Early career
His first film was ''Mahiwagang Biyolin'' in 1935. He made almost three dozen films under LVN Pictures as a contract star.Later career
He later put up his own movie company, Manuel Conde Pictures, in 1947 which produced classic films, notably the ''Juan Tamad'' series (''Si Juan Tamad'' (1947), ''Si Juan Daldal (Anak ni Juan Tamad)'' (1948), ''Juan Tamad Goes to Congress'' (1959), ''Juan Tamad Goes to Society'' (1960), and ''Si Juan Tamad At Juan Masipag sa Pulitikang Walang Hanggan'' (1963)). Other movies Conde produced, directed and/or starred were ''Vende Cristo'' (1948), ''Prinsipe Paris'' (1949), ''Krus Na Kawayan'' (1956), ''Siete Infantes de Lara'' (1950) and its re-make in 1973, ''Molave'' (1961) and the internationally acclaimed '' Genghis Khan'' (1950). ''Genghis Khan'' was the first Filipino film to be acclaimed at an international film festival in Venice in 1952. His ''Juan Tamad Goes to Congress'' is considered the best Filipino satire ever filmed. Some films intended for international release were planned by Conde but these were not pushed through because of some financial and production problems such as ''Saranggani'', a film about the Ifugao rice terraces, a collaboration between James Agee as scriptwriter and Conde as the actor-director with United Artists as the distributor, the Rickshaw Boy and The Brown Rajah.Death
Manuel Conde died in 1985 inLegacy
He was honored posthumously in 2006 the Presidential Medal of Merit (for Films) by PresidentFilmography
*(a) – actor *(dir) – directed *(script) – wrote/co-wrote *1935 – ''Mahiwagang Biyolin'' (a) *1939 – '' Sawing Gantimpala'' (dir) *1939 – ''Maginoong Takas'' (dir) *1940 – ''Binatillo'' (dir) *1940 – ''Villa Hermosa'' (dir) *1940 – ''Ararong Ginto'' (dir) *1941 – ''Hiyas ng Dagat'' (dir) *1941 – ''Prinsipe Teñoso'' (dir) *1941 – ''Ibong Adarna'' (a) *1942 – ''Caviteno'' (dir) *1946 – ''Orasang Ginto'' (a), (dir) *1946 – ''Doon Po sa Amin'' (dir) *1946 – ''Alaala Kita'' (dir) *1946 – ''Ang Prinsipeng Hindi Tumatawa'' (dir) *1947 – ''Nabasag and Banga'' (a), (dir) *1947 – ''Si Juan Tamad'' (a), (dir), (script) *1948 – ''Juan Daldal'' (a), (dir), (script) *1948 – ''Vende Cristo'' (a), (dir) *1949 – ''Prinsipe Paris'' (a), (dir), (script) *1950 – '' Genghis Khan'' (a), (dir) *1950 – ''Apat na Alas'' (a), (dir) *1950 – ''Siete Infantes de Lara'' (a), (dir), (script) *1951 – ''Satur'' (a) *1951 – ''Sigfredo'' (a), (dir) *1953 – ''Senorito'' (a), (dir) *1955 – ''Ang Ibong Adarna'' (color remake; dir) *1955 – ''Pilipino Kostum No Touch'' (dir) *1955 – '' Ikaw Kasi'' (dir) *1956 – ''Handang Matodas'' (dir) *1956 – ''Krus na Kawayan'' (a), (dir), (script) *1956 – ''Bahala Na'' (dir) *1957 – ''El Robo'' (dir) *1957 – ''Basta Ikaw'' (dir) *1957 – ''Tingnan Natin'' (dir) *1958 – ''Casa Grande'' (dir) *1958 – ''Venganza'' (dir) *1959 – ''Juan Tamad Goes to Congress'' (a), (dir),(script) *1960 – ''Juan Tamad Goes to Society'' (a), (dir), (script) *1960 – ''Bayanihan'' (dir) *1961 – ''Molave'' (a), (dir), (script) *1963 – ''Si Juan Tamad at si Juan Masipag sa Politikang Walang Hanggan'' (a), (dir), (script) *1977 – ''Tadhana: Ito ang Lahing Pilipino'' (dir), (script) re-Spanish episode*1984 - ''Soltero'' (a)Nicanor G. Tiongson - The Cinema of Manuel Conde -2008 Page 179 "de Castro directed his first film, Soltero, in 1984 he once again asked Conde to portray the grandfather of the movie's protagonist played by Jay Ilagan. "Other productions
*In the mid-1950s, Conde wrote, directed and sometimes starred in documentary films for theReferences
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Conde, Manuel 1915 births Filipino people of Kapampangan descent 1985 deaths 20th-century Filipino male actors Filipino film directors Filipino male film actors National Artists of the Philippines People from Camarines Norte Place of birth missing Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Merit (Philippines)