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Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (March 30, 1955 – October 8, 2012) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022, [2] she was the founder and president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo ...
Oct 8, 2012 · MANILA, Philippines—Multi-awarded filmmaker Marilou Diaz-Abaya passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Taguig City, after a five-year battle with cancer, her son Marc said. She was 57.
Marilou Diaz-Abaya was born on 30 March 1955 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. She was a director and producer, known for Muro-ami (1999), New Moon (2001) and José Rizal (1998). She was married to Manolo Abaya.
Jul 20, 2022 · When Marilou Diaz-Abaya was proclaimed National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts last June 10, 2022, she had long deserved it, having lived art and life with consummate artistry.
Marilou DIAZ-ABAYA. Film Director. Born March 30, 1955 （aged46）. Ms. Marilou Diaz-Abaya is in the vanguard of contemporary Philippine filmmakers. She conveys the Asian spirit to the world through works that depict the joy and sadness of common people with great vitality.
Oct 8, 2012 · Multi-awarded film director Marilou Diaz-Abaya passed away Monday evening after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 57. This was confirmed by Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, who performed final rites on Abaya at St. Luke’s Medical Center in The Fort Global City on Sunday afternoon.
Her death in late 2012 at the age of 57 was widely mourned in her country and those parts of the world where her works had captured the imagination of filmgoers and signposted the burgeoning vitality of Asian cinema with a Philippine complexion.
