Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.

Writing

Clodualdo del Mundo Jr.

Born

1948-03-11 (78)

Known for

Writing

Credits

32 titles

Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. (born March 11, 1948) is a landmark Filipino screenwriter, film director, author, and educator. A key figure in Philippine modern cinema, he established the Communication Arts department at De La Salle University and earned acclaim for his collaborative screenwriting work during the Golden Age of Philippine Cinema. His screenwriting filmography includes seminal classics such as Manila in the Claws of Light (1975), Itim (1976), Kakabakaba Ka Ba? (1980), Kisapmata (1981), Batch '81 (1982), 'Merika (1984), Mulanay (1996), Bayaning 3rd World (2000), and Markova: Comfort Gay (2000). As a feature filmmaker, he wrote and directed the comedy-drama Pepot Artista (2005).

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Manila in the Claws of Light poster
7.4

Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.

Manila in the Claws of Light

1975

Kisapmata poster
8.2

A young woman gets married but her authoritarian father refuses to let her out of his sight.

Kisapmata

1981

Batch '81 poster
5.8

Sid Lucero, a 21-year old pre-Med student, is an aspiring neophyte of the Alpha Kappa Omega fraternity. Over a six-month initiation period, he and six other neophytes are subjected to severe physical and psychological torture in and outside the fraternity house.

Batch '81

1982

Will Your Heart Beat Faster? poster
7.4

In a spoof on the contemporary sacred cons, two yuppy couples get entangled with warring smugglers of dope that include fake priests and nuns as well as Japanese and Chinese agents.

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

1980

Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sa Piling ng mga Sugapa

1977

Manila... A Filipino Film poster
NR

Making-of documentary about Lino Brocka's 1975 film "Manila in the Claws of Light," featuring interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.

Manila... A Filipino Film

1975

'Merika poster
7.5

A story about a Filipina immigrant nurse's struggle to survive in the United States.

'Merika

1984

Pepot Superstar poster
7.5

A story about a ten-year-old boy whose dream is to become a movie star. Pepot, the dreamer, is surrounded by people who are equally dazzled by the movie world from his own mother to the principal in his school to the impersonators in the neighborhood carnival. Coming from a poor family, Pepot overcomes adversity to have a chance at fulfilling his dream. He tackles school bullies, a strict teacher, and an unwelcoming world that fail to comprehend his intense desire to become a star. The story happens in the '70s when superstars brightened the film world in Pepot's country.

Pepot Superstar

2005

Pepot Superstar poster
7.5

A story about a ten-year-old boy whose dream is to become a movie star. Pepot, the dreamer, is surrounded by people who are equally dazzled by the movie world from his own mother to the principal in his school to the impersonators in the neighborhood carnival. Coming from a poor family, Pepot overcomes adversity to have a chance at fulfilling his dream. He tackles school bullies, a strict teacher, and an unwelcoming world that fail to comprehend his intense desire to become a star. The story happens in the '70s when superstars brightened the film world in Pepot's country.

Pepot Superstar

2005

Third World Hero poster
7.9

Two filmmakers try to create a film venturing on the life of Jose Rizal. Before they do that, they try to investigate on the heroism of the Philippine national hero. Of particular focus is his supposed retraction of his views against the Roman Catholic Church during the Spanish regime in the Philippines which he expressed primarily through his two novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The investigation was done mainly by "interviewing" key individuals in the life of Rizal such as his mother Teodora Alonso, his siblings Paciano, Trinidad, and Narcisa, his love interest and supposed wife Josephine Bracken, and the Jesuit priest who supposedly witnessed Rizal's retraction, Fr. Balaguer. Eventually, the two filmmakers would end up "interviewing" Rizal himself to get to the bottom of the issue.

Third World Hero

2000

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema poster
NR

A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

2019

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema poster
NR

A one-of-a-kind legacy project produced by TBA Studios, Habambuhay is a homage to the centennial anniversary of Philippine cinema–an insightfully entertaining documentary series, revisiting the personal experiences of those who work in front of or behind the cameras, those who have shaped the film industry of the Philippines for the longest time.

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

2019

The Rites of May poster
6.5

During a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.

The Rites of May

1976

Superfan poster
NR

A look at Mandy Diaz, a real life die-hard Noranian, who wishes for the superstar actress to visit his wake.

Superfan

2009

Superfan poster
NR

A look at Mandy Diaz, a real life die-hard Noranian, who wishes for the superstar actress to visit his wake.

Superfan

2009

Superfan poster
NR

A look at Mandy Diaz, a real life die-hard Noranian, who wishes for the superstar actress to visit his wake.

Superfan

2009

Aliwan Paradise poster
5.8

Mike De Leon's entry into the omnibus "Southern Winds" where he follows Julio Madiaga into the new world of Filipino Entertainment.

Aliwan Paradise

1993

Mulanay: Sa Pusod Ng Paraiso poster
10.0

A doctor dedicated her life post-graduate to help the rural community of Mulanay, Quezon. Based on a true story.

Mulanay: Sa Pusod Ng Paraiso

1996

Markova: Comfort Gay poster
7.4

Escaping the torment of growing up with an abusive older brother, he and his friends found further suffering at the hands of Japanese soldiers, forced into sex work to survive. But even after the war, Markova's struggle continued.

Markova: Comfort Gay

2000

Itim: An Exploration in Cinema poster
NR

Doy del Muno’s documentary about the making of Mike De Leon’s Itim also features the only scenes to survive from De Leon’s now-lost debut film, the 16mm short Monologo (Monologue) (1975). De Leon recalls, “Itim was filmed in my grandmother’s hometown of San Miguel, in her family’s ancestral house where more than two decades later I would also shoot Bayaning 3rd World. Doy and his brother-in-law Gil Quito wrote the screenplay. It was Gil who suggested the use of spiritualism and spirit possession during the holy week.”

Itim: An Exploration in Cinema

1976

No artwork available
NR

Poignant and funny, this is a music-filled tale of three male senior in a Home for the Aged who come out of retirement to perform as drag queens, just so they can pay for the Home after the death of their landlord.

Golden

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Brocka x Bernal poster
NR

A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

Brocka x Bernal

2024

K'na, The Dreamweaver poster
6.0

When Kana, a young T'boli woman, becomes a dreamweaver, she has the chance to weave together her village's warring clans. But, will she give up true love to do so?

K'na, The Dreamweaver

2014

Si Boyet, Si Hilda atbp… poster
NR

The making of Mike de Leon's 1977 film Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising (Moments in a Stolen Dream), starring Christopher de Leon and Hilda Koronel.

Si Boyet, Si Hilda atbp…

1977

Southern Winds poster
4.0

An Asian anthology: Mirage, Aliwan Paradise, The Tree Of Life, and The Tokyo Game.

Southern Winds

1993

Maid in Singapore poster
NR

Overseas Filipino workers, more so those who break their backs in Singapore, have always lived under the large shadow left by the death of Flor Contemplacion and her fate as a domestic helper in a foreign country. In this documentary, Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. explores what’s beyond this shadow, the lives of Myla, Vhickie, and Bing that revel in small joys and deep sadness; the empathies of places such as Lucky Plaza, Orchard Road, and St. Andrew’s Cathedral where their hopes and dreams are recollected; and the solidarity of spirit that defines the Filipino.

Maid in Singapore

2004

Maid in Singapore poster
NR

Overseas Filipino workers, more so those who break their backs in Singapore, have always lived under the large shadow left by the death of Flor Contemplacion and her fate as a domestic helper in a foreign country. In this documentary, Clodualdo del Mundo, Jr. explores what’s beyond this shadow, the lives of Myla, Vhickie, and Bing that revel in small joys and deep sadness; the empathies of places such as Lucky Plaza, Orchard Road, and St. Andrew’s Cathedral where their hopes and dreams are recollected; and the solidarity of spirit that defines the Filipino.

Maid in Singapore

2004

No artwork available
9.0

A Filipino dancer performing for the US Filipino community

Birds of Prey

1988

Flight of an Angel poster
NR

The film explores the tale of Gabby, a television network accountant. Gabby is just your ordinary guy with an average ordinary life. One day as he is doing the usual routine of his everyday life, he meets an old beggar asking for help.

Flight of an Angel

2011

Flight of an Angel poster
NR

The film explores the tale of Gabby, a television network accountant. Gabby is just your ordinary guy with an average ordinary life. One day as he is doing the usual routine of his everyday life, he meets an old beggar asking for help.

Flight of an Angel

2011