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Ricardo Arreola Lee (born March 19, 1948) is a Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. He was conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022. [1] Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays.
Ricky Lee, National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts, is the most-awarded scriptwriter in the Philippines. He has written more than 180 produced film scripts, earning him more than 90 trophies from award-giving bodies, including life achievement awards.
Oct 22, 2020 · Screenwriter, novelist, and playwright Ricky Lee is a legend in Philippine cinema, having co-written over one hundred local films, including classics such as Jaguar (1979), Himala (1982), Karnal (1983) and The Flor Contemplacion Story (1995), for over forty years.
Oct 2, 2019 · Ricky Lee is a giant in Philippine Cinema. He cannot avoid the spotlight because he is the spotlight. Yet as he fidgets on his phone, figuring out how to pause it, apologizing for the interference during this interview—with a voice that is both homely and wispy, one cannot but feel humbled: The giant is also a man.
Ricky Lee wasn’t always a titan in the film industry—in fact, his life began as an orphan-turned-runaway-teenager living in Quiapo, hoping to become a big-name writer in Manila. Little did he know that decades later, his films would take him to the red carpets of Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin.
Nov 15, 2023 · The great Ricky Lee, who wrote such Filipino classics like Himala, Moral, Para Kay B, and Trip to Quiapo, lets us in on his growing-up years that shaped his outlook on his work and on his life, his creative process, and his undying faith in the goodness in people.
Apr 6, 2023 · He is a keeper of countless awards and life achievement citations. A closer look at his own life story is even more remarkable. POVERTY, PRISON LIFE. Born in Daet, Camarines Norte, Lee had to work hard to fight his inferiority complex and to finish grade school studies with honors.
Despite writing predominantly in Filipino, Lee took up AB English at the University of the Philippines Diliman while juggling jobs as a copywriter for Philippine Free Press and eventual staff member for Asia-Philippines Leader Magazine.
Jun 12, 2022 · Lee is, bar none, the country’s greatest and most prolific screenwriter, having written almost 200 screenplays, including classics “Brutal” (1980) and “Karnal” (1983), both directed by Marilou Diaz-Abaya; “Himala” (1982), by Ishmael Bernal; “Macho Dancer” (1988), by Lino Brocka; and “José Rizal” (1998), again, by Diaz-Abaya.
Ricky Lee has written 150 produced film scripts since 1979, earning him more than 50 trophies from award-giving bodies, including a life achievement award from the critics group, Urian. Most of his films have been shown in Cannes, Toronto Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival and other foreign festivals.
