NATIONAL

ARTISTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES
ISHMAEL BERNAL
EARLY LIFE
Birth date: September 30, 1938; Manila
Parents: Elena Bernal and Pacifico
Ledesma
Schools: Burgos Elementary School,
Mapa High School and at the University
of the Philippines (Bachelor of Arts
degree in English in 1959)

EARLY LIFE
After graduation he worked with Lamberto Avellana's
documentary outfit before proceeding to France
where he earned his Licentiate in French Literature
and Philosophy at the University of Aix-en-Provence. .
He received his Diploma in Film Directing in
1970 at the Film Insititue of India in Poona
under the Colombo plan scholarship

GREATEST WORKS
Nunal sa Tubig (1976)
City After Dark (1980)
Himala (1982)
Broken Marriage (1983)
Pahiram ng Isang Umaga (1989)

NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES

He was declared a National Artist of the
Philippines in 2001.

DEATH
June 1996; Quezon City
 SEVERINO MONTANO
EARLY LIFE
Birth date: January 3, 1915
School: University of the Philippines, Yale
University ( Master of Fine Arts degree in
playwriting and production)
Titans of Philippine Theater
Playwright, director, actor and theater organizer

EARLY LIFE

> Marie Leslie Prising - Montano's British mentor when he was

thirteen. She took Montano under her wing and endowed him
with Western literature, the theater and Shakespeare.

GREATEST WORKS
The Love of Leonor Rivera 
My Morning Star 
But Not My Sons Any Longer 
Gabriela Silang 
The Merry Wives of Manila 
Sabina 
The Ladies and the Senador 
Parting at Calamba 

NATIONAL ARTIST OF THE PHILIPPINES

He was declared a National Artist of the
Philippines in 2001.

DEATH
December 12, 1980

CHARLES LAXAMANA
KARYLLE AGUSTIN
12 - ST. HILDEGARD