Order of National Artists of the

Philippines

LAMBERTO
VERA AVELLANA
was a prominent Filipino film and stage
director. his reputation as a film director has
since been eclipsed by the next wave of
Filipino film directors who emerged in the
1970s,

Who is Lamberto Avellana?

Avellana born in Bontoc Mountain Province, on February
12, 1915, Avellana was educated at the Ateneo de
Manila AB '37, where he developed what turned out to
be a lifelong interest in the theater.

More Information
Avellana made his film debut with Sakay in 1939, a biopic on
the early 20th-century Filipino revolutionary Macario Sakay.
The film, though a box-office flop,[2] was particularly
distinguished for its realism which was atypical of Filipino
cinema at the time. The treatment is the subject of some
controversy today.

Trivia:
On December 30, 1990, Avellana directed the first
live reenactment of José Rizal's execution to be held
on Rizal Day in Rizal Park.

Trivia:
Avellana directed more than 70 films in a career that
spanned six decades. Anak Dalita (1956) and Badjao (1957)
perhaps stand as the most prominent works from his oeuvre.

Filmography Hacendera (1947)

Tandang Sora (1947)
Sakay (1939)
Sa Ngiti Mo Lamang (1947)
Inday (1940)
Hagibis (1947)
Rosalinda (1941)
Pista ng Bayan (1948)
Ikaw Pala (1941)
A La Viva! (1948)
Death March (1946)

Aguino, Ana; Philippine Information Agency (December 30, 1990).

"Re-enactment of Rizal's execution". Manila Standard. Kagitingan
Publications, Inc. p. 5. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
"No Money No Honey (1955)". IMDb. January 15, 1955. Retrieved