Peque Gallaga is a multi-awarded Filipino

Filipino people

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 filmmaker. His most significant achievement in film is "Oro, Plata, Mata", which he directed after winning a scripwriting contest sponsored by the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines

Philippines

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. He has received an award from the International Film Festival of Flanders-Ghent, Belgium in 1983; a Special Jury Award from the Manila

Manila

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 International Film Festival; and the 2004 Gawad CCP Para sa Sining.

Biography

Gallaga spent his elementary and high school years at De La Salle University

De La Salle University

De La Salle University is a private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director...

 in Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, then finished commerce and liberal arts at the school’s Bacolod

Bacolod City

The City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...

 campus. He taught theater and film at the University of St. La Salle

University of St. La Salle

The University of St. La Salle , located in La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, Philippines, is a Catholic private university run by the De La Salle Brothers. Established in 1952 as La Salle College-Bacolod, it is the second oldest campus originally founded by the congregation in the country...

. Upon moving back to Manila, he got involved in television musicals and eventually co-directed the film Binhi with Butch Perez. He also directed the movies Scorpio Nights, Unfaithful Wife, some episodes of Shake, Rattle and Roll, Baby Love and Magic Temple. In the animated movie Dayo, Gallaga voiced the character of "Lolo Nano," the resident sage of Elementalia.

Gallaga and Laida Lim-Pérez won Best Production Design for Eddie Romero

Eddie Romero

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’s Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon? in the first 1976 of Gawad Urian awards. In 1980, he won the same award for Ishmael Bernal

Ishmael Bernal

Ishmael Bernal was an acclaimed Filipino film, stage and television director. He was also an actor and screenwriter...

’s City after Dark. He also served as member of the Film Academy Classification Board (FACB) during the 1980s.

Gallaga lives with his wife Madie in Bacolod City

Bacolod City

The City of Bacolod , is a highly urbanized midsize Philippine city. It is the capital of the Negros Occidental province. Having a total of 499,497 inhabitants as of August 1, 2007, it is the most populous city in the Western Visayas Region. It is currently ranked as the 17th most populous city in...

, where he is also the Artist in Residence at the University of St. La Salle

University of St. La Salle

The University of St. La Salle , located in La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City, Philippines, is a Catholic private university run by the De La Salle Brothers. Established in 1952 as La Salle College-Bacolod, it is the second oldest campus originally founded by the congregation in the country...

. He is also a father to an HIV-positive son, Wanggo.

Director

• Puso 3 (2006)
• Pinoy Blonde (2005)
• Sa Piling ng mga Aswang (1999)
• Unfaithful Wife 2: Sana'y huwag akong maligaw (1999)
• Kabit ni Mrs. Montero, Ang (1999)
• Puso ng Pasko (1998)
• Gangland (1998)
• Diliryo (1997)
• Halik ng Bampira (1997)
• Magic Kingdom (Alamat ng damortis) (1997)
• Magic Temple (1996)
• Baby Love (1995)
• Batang X (1995)
• Darna: Ang Pagbabalik (1994)
• Dugo ng Panday (1993)
• Shake Rattle and Roll IV (1992) (segment "Ang Guro")
• Aswang (1992)
• Shake Rattle and Roll III (1991)
• Leon at ang Kuting, Ang (1991)
• Shake Rattle & Roll 2 (1990)
• Trese (1990)
• Abandonada (1989)
• Isang Araw Walang Diyos (1989)
• Impaktita (1989)
• Tiyanak (1988)
• Hiwaga sa Balete Drive (1988)
• Kid, huwag kang susuko (1987)
• Once Upon a Time (1986)
• Unfaithful Wife (1986)
• Scorpio Nights
  Scorpio Nights
  Scorpio Nights s a film released in 1985 and is directed by renowned director Peque Gallaga. It is about a love triangle between a young man with a married woman who first got tangled because of their uncontrolled urge to make love...
  
   (1985)
• Virgin Forest (1985)
• Shake Rattle & Roll (1984) (segment "Manananggal")
• Bad bananas sa puting tabing (1983)
• Oro, Plata, Mata
  Oro, Plata, Mata
  Oro, Plata, Mata is a 1982 multi-awarded Filipino film directed by Peque Gallaga, and is considered his most significant contribution to Philippine cinema. Set in the Philippine province of Negros during World War II, it tells the story of how two haciendero families cope with the changes brought...
  
   (1982)
• Binhi (1973)

Screenwriter

• Pinoy Blonde (2005)
• Agimat, anting-anting ni Lolo, Ang (2002) (screenplay)
• Scorpio Nights 2 (1999) (story)
• Mortal kombat (Alamat ng damortis) (1997)
• Magic Temple (1996) (screenplay)
• Baby Love (1995) (story and screenplay)
• Dugo ng panday (1993)
• Shake, Rattle & Roll IV (1992)
• Aswang (1992)
• Shake, Rattle & Roll 2 (1990)
• Isang araw walang Diyos (1989) (story and screenplay)
• Tiyanak (1988)
• Hiwaga sa Balete Drive (1988)
• Once Upon a Time (1986)

Actor

• Namets!
  Namets!
  Namets! is a 2008 Filipino independent film directed by Jay Abello. The film was a finalist in the full-length feature category of the 2008 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival. The film's title is a play on the Hiligaynon word namit, which means "yummy" or "delicious".-Plot:Jacko Teves ...
  
   (2008) .... Boss Dolpo
• Dayo (2008) .... Lolo Nano
• The Cory Quirino Kidnap: NBI Files (2003)
• Tigasin (1999)
• Jose Rizal (1998) .... Archbishop Bernardo Nozaleda, OP
• Lucio & Miguel (1992) .... San Pedro
• Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!
  Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak!
  Pak! Pak! My Dr. Kwak! is a 2011 Filipino comedy film starring Vic Sotto and Bea Alonzo and produced by OctoArts Films, M-Zet Films, and APT Entertainment and released by Star Cinema....
  
   (2011)
• LiL'ZuPLaDoW (2011)... As himself

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