Person
Mike de Leon
Directing · 1947–2025 · Manila, Philippines
Biography
Miguel Pamintuan de Leon (May 24, 1947 – August 28, 2025), also known as Mike de Leon, was a Filipino film director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer. De Leon's films are a full reflection of the Filipino psyche that sought answer for questions on social class belonging, political absurdities, and fragmentations in various forms.
Known for
Kisapmata
Director
Manila in the Claws of Light
Producer
Manila... A Filipino Film
Producer
Room 666
Self
Batch '81
Director
Will Your Heart Beat Faster?
Director
An Indivisible Heaven
Director
Aguila
Director of Photography
Sister Stella L.
Director
Happy Days Are Here Again
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2022CrossroadsDirector
- 2019Mr. LiDirector
- 2019Swamp PatchDirector
- 2018A Word from the DirectorNarrator
- 2018Citizen JakeProducer
- 2016Never AgainDirector
- 2008OmensDirector
- 2006An Actor RemembersProducer
- 2000Third World HeroDirector
- 2000MotorsikloProducer
- 1993Southern WindsDirector
- 1993Aliwan ParadiseDirector
- 1991Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of WarAdditional Camera
- 1986Prisoner in the DarkDirector
- 1985An Indivisible HeavenDirector
- 1985Room 666Self
- 1984Sister Stella L.Director
- 1982Batch '81Director
- 1981KisapmataDirector
- 1980Will Your Heart Beat Faster?Director
- 1980AguilaDirector of Photography
- 1977Moments in a Stolen DreamDirector
- 1976The Rites of MayDirector
- 1975Manila in the Claws of LightProducer
- 1975MonologoDirector
- 1975Manila... A Filipino FilmProducer
- 1974Happy Days Are Here AgainExecutive Producer
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