Brillante Ma Mendoza
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 30, 1960, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines
- Movies
- 52
Brillante Mendoza (born July 30, 1960), also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.
Mendoza is the first Filipino filmmaker to receive the Best Director award for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival. Other international accolades include Best Film for his 2009 film Lola at the 6th Dubai International Film Festival and Achievement in Directing at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards for his 2012 film Thy Womb, which also competed for the Golden Lion at the 69th Venice International Film Festival.
Mendoza's 2012 film Captive was shown in competition at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February 2012. Taklub was also selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2026 | Until She Remembers | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2025 | Nympho | Producer |
| 2025 | Basang Basa | Director |
| 2024 | Motherland | Director |
| 2024 | Red | Director |
| 2023 | Moro | Director |
| 2023 | Moro | Director |
| 2023 | Hosto | Writer |
| 2023 | Feast | Director |
| 2022 | Sabel Is Still Young | Writer |
| 2022 | Alapaap | Screenplay |
| 2022 | Virgin Forest | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2022 | Gensan Punch | Director |
| 2022 | Bahay na Pula | Director |
| 2022 | Sisid | Director |
| 2021 | Palitan | Director |
| 2021 | Payback | Director |
| 2020 | Broken | Writer |
| 2019 | Mindanao | Director, Producer |
| 2019 | Verdict | Producer |
| 2019 | Journey | Director, Producer |
| 2019 | Alpha: The Right to Kill | Director |
| 2016 | Ma' Rosa | Director |
| 2016 | Art Through Our Eyes | Director |
| 2016 | Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections | Director |
| 2016 | Imago | Producer |
| 2015 | Taklub | Director |
| 2015 | Modus | Director |
| 2013 | Possession | Director |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded | Director |
| 2012 | Thy Womb | Director |
| 2012 | Captive | Director, Writer |
| 2011 | 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero | Director |
| 2011 | Quattro Hong Kong 2 | Director |
| 2010 | Ayos ka | Director, Writer |
| 2009 | Butchered | Director |
| 2009 | Grandmother | Director |
| 2008 | Slingshot | Director |
| 2008 | Serbis | Director |
| 2007 | Foster Child | Director |
| 2007 | Pantasya | Director |
| 2006 | Manoro | Director |
| 2006 | Summer Heat | Producer, Director |
| 2005 | The Masseur | Director |
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