Brillante "Dante" Mendoza (born 30 July 1960) is a Filipino

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maker. Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Filipino New Wave.

Career

He 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. He has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first frequent collaboration with actor Coco Martin in seven films including Masahista, Summer Heat, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, and Captive. On 25 July 2016, he directed the first State of the Nation Address of President

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. Mendoza also directed Duterte's second State of the Nation Address on 24 July 2017.

Filmography

Recognition

He is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the

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award for his film ''

Kinatay ''Kinatay'' ( or en, The Execution of P) is a 2009 thriller film directed by Brillante Mendoza and written by Armando Lao. The story is centered on a criminology student (Coco Martin) who accidentally joins a syndicate to make enough money for ...

'' at the

62nd Cannes Film Festival The 62nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 May to 24 May 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. Twenty films from thirteen countries were selected to compete for the Palme d'Or. The awards were announced on 23 M ...

. His 2009 film '' Lola'' won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival. His 2012 film '' Captive'' was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. His 2012 film ''

Thy Womb ''Thy Womb'' ( fil, Sinapupunan) is a 2012 Philippines, Filipino drama film starring Nora Aunor, Bembol Roco, Mercedes Cabral, and Lovi Poe. Produced by Center Stage Productions and the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), Melvin Ma ...

'' competed for the

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at the 69th Venice International Film Festival and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2012. His film '' Taklub'' was selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the

2015 Cannes Film Festival The 68th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 2015. Joel and Ethan Coen were the Presidents of the Jury for the main competition. It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. Since the Coen brothers each received a separate ...

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

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