Lino Brocka
Awards & Honours
17
Awards Won
4
Honours
2
Rankings
3
Records
Brocka is consistently ranked as the greatest Filipino filmmaker in cinema history. His film Manila in the Claws of Light is widely considered the finest Filipino film ever made. He was the first Philippine director to have a film screen at the Cannes Film Festival, a feat he achieved three times. His work has been restored and celebrated in retrospectives worldwide, cementing his place as a master of socially conscious cinema.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Order of National Artists of the Philippines
Posthumously awarded for significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts.
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Awarded for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts.
Member of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival
Served on the jury for the prestigious film festival.
Member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission
Appointed by President Corazon Aquino to draft a new constitution; resigned before completion.
Rankings & Lists
Greatest Filipino Filmmaker
Greatest Filipino Film of All Time
Records & Feats
First Philippine film to screen at Cannes Film Festival
Insiang (1976) became the first Philippine film ever selected for the Cannes Film Festival.
Most films screened at Cannes by a Philippine director
Brocka had three films screen at Cannes: Insiang (1976), Jaguar (1979), and This Is My Country (1984).
Only Philippine director to have three films at Cannes
As of 2024, Brocka remains the only Filipino director to have three films selected for the Cannes Film Festival.