Joel Lamangan is a Filipino

Filipino people

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 film director

Film director

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, television director

Television director

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 and actor

Actor

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. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an auteur dramatic

Dramatic

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 filmmaker. His award-winning films includes Sidhi, Deathrow

Deathrow (film)

Deathrow is GMA Films' entry to the 2000 Metro Manila Film Festival. Directed by Joel Lamangan, starring Cogie Domingo and Eddie Garcia with Jaclyn Jose and Angelika dela Cruz.-Plot:...

, Hubog, Aishte Imasu 1941, Blue Moon

Blue Moon (2006 film)

Blue Moon is a 2006 Philippine romantic drama film released by Regal Films directed by Joel Lamangan.The first title choice of this movie was Nasan ka Man and Nasaan ka Nang Kailangan Kita was the second title choice of the movie.-Plot:A man named Manuel Pineda is ill and has only has six...

 and Mano Po.

On August 19, 2008, Lamangan directed his first indie

Independent film

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 movie "Walang Kawala" produced by DMV Entertainment. It stars Polo Ravales

Polo Ravales

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 and Joseph Bitangcol

Joseph Bitangcol

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, with the special participation of Jean Garcia

Jean García

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. Joel also directs "Obra

Obra

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" and will soon start shooting Desperadas 2. He started production for the next Sine Novela

Sine Novela

Sine Novela is a Philippine daytime soap opera aired on GMA Network which showcases old classic movies from VIVA Films turned into a mini-series...

: "Una Kang Naging Akin

Una Kang Naging Akin

"Una Kang Naging Akin" or When You Were Mine is a Philippine drama on GMA Network. This is the tenth instalment of Sine Novela. The original movie was released in 1991. The series stars Angelika dela Cruz, Wendell Ramos, and Maxene Magalona...

" starring Angelika dela Cruz, Wendell Ramos

Wendell Ramos

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, and Maxene Magalona

Maxene Magalona

Maxene Sofia Maria Arroyo Magalona is a Filipina actress born to a prominent showbiz family. She is known for her portrayal as Vivian Salvador in the GMA's soap My Lover, My Wife.-Personal life:...

.

2009

• Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
  Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love
  Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love is the sixth installment in the Mano Po film franchise, following Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di in 2006. Produced by Regal Entertainment, Mano Po 6 marks the first appearance of the Sharon Cuneta in a Regal movie...
  
  
• I Luv Dreamguyz
• Heavenly Touch
• When I Met U
  When I Met U
  When I Met U is a 2009 Philippine romantic comedy film directed by Joel Lamangan. The screenplay by Aloy Adlawan was written for Jose Javier Reyes to direct, Reyes later left after "creative difference"...
  
  

2006

• Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
  Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di
  Mano Po 5: Gua Ai Di is a 2006 Filipino film starring Filipino actors Angel Locsin as Charity and Richard Gutierrez as Nathan. Nathan is a veterinarian with playboy tendencies who falls in love with Charity, a full blood Chinese who always follows tradition...
  
  
• ZsaZsa Zaturnnah Ze Moveeh
• Pacquiao: The Movie
  Pacquiao: The Movie
  Pacquiao: The Movie is a 2006 action-drama film based on a true story of Filipino boxer Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, released under Star Cinema, ABS-CBN Film Productions, and FLT Films. The film was shot in General Santos City, Manila and Los Angeles, California.-Synopsis:The film starts with the...
  
  
• Manay Po
• Blue Moon

2004

• So... Happy Together
• Aishte Imasu 1941
• Mano Po III: My Love
  Mano Po III: My Love
  Mano Po III: My Love is the third installment of the Mano Po Anthology, following the success of Mano Po and Mano Po 2: My Home. Produced by Regal Entertainment through MAQ Productions, Mano Po III stars Vilma Santos in the leading role.-Synopsis:...
  
  
• Sabel
• I Will Survive
  I Will Survive
  "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...
  
  

1990s

Most of the films were produced by Viva Films.

• Bulaklak ng Maynila (1999)
• Warat: Bibigay ka ba? (1999)
• Sidhi (1999)
• Pusong Mamon (1999) (co-directed with Eric Quizon
  Eric Quizon
  Enrico Smith Quizon, also known as Eric Quizon is a Filipino actor, director, producer and writer. He is the son of the famous "King of Comedy" Dolphy and a co-owner of Café Famous in Greenbelt, Makati.-Early life:...
  
  )
• The Sarah Balabagan Story (1997)
• Bakit may kahapon pa? (1996)
• Muling Umawit ang Puso (1995)
• The Flor Contemplation Story (1995)
• Silakbo (1995)
• Pangako ng kahapon (1994)
• Kapantay ay langit (1994)
• Anghel na walang langit (1994)
• Kadenang Bulaklak (1994)
• Ikaw (1993)
• Ngayon at Kailanman (1992)
• Hiram na Mukha (1992)
• Darna (1991)

Television projects

• Magic Palayok
  Magic Palayok
  Magic Palayok is a Philippine drama-fantasy-comedy series from GMA Network featuring Angeli Nicole Sanoy, Carla Abellana and Geoff Eigenmann and at the helmed of Joel Lamangan. The show premiered February 28, 2011 replacing Bantatay...
  
   (2011)
• Beauty Queen (Philippine TV show) (2010)
• Kahit Minsan Lang (2010) Starring Tricia Santos and Ivan Dorscner
• Adik Sa'Yo
  Adik Sa'Yo
  Adik Sa'Yo is a Philippine romantic comedy created and developed by Denoy Navarro-Punio for GMA Network. The show premiered on June 8, 2009 under the direction of Joel Lamangan. It was originally planned to end on September 4, 2009 but was extended for another week, and officially ended on...
  
   (2009)
• Sine Novela
  Sine Novela
  Sine Novela is a Philippine daytime soap opera aired on GMA Network which showcases old classic movies from VIVA Films turned into a mini-series...
  
  : Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?
  Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?
  "Paano Ba Ang Mangarap?" is a Philippine drama on GMA Network. This is the twelfth instalment of Sine Novela.The original movie was released back in 1983...
  
   (2009)
• Sine Novela
  Sine Novela
  Sine Novela is a Philippine daytime soap opera aired on GMA Network which showcases old classic movies from VIVA Films turned into a mini-series...
  
  : Una Kang Naging Akin
  Una Kang Naging Akin
  "Una Kang Naging Akin" or When You Were Mine is a Philippine drama on GMA Network. This is the tenth instalment of Sine Novela. The original movie was released in 1991. The series stars Angelika dela Cruz, Wendell Ramos, and Maxene Magalona...
  
   (2008)
• Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita
  Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita
  Babangon Ako't Dudurugin Kita or Sweet Revenge is a Philippine drama by GMA Network. Starring Marvin Agustin, Angelika dela Cruz, JC de Vera, Yasmien Kurdi and Dina Bonnevie and directed by Joel Lamangan, it aired on GMA Network from March 24, 2008 until June 27, 2008...
  
   (2008)
• Sine Novela
  Sine Novela
  Sine Novela is a Philippine daytime soap opera aired on GMA Network which showcases old classic movies from VIVA Films turned into a mini-series...
  
  : Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig
  Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig
  Pasan Ko Ang Daigdig is a Philippine drama that airs on GMA Network. This is the fourth instalment of Sine Novela...
  
   (2007–08)
• Sine Novela
  Sine Novela
  Sine Novela is a Philippine daytime soap opera aired on GMA Network which showcases old classic movies from VIVA Films turned into a mini-series...
  
  : Sinasamba Kita
  Sinasamba Kita
  "Sinasamba Kita" is a Philippine drama that aired on GMA Network. The series is the first instalment of Sine Novela, a series of remake of films. The original movie was released back in 1982...
  
   (2007)
• Asian Treasures
  Asian Treasures
  Asian Treasures is an action-adventure Philippine drama aired and produced by GMA Network starred by Angel Locsin and Robin Padilla, and was directed by Eric Quizon.This show is all about Asian History....
  
   (2007, co-director)
• Vietnam Rose
  Vietnam Rose
  Vietnam Rose is a television series that was aired on the Philippine station, ABS-CBN.-Synopsis:Vietnam Rose follows the journey of Nguyen Dang Thien Yeu, a Vietnamese woman, who embraces life in a foreign land to forget the memory of her tragic past....
  
   (2005)
• Kung Mawawala Ka
  Kung Mawawala Ka
  Kung Mawawala Ka or A World Without You was an award-winning epic political thriller and love story Philippine drama produced by GMA Network and directed by film director, Joel Lamangan, in his first directed TV series...
  
   (2002–03)
• Liwanag Ng Hatinggabi
  Liwanag Ng Hatinggabi
  Liwanag Ng Hatinggabi is a Philippine horror television drama and the first installment of the GMA Mini-Series. Conceptualized by GMA Network's Vice President Gilberto Duavit, Jr., the series is inspired by a trend in Latin American literature known as "magic realism", which blends the biting...
  
   (1999–2000)

Trademarks

Frequently works with:

• Actors/Actress - Creatures
  • Jim Pebanco
  • Tony Mabesa
  • Maricel Soriano
  • Jay Manalo

• Writers -
  • Roy C. Iglesias
  • Ricardo Lee
  • Dinno Erece

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