sons takes off for that region in a determined search. Along the way, his memories of the nation and his father's life tell the story of 80 tumultuous years of personal and historical development.

Screenplay

Ang Padrino

Ang Padrino · 1984

Emong Sanchez is the defender of the people through peaceful means. He remains a quite man until he is pushed to violence.

Screenplay

Durugin Si Totoy Bato

Durugin Si Totoy Bato · 1979

Durugin Si Totoy Bato

MovieActionDrama

The movie was based from a popular komiks serial by Carlo J. Caparas. It was serialized in Modern Romances and True Confessions magazine.

Screenplay

Flight to Fury

Flight to Fury · 1964

MovieAdventureDrama

After a plane crash in the Philippine jungle, two men, one an avaricious killer who has come to the islands to search for a fortune in diamonds, the other an international adventurer, must somehow overcome their vast personal differences and desires to survive in the steamy wilderness.

Producer

Teach Me to Love

Teach Me to Love · 2008

Teach Me to Love

Mark is a high school senior who makes a personal problem out of his parents break-up when his mother leaves home for another woman. The thought of being the butt of jokes for "having two fathers" horrifies him. All these worries and angst take the backseat when a new teacher comes to campus. Her name is Connie and she is an instant hit among the boys. It is love at first sight for Mark. However, Connie has an affair with Vincent, a married man.

Director

Sa Atin Ang Daigdig

Sa Atin Ang Daigdig · 1963

Sa Atin Ang Daigdig

MovieActionDrama

Out of the gutter, the din, the squalor of the big city - A rousing story of 6 people seeking success that will startle you with its frankness and stir you its truth.

Producer

Noli Me Tangere

Noli Me Tangere · 1993

Noli Me Tangere

Eddie Romero's miniseries adaptation of the novel from Filipino writer and activist Jose Rizal, published during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines in 1887. Noli Me Tángere (Latin for "Touch Me Not") explores perceived inequities in law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling government and the Spanish Catholic friars of the resident peoples in the late nineteenth century.

Producer