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Tikoy Aguiluz | |
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| Born | Amable Reyes Aguiluz VI (1947-09-23)September 23, 1947 |
| Died | February 18, 2024(2024-02-18) (aged 76) |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer and director |
Amable Reyes "Tikoy"Aguiluz VI (September 23, 1947 – February 18, 2024) was a Filipino film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. In 1999, he founded theCinemanila International Film Festival inManila. Aguiluz was one of the leading figures in the alternative cinema movement in the Philippines.
Educated at theUniversity of the Philippines (UP) with degrees in comparative literature and fine arts, he was the co-founder in 1976 of the UP Film Center (nowUP Film Institute) where he served as its assistant director until 1990, spearheading the association called Chamber Film Group. He was a recipient of aJohn D. Rockefeller III Grant to study filmmaking at theNew York University and film archiving at theLibrary of Congress Film Archives in Washington, DC and theMuseum of Modern Art in New York. ABritish Council Grant led to further film studies and training in film archiving at theBritish Film Institute.
Aguiluz worked in various capacities in film projects with other important Filipino directors his senior, includingNational ArtistLino Brocka. He first made his mark with the 15-minute documentaryMt. Banahaw, Holy Mountain. The film won a Silver Trophy at the prestigious Young Filmmakers of Asia Festival inIran.
Aguiluz plunged into the full-length feature in 1984 with the acclaimedBoatman. It was exhibited at the 1985London Film Festival where it was cited as the outstanding film of the year.[1] It was followed several years later, in 1995, by his own version of the story of the ill-fated household helperFlor Contemplacion in the equally acclaimed docu-drama entitledBagong Bayani, OCW.
In 1996, his filmSegurista (Dead Sure) was picked as the official Philippine entry to theAcademy Awards for the Best Foreign-Language Film category. It placed 12th in the list of thirty-nine titles. The same film won the Best Director award for Aguiluz at theGawad Urian (the local film critics award), as well as the Best Picture, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Best Production Design and Best Supporting Actor plums, the last for actorAlbert Martinez who played the title role.Segurista toured international film festivals inToronto,Singapore and others.
Aguiluz's next film project was originally intended to be a biographical film about Filipino revolutionaryAndrés Bonifacio, to be titledAng Supremo: The Life of Andrés Bonifacio withCaloocan mayorRey Malonzo cast in the title role,[2] but the project did not come to fruition.Rizal sa Dapitan (1997), was a historical film on thePhilippine national hero's poignant exile inDapitan. It captured the majority of awards at the Philippine Movie Press Club's Star Awards and theFilipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Annual Awards. The film was also shown at the First Philippine International Film Festival, at theToronto International Film Festival, inMar del Plata, Argentina and in Singapore. It continues its tour of world film capitals under the auspices of the Culture Committee of the UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines. When it competed at theBrussels International Film Festival (Festival International du Film Independent), it was conferred the Grand Jury Prize in addition to the best actor award for lead star Martinez.
Aguiluz served on the jury of the film festivals inBerlin,Pusan (South Korea), Singapore,[3]Vesoul (France),Delhi, andKerala in India, among others. He was the chief creative force behind the highly successfulCinemanila International Film Festival.
In 2003, the French government awarded Aguiluz theChevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres prize for his contributions to Philippine cinema.
In 2013, the documentary filmThe Search for Weng Weng started itsfilm festival run.[4][5][6][7] In it Aguiluz was interviewed about the actorWeng Weng who was thePhilippines' first international star and a unique figure incinema, being ashort person who performs death defying stunts.[8]
On January 8, 2015, Aguiluz directorial effortTragic Theater was released. The film is asupernatural horror film adaptation of the book of the same name, starringAndi Eigenmann,Christopher de Leon andJohn Estrada.[9]
Aguiluz died on February 18, 2024, at the age of 76.[10]
| Year | Award-giving body | Category | Work | Result |
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| 1996 | Gawad Urian | Best Director | Segurista | Won |
| 1997 | FAMAS Awards | Best Director | Rizal sa Dapitan | Nominated |
| 2011 | Metro Manila Film Festival | Best Director | Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story | Won |
