Lamberto Vera Avellana was born in Bontoc, MountainProvince was a prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana’s films such as Anak Dalita and Badjao aained international acclaim. In 1976, Avellana was named as the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film. Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino cinema, his reputation as a film director has since been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s.

Published in 2015 by Bookmark, Inc.

16 pages