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Jose Lorenzo "Pepe" Diokno (born August 13, 1987) [2] [self-published source?] is a Filipino film director, producer, and screenwriter. He received the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film and the Orizzonti Prize at the 2009 Venice Film Festival , [ 3 ] and was awarded Best Director at the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival .
Isang Himala (lit. ' A miracle ') is a 2024 Philippine musical drama film co-produced and directed by Pepe Diokno from a script he co-wrote with Ricky Lee.It is based on a 2018 theatrical play of the same name, itself an adaptation of the 1982 film Himala.
GomBurZa is a 2023 Philippine historical biographical film co-written and directed by Pepe Diokno.Starring Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, and Enchong Dee, it features and follows the lives of the Gomburza, three native Filipino Roman Catholic priests executed during the latter years of the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines.
Pepe Diokno may refer to: José W. Diokno (1922–1987), Filipino nationalist human rights lawyer and legislator; Pepe Diokno (director) (born 1987), Filipino motion ...
1922 Baptismal Certificate of Diokno issued in Ermita, Manila. Jose W. Diokno was born in Manila on February 26, 1922, to Ramón Diokno y Marasigan, a former senator and Justice of the Supreme Court from Taal, Batangas, and Leonor May Wright y Garcia, an American mestiza.
The Metro Manila Film Festival Award for Best Director is an award presented annually by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA). It was first awarded at the 1st Metro Manila Film Festival ceremony, held in 1975; Augusto Buenaventura received the award for directing the film, Diligan Mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa and it is given to directors working in the motion picture industry.
Diokno is the son of Filipino nationalist Senator Jose W. "Ka Pepe" Diokno, the acknowledged father of human rights in the Philippines and intellectual leader against the Marcos regime. His sister, Maris Diokno , is a senior administrator in the University of the Philippines system and is a former chair of the National Historical Commission of ...
Originally, he was auditioning for a different role until the movie's director Pepe Diokno asked him if he wanted to take the role of Fr. Burgos instead. [5] On December 27, 2023, he won the Best Actor award at the 2023 Metro Manila Film Festival .