Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Lan Medina
Famous Filipino Artist: Lan Medina. Lan Medina is a famous Filipino comic book artist best known for his work on Fables, Aria, District X and, The Punisher: MAX imprint. In the 2007 Glyph Comics Awards, the Fan Award for Best Comic was won by Storm, by Eric Jerome Dickey, David Yardin & Lan Medina, and Jay Leisten & Sean Parsons.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Emmanuel Santos
Famous Filipino Photographer: One of the most famous Filipino Photographer is Emmanuel Santos. He was born in the Philippines during 1957. Emmanuel Santos is a Melbourne, Australia, based documentary and art photographer. Most of his work since the late 1980s has focused on the Jewish Diaspora, which he has photographed throughout the world. Santos' photographs are included in dozens of Museum collections, including the National Gallery of Victoria, the State Museum of Victoria, the Jewish Museum of Australia, Musee d'Art et Histoire du Judaisme, the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the Beth Hatefutsoth Museum, Israel. Emmanuel Santos has had solo exhibitions throughout the world.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Juan Paolo Aquino
Filipino Famous Artist: Juan Paolo "Jaypee" Aquino is a famous Filipino film director and photographer. A graduate of the London Film School, Aquino lived in London for almost four years and worked in a number of international film productions before going back to Manila. Some of his films were exhibited in a number of major short film festivals all through Europe.
Juan Paolo Aquino is considered one of the most prolific directors in Filipino media today, having directed television shows and short films for almost a decade. Aquino's trademark, visually arresting images, has re-invented the pace and the look of the different lifestyle magazine shows that he has directed throughout the years in the Philippines.
In 2006, Juan Paolo Aquino started his own personal project and tried his knack for photography. Emotional Core was the name of the project, and is now presently exhibited in Uncut Creative's Web Gallery. Some of his works have also been selected to be a part of the Dazed And Confused European Exhibit Project. Aquino spent more than five months travelling around Southeast Asia and mainland China to document the wealth of cultures from the different countries in the region.
In early 2000 he was assigned to direct travel documentaries for a Filipino International Channel. Juan Paolo Aquino then started producing for mainstream TV in 2001, one of which was for Digital Tour—now considered the longest running magazine show on technology in the Philippines. He also directed a diversity of local magazine shows for TV - Kiss The Cook with Ryan Agoncillo, The Good Life with Cory Quirino, Chef's On The Go with Mark Gil and Hanap Buhay Overseas with Angelique Lazo.
Juan Paolo Aquino is considered one of the most prolific directors in Filipino media today, having directed television shows and short films for almost a decade. Aquino's trademark, visually arresting images, has re-invented the pace and the look of the different lifestyle magazine shows that he has directed throughout the years in the Philippines.
In 2006, Juan Paolo Aquino started his own personal project and tried his knack for photography. Emotional Core was the name of the project, and is now presently exhibited in Uncut Creative's Web Gallery. Some of his works have also been selected to be a part of the Dazed And Confused European Exhibit Project. Aquino spent more than five months travelling around Southeast Asia and mainland China to document the wealth of cultures from the different countries in the region.
In early 2000 he was assigned to direct travel documentaries for a Filipino International Channel. Juan Paolo Aquino then started producing for mainstream TV in 2001, one of which was for Digital Tour—now considered the longest running magazine show on technology in the Philippines. He also directed a diversity of local magazine shows for TV - Kiss The Cook with Ryan Agoncillo, The Good Life with Cory Quirino, Chef's On The Go with Mark Gil and Hanap Buhay Overseas with Angelique Lazo.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Gerardo de Leon
Gerardo de Leon is a famous Filipino artist who was born on September 12, 1913-July 25, 1981. Gerardo de Leon is a former Filipino actor turned film director, who made his acting debut in the 1934 movie Ang Dangal.
Nicknamed "Manong" and considered as "the Master," De Leon holds the sole distinction of being the most awarded film director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences' FAMAS Awards, the Philippines' Oscars. From 1952 to 1971, he was awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them he received three years in a row.
Gerardo De Leon, who original name was Gerardo Ilagan, is a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures. This clan produced movie thespians Robert Arevalo, Liberty Ilagan and Ronaldo Valdez; and musical scorer Tito Arevalo. De Leon was a medical doctor by profession, but his ultimate love for film has won him over.
From 1952 to 1971, he was awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them he received three years in a row. What was more astonishing was that all the films in which he won for Best Director also won for Best Picture at the FAMAS. He won for Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952), Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig (1958), Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960), Noli Me Tangere (1961), El Filibusterismo (1962), Daigdig ng mga Api (1965), and Lilet (1971).
Nicknamed "Manong" and considered as "the Master," De Leon holds the sole distinction of being the most awarded film director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences' FAMAS Awards, the Philippines' Oscars. From 1952 to 1971, he was awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them he received three years in a row.
Gerardo De Leon, who original name was Gerardo Ilagan, is a member of the Ilagan clan of Philippine motion pictures. This clan produced movie thespians Robert Arevalo, Liberty Ilagan and Ronaldo Valdez; and musical scorer Tito Arevalo. De Leon was a medical doctor by profession, but his ultimate love for film has won him over.
From 1952 to 1971, he was awarded seven FAMAS Awards, three of them he received three years in a row. What was more astonishing was that all the films in which he won for Best Director also won for Best Picture at the FAMAS. He won for Sawa sa Lumang Simboryo (1952), Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig (1958), Huwag Mo Akong Limutin (1960), Noli Me Tangere (1961), El Filibusterismo (1962), Daigdig ng mga Api (1965), and Lilet (1971).
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Agueda Kahabagan
Philippine Hero or Filipino Hero: Agueda Kahabagan y Iniquinto is referred to in the few sources that mention her as "Henerala Agueda". Not so much is known about her but from snatches of information available, she was presumably a native of Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Henerala's bravery in battle was legendary. She was reportedly often seen in the battlefield dressed in white, armed with a rifle and brandishing a bolo. Apparently she was commissioned by General Miguel Malvar to lead a detachment of forces sometime in May 1897. She was mentioned in connection with the attack led by General Artemio Ricarte on the Spanish garrison in San Pablo in October 1897. It was most probably General Pio del Pilar who recommended that she be granted the honorary title of Henerala. In March 1899, she was listed as the only woman in the roster of generals of the Army of the Philippine Republic. She was appointed on January 4, 1899.
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