Manuel Conde

Filipino Famous Artist Manuel Conde - Manuel Conde was born on October 9, 1915 and died on August 11, 1985. Manuel Conde was a Filipino actor, director and producer.

Manuel Conde was born as Manuel Urbano, his son is television comedian Jun Urbano. Manuel Conde made his first film, Mahiwagang Biyolin in 1935, and later signed signed a contract with LVN Pictures, where he made almost three dozen films, both as an actor and director. As an actor, Manuel Conde also used the screen name Juan Urbano during the 1930s.

On December 26, 2007, the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) announced the winners of the 25th anniversary presentation of the Luna Award before the actual awards night at the Club Filipino, San Juan City on December 27. The Lamberto Avellana Memorial Award will be awarded posthumously to Manuel Conde and Vic Silayan.

Cory Aquino

The former President of the Philippines Corazon Aquino is also a famous Filipino artist. Cory Aquino was a skilled painter, and was fond of giving her own paintings as gifts to her close friends and acquaintances, including world leaders, diplomats, and corporate executives. Most of Cory Aquino's painting are flowers.

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.

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.

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.