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Brillante Mendoza
Mendoza at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in September 2012
Born	(1960-07-30) July 30, 1960 (age 64) San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
Alma mater	University of Santo Tomas
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1990s–present

Brillante Mendoza (Tagalog: [brɪlˈjantɛ mɛnˈdɔsɐ]; born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.

Career

Mendoza was born and raised in San Fernando, Pampanga. He took advertising arts of the College of Architecture and fine arts at the University of Santo Tomas.

Mendoza has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first collaborated with actor Coco Martin in seven films: Masahista, Kaleldo, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive.

Mendoza directed the first and second State of the Nation Addresses of President Rodrigo Duterte in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. His 2009 film Lola won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival.

Mendoza's 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. His 2012 film Thy Womb competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2012.

Mendoza's film Taklub was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (Cannes, Berlin, Venice).

References

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6. "LOOK: Brillante Mendoza confirmed to direct Duterte's SONA". Rappler. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
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8. "Festival de Cannes: Kinatay". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2009. Retrieved May 9, 2009.
9. "Dubai International Film Festival – 2009 Winners". dubaifilmfest.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
10. "First Films for the Competition and Berlinale Special". Berlin Film Festival. Archived from the original on January 6, 2012. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
11. "Venezia 69". labiennale. Archived from the original on July 28, 2012. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
12. "APSA Nominees & Winners". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
13. "Complement to the Official Selection". Cannes Film Festival. April 23, 2015. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
14. "Brillante Mendoza Film Awards – Carlo Valenzona". carlovalenzona.com. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
15. "Jacklyn Jose, Joel Torre lead PMPC 3rd Star Awards winners". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. March 19, 1987. p. 14. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
16. "Viva Films dominates FAP nominees". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. March 23, 1987. p. 14. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
17. Dormiendo, Justino (April 14, 1987). "Daybreak for 'Takaw Tukso', Nightfall for 'Gabi na, Kumander'". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. p. 15. Retrieved March 21, 2024. Benjie de Guzman's incoherent production design triumphing over Dante Mendoza's atmospheric work in Private Show (which I gather was eventually disqualified due to FAP's internal quibbling over tenure)
18. Paul, Evelyn (May 8, 1987). "Jacklyn Jose, 'Tukso' get critics' nod". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
19. "'Bagong Hari' tops 11th Urian nominees". Manila Standard. Standard Publications, Inc. April 21, 1987. p. 13. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
20. "In Competition: "Serbis" by Brillante Mendoza - Festival de Cannes".
21. ^ "Best Director: Brillante Mendoza for 'Kinatay'". Festival de Cannes 2021. May 24, 2009.
22. Jennings2009-09-10T16:14:00+01:00, Sheri. "Mendoza's Lola revealed as second surprise film in Venice". Screen.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
23. "Brillante Mendoza's 'Captive', other contenders at Berlin film festival". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Agence France-Presse. February 18, 2012.
24. Young, Neil (September 3, 2012). "Venice 2012: Searching For The Golden Lion In The Festival's First Half".
25. "MA' ROSA - Festival de Cannes".
26. Patrick Frater (October 15, 2021). "'Apartment' and 'Hometown' Share Busan Festival's New Currents Award". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2021.

External links

• Brillante Mendoza at IMDb

• 1960 births
• Living people
• Artists from Pampanga
• Asia Pacific Screen Award winners
• Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners
• Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• Filipino film directors
• People from San Fernando, Pampanga
• University of Santo Tomas alumni