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10.4.06

First Filipino in Motion Picture 2





Joseph Estrada

Profile

1st Filipino Best Actor inducted in the FAMAS Hall of Fame

13th President of the Republic of the Philippines


1981




Julian Manansala

Profile

1st Filipino to establish the 1st Filipino movie studio, Malayan Movies

"Father of the Nationalistic Film"

(1919)




Meryll Soriano

Profile

1st Filipina actress to win the 1st Best Performance by an Actress award for the full length film Room Boy at the 1st Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival

2005




Nida Blanca

Profile

1st Filipina to win Best Supporting Actress in the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS)

1952




Nora Aunor

Profile

1st Filipina to win an international Best Actress award at the Cairo Film Festival

1995




Pia Clemente

Profile

1st Filipina-American producer to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film for her work in “Our Time is Up”

2006




Rica Arevalo

Profile

1st Filipina filmmaker to win the 1st Best Direction award (full length film category) for her film ICU Bed #7 at the 1st Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival

2005




Rogelio dela Rosa

Profile

1st Filipino Actor to star in an American movie (The Avenger)





Rosa del Rosario

Profile

1st Filipina-American to portray Darna, the first female superhero in Philippine cinema

"Manila's Golden Age Movie Queen"

1951




Sharon Cuneta

Profile

1st and only Filipina Actress to have been acclaimed the "Box Office Queen of Philippine Movies" for seven years





Vilma Santos

Profile

1st and only Filipina Actress to win the prominent Gawad Urian Best Actress Award for 3 consecutive years

1982-1984





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