Placido Escudero, known as Don Escudero, was a Filipino movie writer, actor, and director.
Life and career
Escudero was born on January 27, 1955, in
Tiaong, Quezon. He graduated from
De La Salle University
De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...
,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
. He started in entertainment as an assistant, working with
Lino Brocka
Catalino Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema. He co-founded the organization Concerned Art ...
,
Ishmael Bernal
Ishmael Bernal (30 September 1938 – 2 June 1996) was a Filipino filmmaker, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas, particularly with feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark Filipino films ...
and
Mike de Leon.
Escudero was diagnosed with cancer and went through two years of treatments and had a remission before dying. He was survived by his mother Millie, brothers Manolet and Ugi and sister Mari. Escudero designed his own cremation urn kept at the chapel of the family-owned Villa Escudero in
Tiaong, Quezon.
Filmography
Production Designer
Director
References
External links
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1955 births
2011 deaths
De La Salle University alumni
Filipino film directors
Filipino writers
Male actors from Quezon
Artists from Quezon
Deaths from cancer in the Philippines
Deaths from liver cancer
Filipino male film actors