Person
Ishmael Bernal
- Known for
- Directing
- Birthday
- 1938-09-30
- Place of birth
- Manila, Philippines
- Gender
- Male
- Died
- 1996-06-02
- Popularity
- 1
Also known as: اسماعیل برنال
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Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) was a Filipino film, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for melodramas with feminist and moral themes, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Pagdating sa Dulo (1971), Nunal sa Tubig (1976), Manila by Night (1980), Himala (1982), and Working Girls (1984). Bernal was declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001.
