CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE ARTS FROM THE REGION
National Artists Awardees (NAA)
FORMS/AWARDEES
YEAR OF
CONFERMENT
FAMOUS ARTWORKS
Architecture
Pablo S. Antonio (++)
1976
-Far Eastern University Administration
and Science buildings; Manila Polo Club
Ildefonso P. Santos (+)
2006
-Makati Commercial Center, Tagaytay
Highland Resort
Leandro V. Locsin (+)
1990
Jose Maria V. Zaragoza (++)
2014
-Istana Nurul Iman (palace of the Sultan
of Brunei with a floor area of 2.2 million
square feet), The CCP Complex (The
Cultural Center of the Philippines, Folk
Arts Theater, Philippine International
Convention, Philcite, and the Westin
Hotel)
Meralco Building (Pasig City), Sto.
Domingo Church and Convent (Quezon
City), Metropolitan Cathedral of Cebu
City, Villa San Miguel, Mandaluyong
Juan F. Nakpil (+)
1973
Francisco T. Mañosa
2018
Cinema
Lamberto V. Avellana (+)
1976
Catalino “Lino” Brocka (+)
1997
Ishmael Bernal (++)
2001
Manuel Conde (++)
2009
International Eucharistic Congress altar
(1937), rebuilt Quiapo church (1930),
Rizal Theatre, UP Administration and
University Library
San Miguel Building, Ortigas Center, Pasig
City; Chapel of the Risen Lord, Las Pinas
City; Our Lady of Peace Shrine, EDSA,
Quezon City; Quezon Memorial Circle
Dev’t Plan, Amanpulo Resort, Palawan
Grand Prix at the Asian Film Festival in
Hong Kong for Anak Dalita (1965), Best
Director of Asia award in Tokyo for
Badjao
Films directed: Sergeant Hasan (1967),
Destination Vietnam (1969), and the Evil
Within (1970)
Films directed: Santiago (1970), Wanted:
Perfect Mother (1970), Tubog sa Ginto
(1971). Stardoom (1971), Tinimbang ka
Ngunit Kulang (1974), Maynila: Sa Kuko
ng Liwanag (1975), Insiang (1976), Jaguar
(1979), Bona (1980), Macho Dancer
(1989), Orapronobis (1989), Makiusap Ka
sa Diyos (1991)
Films directed: Nunal sa Tubig (1975),
City After Dark (1980), Relasyon (1982),
Himala (1982), and Hinugot sa Langit
(1985)
Notable films: Juan Tamad (1947), Juan
Daldal (1948), Vende Cristo (1948),
Prinsipe Paris (1949), Siete Infantes de
Lara (1950), Genghis Khan (1950), Krus na
Kawayan (1956), etc.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Pioneered Modern
Architecture
-For him, function comes
first before elegance
-Pioneered the practice of
landscape architecture
-Professor, College of
Architecture
-Reshaped the urban
landscape with a distinctive
architecture reflective of
Philippine Art and Culture
-Greatly excelled in secular
works and religious
architecture
-Pillar of modern
architecture in the
Philippines
-Architect, teacher, and
civil leader
-Dean of Filipino architects
-Developed a legacy of
Philippine architecture
through creating original
Filipino forms, spaces with
intricate and refined details
-The Boy Wonder of
Philippine Movies
-The first to use motion
picture camera
-The first filmmaker to
have his film Kandelerong
Pilak shown at the Cannes
International Film Festival
-Espoused the term
“freedom of expression”
-directed theater like PETA
and CAP (Concerned Artists
of the Philippines)
-Garnered recognitions and
awards from institutions
like CCP, FAMAS, TOYM,
and Cannes Film Festival
-Noted for his melodramas
with feminist and moral
issues
-Well-known critic, creative
writer and academic
scholar
-established the Manuel
Conde Productions
Gerardo “Gerry” de Leon (++)
1982
Fims: Sa Daigdig ng Mga Api, Noli Me
Tangere, ,El Filibusterismo, Sisa, Sawa sa
Lumang Simboryo, Dyesebel, Ama’t Anak,
Ang Maestra
Ronald Allan K. Poe (++)
2006
Films: Apollo Robles (1961), Batang
Maynila (1962), Mga Alabok sa Lupa
(1967), Batang Matador and Batang
Estibador (1969), Ang Probinsyano
(1996), Panday series
Eddie S. Romero (+)
2003
Films: Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo
Ngayon?, Aguila, Kamakalawa, Banta ng
Kahapon, and thirteen part series of Noli
Me Tangere
Eric Oteyza de Guia/ Kidlat
Tahimik
2018
Films: Perfumed Nightmare (received the
FIPRESCI Award at the Berlin
International Film Festival), Series: Who
Invented the Yoyo, Who Invented the
Moon Buggy, and I am Furious Yellow ’94;
Why is Yellow Middle of Rainbow
Ricardo “Ricky” Lee
2022
Films: Shake Rattle and Roll Fourteen:
The Invasion (2012), Muro- Ami (1999),
Jose Rizal (1998), Hinukay Ko na ang
Libingan Mo! (1991), Dyesebel (1990), Sa
Kuko ng Agila (1989)
Visual Arts
Fernando Amorsolo (++)
1972
Hernando R. Ocampo (++)
1991
Maiden in a Stream (1921)- GSIS
Collection; El Ciego (1928)- Central Bank
of the Philippines collection; Dalagang
Bukid (1936)- Club Filipino Collection; The
Mestiza (1943)- National Museum of the
Philippines collection; Sunday Morning
Going to Town (1958)-Ayala Museum
Collection, Planting Rice (1946)- UCPB
Collection
Evensong (1972), Festival (1978), Color
Study (1956), Compositions (1972-1977)
Benedicto “Bencab” Cabrera
2006
Sabel series (1960s-ongoing); Larawan
series
Carlos V. Francisco (++)
1973
Portrait of Purita, The Invasion of
Limahong, Serenade, Muslim Betrothal,
Blood Compact, First Mass at Limasawa,
The Martyrdom of Rizal, Bayanihan,
-produced about more
than 40 films in three
decades
-Most awarded film
director in the history of
the Filipino Academy of
Movie Arts and Sciences’
FAMAS Awards
-Known as Fernando Poe Jr.
-a cultural icon of
tremendous audience
impact and cinema artist
and craftsman- as an actor,
director, writer and
producer
-Quintessential Filipino film
maker whose life is
devoted to the art and
commerce of cinema
spanning three generations
of film makers
-is a film director whose
films are associated with
the Third Cinema
movement through their
critiques of neocolonialism
-Father of Philippine
Independent Cinema
-Professor, College of Mass
Communication
-screenwriter for film and
television, journalist,
playwright, and multiawarded fictionist
-has written more than 180
films
-Grand Old Man of
Philippine Art
-Developed the
backlighting technique that
became his trademark
-the most original Filipino
painter to emerge from the
modernist generation after
World War II
-best known for his
abstract paintings
-Master of Contemporary
Philippine art
-Known for abstract and
realist figure and genre
painting, handmade paper,
sculpture
-singlehandedly revived the
forgotten art of mural and
remained its most
distinguished practitioner
for nearly three decade
Magpupukot Fiesta, Bayanihan sa Bukid,
Sandugo
Cesar Legaspi (+)
1990
Magellan and Lapu-Lapu (1962), Ritual
(1951), Abstract (1970), Chao Phia River
(1980), Collaboration (w/ Justin Nuyda
and H.R. Ocampo)
Abdulmari Asia Imao
2006
Sarimanok (1996), Fishes (1976)
Guillermo E. Tolentino (+)
1973
UP Oblation, The Bonifacio Monument,
President Quezon at Quezon Memorial
Arturo Luz
1997
Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (++)
2009
Napoleon V. Abueva
1976
J. Elizalde Navarro (++)
Jeremias (Jerry) Elizalde
Navarro
1999
Francisco V. Coching (++)
2014
Victorio C. Edades (+)
1976
Ang Kiukok (+)
2001
Jose T. Joya (++)
2003
Three Jars (1990), Homage to Fernando
Zobel (1979), Desert Architecture (2007),
Homage to Gerardo Rueda (1979)
Abstract with Red and Blue, Abstract with
Black and Yellow, Abstract with Black,
White, and Blue, Abstract with Red and
Green, Abstract with Yellow, Brown and
Black
The Sculpture (UN Headquarters in New
York City), Kaganapan (1953), Kiss of
Judas (1955), Thirty Pieces of Silver, The
Transfiguration (1979), Eternal Garden
Memorial Park, UP Gateway (1967)
Totems of My Forefathers (1993),
Chinese Garden for Charito and Dess
(1986), The Face of the Awakening God
(1993)
Mara-Bini (Marahas na Binibini)-1935,
Hagibis, Pedro Punduko, El Indio, Thor
(based on a komik published a year
before Stan Lee and Jack Kirby)
The Sketch, The Artist and the Model,
Portrait of the Professor, Japanese Girl,
Mother and Daughter, The Wrestlers,
Poinsettia Girl
Fish (1979), Still Life with Pitcher (2000),
Seated Figure (1985), Mother and Child
(2003)
Naga (1988), Mother and Children (1988),
Love Rite (1979), Morning Haze (1974)
Vicente Manansala (++)
1981
A Cluster of Nipa Hut, San Francisco Del
Monte, Banaklaot, I Believe in God,
Market Venders, Madonna of the Slums,
Still Life with Green Guitar, Via Crucis,
Whirr, Nude
-known as Triumvirate with
Victorio Edades and Galo
Ocampo
-best known for exploring
issues of social injustice in
his Cuban-inspired works
-brought the Neorealist
style
-the first National Artist
from Mindanao
-his goal is to promote
indigenous motifs in
Southern Philippines-the
naga, the okir/ukkil, and
the sarimanok
-a product of the Revival
period in Philippine atr
Professor Emeritus, College
of Fine Arts
Director, School of Fine
Arts
-founding member of the
modern Neo-Realist school
in Philippine art
-known for his modern
abstract works, visual arts,
painting, sculpture, and
mixed media
-the youngest National
Artist awardee
-considered as the Father
of Modern Philippine
sculpture
-known for Fauve abstract
painting, voluptuous nudes
-the Dean of Filipino
illustrators
-Father of Modern
Philippine Painting
-known for his expressive,
Cubist-like works
-best known for his
Abstract Expressionist
including controlled drips,
impasto strokes, and
transparent layering
Dean, College of Fine Arts
Professor, College of Fine
Arts
-His paintings are described
as visions of reality
teetering on the edge of
abstraction
Larry Alcala (+)
2018
A Slice of Life, Siopaoman, Kalabog en
Bosyo, Aksyong Aksaya Original Sketch
-created over 500
characters and 20 comics
-one of the first to use
Taglish as medium of
communication in comics
Professor, College of Fine
Arts
Literature
Francisco Arcellana (+)
1990
-One of the most important
progenitors of the Modern
Filipino short story in
English
-Pioneered the
development of the short
story as a lyrical prosepoetic form.
Edith L. Tiempo (+)
1999
Published books: Selected Stories (1962),
Poetry and Politics: The State of Original
Writing in English in the Philippines Today
(1977), The Francisco Arcellana Sampler
(1990)
Short stories: Frankie, The Man Who
Would Be Poe, Death in a Factory, Lina, A
Clown Remembers, Divided by Two, The
Mats
Poems: The Other Woman, This Being the
Third Poem is for Mathilda, To Touch You
and I Touched Her
Novel: A Blade of Fern (1978), The Native
Coast (1979), and The Alien Corn (1992)
Poetry collections: The Tracks of Babylon
and Other Poems (1966), and The
Charmer’s Box and Other Poems
Short story collections: Abide, Joshua,
and Other Stories (1964)
Bienvenido Lumbera
2006
N.V.M. Gonzalez (++)
1997
Virgilio S. Almario /Rio Alma
2003
Cirilo F. Bautista
2014
Poems: Likhang Dila, Likhang Diwa
(poems in Filipino and English), Balaybay,
Mga Tulang Lunot at Manibalang, Sa
Sariling Bayan, Apat na Dulang May
Musika, Agunyas sa Hacienda Luisita,
Pakikiramay
Books: Tagalog Poetry, 1570-1988:
Tradition and Influences in its
Development; Philippine Literature: A
History and Anthology, Revaluation:
Essays on Philippine Literature
The Winds of April, Seven Hills Away,
Children of the Ash-Covered Loam, Look
Stranger, on this Island Now, Mindoro
and Beyond: Twenty-One Stories, Work
on the Mountain, the Novel of Justice:
Selected Essays 1968-1994, A Grammar
of Dreams and Other stories
Books: Makinasyon and Peregrinasyon,
Landmark trilogy: Doktrinang Anakpawis,
Mga Retrato and Muli, sa Kandungan ng
Lupa, Ang Makata sa Panahon ng Makina,
Balagtisismo versus Modernisismo,
Walong Dekada ng Makabagong Tula
Pilipino, Mutyang Madilim, and Barlaan
at Josaphat
Summer Suns (1963), Words and
Battlefields (1998), The Trilogy of Saint
Lazarus (2001), Galaw ng Asoge (2003)
-One of the finest Filipino
writers in English
-Her works are
characterized by a
remarkable fusion of style
and substance, of
craftsmanship and insight
-Founded the Silliman
National Writers Workshop
in Dumaguete City with her
husband, Edilberto K.
Tiempo
-A poet, librettist,
dramatist, and critics
-He introduced to Tagalog
literature what is now
known as “Bagay Poetry,” a
landmark aesthetic
tendency that has helped
to change the vernacular
poetic tradition
-Professor Emeritus,
College of Arts and Letters
Professor, Department of
English and Comparative
Language
Founder, “The Diliman
Review”
-reinvented and revived
traditional Filipino poetic
forms
Professor Emeritus and
Dean, College of Arts and
Literature
-He is acknowledged by
peers and critics, and the
nation at large as the
foremost writer of his
generation
Nick Joaquin (+)
1976
Amado V. Hernandez (++)
1973
Lazaro Francisco (++)
2009
F. Sionil Jose
2001
The Pretenders, Tree, My Brother, My
Executioner, Mass, Po-on
Carlos P. Romulo (+)
1982
The United (novel), I Walked with Heroes
(autobiography), I Saw the Fall of the
Philippines, Mother America, I See
Philippines Rise
Jose Garcia Villa (+)
1973
Have Come, Am Here, Footnote to Youth,
Many Voices, Poems by Doveglion,
Poems 55
Alejandro Roces (+)
2003
My Brother’s Peculiar Chicken, We
Filipinos are Mild Drinkers, Of Cocks and
Kites, Fiesta, Something to Crow About
Rolando S. Tinio (++)
1997
Levi Celerio (+)
1997
Resil B. Mojares
2018
Collection of Poetry (Sitsit sa Kuliglig,
Dunung- Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso,
A Trick of Mirros)
Film Scripts: Now and Forever, Gamitin
Mo Ako
O Maliwanag Na Buwan, Ako May
Singsing, Alibangbang, Pasko Na Naman,
Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, Misa de Gallo
Origins and Rise of Filipino Novel: A
Generic Study of the Novel Until 1940,
The Man Who Would Be President:
Serging Osmena and Philippine Politics
Ang Bag-ong Maria Clara, Maambong Nga
Sapat, Tamblot Kandidato Man, Dama De
Noche, Shri- Bishaya, Malala Nga Gutom
Ramon L. Muzones
Gemino Abad
2022
The Woman Who Had Two Navels, A
Portrait of the Artist as Filipino, Manila,
My Manila: A History for the Young, The
Ballad of the Five Battles, Rizal in Saga,
Almanac for Manilenos, Cave and
Shadows
Bayang Malaya, Isang Dipang Langit, Luha
ng Buwaya, Amado V. Hernandez: Tudla
at Tudling: Katipunan ng mga Nalalathang
Tula 1921-1970
Ama, Bayang Nagpatiwakal, Maganda Pa
Ang Daigdig, Daluyong
Words Break, Past Mountain Dreaming,
Orion’s Belt, A Makeshift Sun
-He is distinguished by
many as the most
distinguished Filipino
writer in English writing
-Practiced “committed art”
-Developed the social
realist tradition in
Philippine fiction
-Foremost Filipino novelist
of his generation
-A publisher, lecturer on
cultural issues, and the
founder of the Philippine
chapter of the
international organization
PEN
-educator, soldier,
university president,
journalist, and diplomat
-the first Asian president of
the United Nations General
Assembly
-is considered as one of the
finest contemporary poets
regardless of race or
language
-Use Doveglion as his Pen
Name (Dove, Eagle, Lion)
-short story writer, and
essayist, and was
considered as the country’s
best writer for comic short
stories
-playwright, thespian, poet,
teacher, critic, and
translator
-his chief distinction is a
stage director
-a prolific lyricist and
composer for decades
-a leading figure in the
promotion of regional
literature and history
-a Hiligaynon poet,
essayist, short story writer,
critic, grammarian, editor,
lexicographer, and novelist
who authored 61
completed novels
-a multi-awarded poet,
essayist, fictionist, and
editor of several landmark
literary anthologies and
books that chart the
history of Philippine
literature in English
University Professor
Emeritus, Director
(Creative Writing Center)
Fashion Design
Ramon Valera (++)
2006
-has given the country its
visual icon to the world via
terno
Theater Design
Salvador F. Bernal (+)
2003
-designed more than 300
productions distinguished
for their originality
-he organized
PATDAT(Philippine
Association of Theatre
Designers and Technicians)
to promote and
professionalize theatre
designs
Dance
Francisca Reyes Aquino (+)
1973
Ramon Obusan (+)
2006
Alice Reyes
2014
Leonor Orosa Goquingco (+)
1976
Choreographies: TREND: Return to
Native, In a Javanese Garden Sports,
VINTA!
Lucresia Reyes- Urtula (+)
1988
Dances: Singkil- a Bayanihan signature
number based on a Maranao epic poem;
Vinta- a dance honoring Filipino sailing
prowess; Tagabili- a tale of tribal conflict;
Pagdiwata- a four-day harvest festival
condensed into a six- minute breathtaking spectacle; Salidsid- a mountain
Thesis on the unrecorded forms of local
celebration, ritual, and sport: Philippine
Folk Dances and Games
Books: Philippine National Dances (1946),
Gymnastics for Girls (1947), Fundamental
Dance Steps and Music (1948), Foreign
Folk Dances (1949), Dances for all
Occasion (1950), Playground
Demonstration (1951) and Philippine Folk
Dances, Volumes I to VI
Full-length productions he
choreographed:
Vamos a Belen! Series- Philippine Dances
Tradition, Noon Po sa Amin- tableaux of
Philippine History in song, drama, and
dance, Obra Maestra-a collection of
Obusan’s dance masterpieces,
Unpublished Dances of the PhilippinesSeries I-IV, Water, Fire and Life, Philippine
Dances and Music- A Celebration of Life,
Glimpses of ASEAN, Saplot- Philippines
Costumes in Dance
Major works:: Amada (1969), At a
Maranaw Gathering (1970), Itim-Asu
(1971), Tales of Manuvu (1977), Rama
Hari (1980), Bayanihan Remembered
(1987)
-Folk Dance Pioneer
Professor, Physical
Education
Physical Director for
Women
-a dancer, choreographer,
stage designer, and artistic
director
- also acknowledged as a
researcher, archivist, and
documentary filmmaker
-a significant part of
Philippine dance parlance
-a dancer, choreographer,
teacher, and director who
have made a long lasting
impact on the
development and
promotion of
contemporary dance
-the “Trailblazer,””Mother
of Philippine Theater
Dance” and”Dean of
Filipino Performing Arts
Critics:
-choreographer, dance,
educator, and researcher
who spent almost four
decades in the discovery
and study of Philippine folk
and ethnic dances
wedding dance; Idaw, Banga and Aires de
Verbena
Woks: Babaylan, Taong-Talangka,
Salome, Hinilawod
Agnes Locsin
2022
Historical Literature
Carlos Quirino (+)
1997
Books: Maps and Views of Old Manila,
Quezon, Man of Destiny, Magsaysay of
the Philippines, Lives of the Philippine
Presidents, Philippine Cartography, The
History of Philippine Sugar Industry,
Filipino Heritage: The Making of a Nation,
Filipinos at War: The Fight for Freedom
from Mactan to EDSA
-a biographer and has a
distinction of having
written one of the earliest
biographies of Jose Rizal
entitled The Great Malayan
Music
Antonino Buenaventura (+)
1988
-has a musical career that
spanned seven decades
Conservatory of Music
Jose Maceda (+)
1997
Marches: Triumphal March, Echoes of the
Past, History Fantasy, Second Symphony
in E-Flat, Echoes from the Philippines,
Ode to Freedom
Communal rituals: Ugma-ugma (1963),
Pagsamba (1968), Udlot-udlot (1975)
Other works: Agungan, Kubing,
Pagsamba, Ugnayan, Ading, Aroding,
Siasid, Suling-suling
Lucresia R. Kasilag (+)
1989
Ernani J. Cuenco (+)
1999
Lucio San Pedro (+)
1991
Antonio J. Molina (+)
1973
Orchestral music: Love Songs, Legend of
Sari- Manok, Ang Pamana, Philippine
Scenes, Her Son, Jose, Sisa
Chamber Music: Awit ng mga Awit
Psalms, Fantaisie on a 4-Note theme, and
east Meets Jazz Ethnika
Nahan, Kahit na Magtiis, Dilign Mo ng
Hamog ang Uhaw naLupa, Pilipinas,Inang
Bayan, Gaano Kita Kamahal
Orchestral music: The Devil’s Bridge,
Malakas at Maganda Overture, Prelude
and Fugue in D Minor, Hope and
Ambition
Choral music: Easter Cantata, Sa Mahal
Kong Bayan, Rizal’s Valedictory Poem
Vocal music: Lulay, Sa Ugoy ng Duyan, In
the Silence of the Night
Band Music: Dance of the Fairies,
Triumphal March, Lahing Kayumanggi,
Anggonian March
Hatinggabi, Misa Antonia Grand Festival
Mass, Ang Batingaw, KundimanKundangan, Pandangguhan, Awit ni Maria
Claa
-an advocate of modern
dance
-she is dubbed as one of
the “most progressive
contemporary
choreographers in the
Philippines”
Senior Lecturer, College of
Music
-composer, musicologist,
teacher and performer
who explored the
musicality of Filipino
deeply
Professor, College of Music
Founder, UP Center of
Ethnomusicology
-educator, composer,
performing artist,
administrator, and cultural
entrepreneur
-is a seasoned musician,
composer, film scorer,
musical director, and music
teacher
-he wrote an outstanding
and memorable body of
work that resonates with
Filipino sense of musicality
- a master composter,
conductor, and teacher
whose music evokes the
folk elements of the
Filipino heritage
Professor Emeritus, College
of Music
-versatile musician,
composer, music educator
and the last of the musical
triumvirate
Francisco Feliciano
2014
Ashen Wings (1995), Sikhay sa Kabila ng
Paalam (1982), Pamugun (1995), Pokpok
Alimako (1981)
Levi Celerio (+)
1997
Ramon P. Santos
2014
O Maliwanag Na Buwan, Ako May
Singsing, Alibangbang, Pasko Na Naman,
Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, Misa de Gallo
Panaghoy (1984)
Jovita Fuentes (+)
1976
Cio Cion San in Puccini’s Madama
Butterfly
Mimi in Puccini’s La Boheme
Felipe Padilla de Leon (++)
1997
Andrea Veneracion (+)
1999
Orchestral music: Mariang Makiling
Overture (1939), Roca Encantadasymphonic legend (1950), Maynila
Overture (1976), Orcheterstuk (1981)
Choral music: Payapang Daigdig, Ako’y
Pilipino, Lupang Tinubuan, Ama Namin
Songs: Bulaklak, Aliptaptap, Mutya ng
Lahi
Founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers
Honorata “Atang” dela Rama
(++)
Raymundo “Ryan” Cayabyab
1987
Fides Cuyugan- Asensio
2022
Theater
Daisy Avellana (+)
1999
Rolando S. Tinio (++)
1997
2018
Dalagang Bukid, Mascota, Sueno de un
Vals, Marino, Pangarap ni Rosa
Notable works: Rama Hari, Katy! The
Musical, Smokey Mountain, One
Christmas, Noli Me Tangere, One
Christmas, Spoliarium, Ignacio of Loyola,
Kay Ganda Ng Ating Musika, Nais Ko,
Paraiso, Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka
Operas: Kababaihan: Mukha at Maskara,
Mayo-Bisperas ng Liwanag, Spolarium,
Why Flowers Bloom in May, Song of
Joseph
Starred in plays like Othello (1953),
Macbeth in Black (1959), Casa de
Bernarda Alba (1967), Tatarin
Directioral credits: Diego Silang (1968),
Walang Sugat (1971)
Screenplays: Sakay (1939), Potrait of the
Artist as Filipino
Collection of Poetry (Sitsit sa Kuliglig,
Dunung- Dunungan, Kristal na Uniberso,
A Trick of Mirros)
Film Scripts: Now and Forever, Gamitin
Mo Ako
Professor, Conservatory of
Music
-composer, conductor, &
educator
-brought out the unique
sounds of our indigenous
music
Professor, College of Music
-a prolific lyricist and
composer for decades
-composer, conductor and
musicologist and is
currently the country’s
foremost exponent of
contemporary Filipino
music
University Professor
Emeritus, College of Music
-the first Filipino
international star in the
world of opera
Conservatory of Music
-composer, conductor, and
scholar who Filipinized
western music forms
-highly esteemed for her
achievements as
choirmaster and choral
arranger
Professor, College of Music
-Queen of Kundiman
-the most accomplished
composer, arranger, and
musical director in the
Philippine music industry
Professor, College of Music
-Opera singer, teacher,
stage and film actor and
librettist
Professor Emeritus, College
of Music
-actor, director, and writer
-playwright, thespian, poet,
teacher, critic, and
translator
-his chief distinction is a
stage director
Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero (++)
1997
Plays: Half an Hour in Convent, Wanted:
A Chaperon, Forever, Condemned,
Perhaps, In Unity, Deep in My Heart,
Three Rats, Our Strange Ways, The
Forsaken House, Frustrations
Honorata “Atang” dela Rama
(++)
Salvador F. Bernal (+)
1987
Dalagang Bukid, Mascota, Sueno de un
Vals, Marino, Pangarap ni Rosa
Severino Montano (++)
2001
Lamberto V. Avellana (+)
1976
2003
Amelia Lapeña- Bonifacio
2018
Antonio “Tony” Mabesa (+)
2022
Plays: The Love of Leonor Rivera, Parting
at Calamba, The Ladies and the Senador
Sabina
Grand Prix at the Asian Film Festival in
Hong Kong for Anak Dalita (1965), Best
Director of Asia award in Tokyo for
Badjao
Films directed: Sergeant Hasan (1967),
Destination Vietnam (1969), and the Evil
Within (1970)
Notable works: 6 na Dulang Filipino Para
sa mga Bata (1976), Tat-lu-han (1975),
Ang Paglalakbay ni Sisa: Isang Noh sa
Laguna (1998), Isang Kyogen sa Pritil
(1977), Sepang Loca (1957), Papet Pasyon
(1985), Abadeja: Ang Ating Sinderella
(1977)
Films: Macho Dancer (1988), Tukso
Layuan Mo Ako! (1991), Closer to Home
(1995), Kristo (1996), Jose Rizal (1998),
Azucena (2000), Mano Po (2002-2008)
-a teacher and theatre
artist who devoted
professorship and has
produced the most sterling
luminaries in Philippine
performing arts today
Director, UP Dramatic Club
-Queen of Kundiman
-designed more than 300
productions distinguished
for their originality
-he organized
PATDAT(Philippine
Association of Theatre
Designers and Technicians)
to promote and
professionalize theatre
designs
-playwright and founder of
the Arena theatre
-The Boy Wonder of
Philippine Movies
-The first to use motion
picture camera
-The first filmmaker to
have his film Kandelerong
Pilak shown at the Cannes
International Film Festival
-known as the Grand Dame
of Southeast Asian
children’s theatre
-founder and playwrightdirector of the Teatrong
Mulat ng Pilipinas
University Professor
Emeritus, College of Arts
and Letters
-stage director, film and
television actor, and
professor
-one of the most
prominent theatre
directors in the country
Founder, Dulaang UP
Professor Emeritus, College
of Arts and Letters