Gil M. Portes
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Gil M. Portes (September 13, 1945 – May 24, 2017) was a
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film director, film producer and screenwriter.


Early life and education

Gil Portes took up his Journalism at the
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,
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, Philippines and received a
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in theater from Brooklyn College,
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, New York.


Career

His
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
, ''
Saranggola ''Saranggola'' (international title: ''The Kite'') is a 1999 Filipino drama film directed by Gil Portes. It stars Ricky Davao, Lester Llansang and Jennifer Sevilla. It is a morality tale, showing murder and corruption through the eyes of a chi ...
'' (1999), won various awards at the
Metro Manila Film Festival The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival held in Metro Manila, Philippines. The festival, which runs from December 25 (Christmas) through New Year's Day and into first weekend of January in the following year, focuses on ...
, including Best Picture and Best Actor. It was also entered into the
21st Moscow International Film Festival The 21st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1999. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Japanese film ''Will to Live'' directed by Kaneto Shindo. Jury * Fernando Solanas (Argentina – President of the Jury) * Flo ...
. His drama film, ''
Small Voices ''Small Voices'' or ''Mga Munting Tinig'' is a 2002 Filipino drama film directed by Gil Portes and Adolfo Alix, Jr. The film set in a public school won 11 awards and was nominated for 11 other including Gawad Urian Awards. It is the only Filip ...
'' (2002), is considered a masterpiece in Filipino cinema and won eleven awards and was nominated for eleven other awards including the
Gawad Urian Awards The Gawad Urian Awards are annual film awards in the Philippines held since 1977. It is given by the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino (MPP, "the Filipino Film Critics") and is currently regarded as the counterpart of the United States' New York Fi ...
.


Death

Portes died on May 24, 2017, at the age of 71.


Filmography


Director


Awards


References


External links

* * 1945 births 2017 deaths Brooklyn College alumni Filipino film directors Filipino film producers Filipino screenwriters University of Santo Tomas alumni {{Philippines-writer-stub