Tikoy Aguiluz

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Tikoy Aguiluz
Born
Amable R. Aguiluz VI

(1947-09-23)September 23, 1947
Philippines
DiedFebruary 18, 2024(2024-02-18) (aged 76)
Occupation(s)Film producer and director

Amable R. "Tikoy" Aguiluz VI (September 23, 1947 – February 18, 2024) was a Filipino film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. In 1999, he founded the Cinemanila International Film Festival in Manila. Aguiluz was one of the leading figures in the alternative cinema movement in the Philippines.

Life and career

Educated at the

UP Film Institute) where he served as its assistant director until 1990, spearheading the association called Chamber Film Group. He was a recipient of a John D. Rockefeller III Grant to study filmmaking at the New York University and film archiving at the Library of Congress Film Archives in Washington, DC and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A British Council Grant led to further film studies and training in film archiving at the British Film Institute
.

Aguiluz worked in various capacities in film projects with other important Filipino directors his senior, including National Artist Lino Brocka. He first made his mark with the 15-minute documentary Mt. Banahaw, Holy Mountain. The film won a Silver Trophy at the prestigious Young Filmmakers of Asia Festival in Iran.

Aguiluz plunged into the full-length feature in 1984 with the acclaimed Boatman. It was exhibited at the 1985

London Film Festival where it was cited as the outstanding film of the year. It was followed several years later, in 1995, by his own version of the story of the ill-fated household helper Flor Contemplacion
in the equally acclaimed docu-drama entitled Bagong Bayani, OCW.

In 1996, his film

Gawad Urian (the local film critics award), as well as the Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Supporting Actor plums, the last for actor Albert Martinez who played the title role. Segurista toured international film festivals in Toronto, Singapore
and others.

Aguiluz's next film project was originally intended to be a biographical film about Filipino revolutionary

Brussels International Film Festival
(Festival International du Film Independent), it was conferred the Grand Jury Prize in addition to the best actor award for lead star Martinez.

Aguiluz served on the jury of the film festivals in

Pusan (South Korea), Singapore, Vesoul (France), Delhi, and Kerala in India, among others. He was the chief creative force behind the highly successful Cinemanila International Film Festival
.

In 2003, the French government awarded Aguiluz the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres prize for his contributions to Philippine cinema.

In 2013, the documentary film

short person who performs death defying stunts.[6]

On January 8, 2015, Aguiluz directorial effort Tragic Theater was released. The film is a supernatural horror film adaptation of the book of the same name, starring Andi Eigenmann, Christopher de Leon and John Estrada.[7]

Aguiluz died on February 18, 2024, at the age of 76.[8]

Film director

Accolades

Year Award-giving body Category Work Result
1996 Gawad Urian Best Director Segurista Won
1997 FAMAS Awards Best Director Rizal sa Dapitan Nominated
2011 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story Won

References

  1. ^ Red, Isah V. (November 29, 1996). "Joshua's tale". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 32B. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Harvey, Dennis (February 26, 2015). "Film Review: 'The Search for Weng Weng'". Variety. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "Search For Weng Weng, The". Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  4. ^ "Today at Fantasia". Cult MTL. July 29, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2020.
  5. ^ Wilson, Jake (August 7, 2014). "In search of Weng Weng, the pint-sized James Bond of Filipino film". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Leavold, Andrew. The Search for Weng Weng (DVD). USA: Wild Eye Releasing. 760137943594.
  7. ^ "Andi Eigenmann's Horror Movie 'Tragic Theater' Marked As 'X-Rated' By MTRCB!". Philippine Edition. December 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  8. ^ Santiago, Erwin (February 19, 2024). "Award-winning director Tikoy Aguiluz dies". pep.ph. Retrieved February 19, 2024.

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