Brillante Mendoza (; born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino

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maker. Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.

Career

Mendoza was born and raised in

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. He took advertising arts of the College of Architecture and fine arts at the

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. Mendoza has directed sixteen films since 2005, also he credited some cinematographer and production designer under his alias. His first collaborated with actor Coco Martin in seven films: '' Masahista'', '' Kaleldo'', '' Foster Child'', '' Tirador'', '' Serbis'', '' Kinatay'', and '' Captive''. Mendoza directed the first and

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in 2016 and 2017, respectively.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film '' Kinatay'' at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. His 2009 film '' Lola'' won the award for Best Film at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival. Mendoza's 2012 film '' Captive'' was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. His 2012 film '' Thy Womb'' competed for the

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at the 69th Venice International Film Festival and earned Mendoza the award for Achievement in Directing at the

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in 2012. Mendoza's film '' Taklub'' was selected to be screened in the

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section at the

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. Mendoza is one of the few people and is the only Filipino filmmaker to be nominated in all three major prizes from "The Big Three" (

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendoza, Brillante 1960 births Living people Artists from Pampanga Asia Pacific Screen Award winners Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Filipino film directors People from San Fernando, Pampanga University of Santo Tomas alumni