Maryo J. de los Reyes

Directing

Maryo J. de los Reyes

Born — Died

1952-10-17 — 2018-01-27

Place of birth

Sta Cruz, Manila, Philippines

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Mario Margarito "Maryo" Jorolan de los Reyes was a prolific director for film and television. He was best known for directing numerous films including "High School Circa 65" (1979), which is his directorial debut, "Bagets" (1984), and the internationally acclaimed "Magnifico" (2003). He died on 27 January 2018.

Known for

Flesh poster
4.2

A love triangle develops between a man, his wife, and his best friend.

Flesh

2002

I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa poster
10.0

A divorced couple fight over their son.

I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa

1986

Ano Bang Meron Ka? poster
8.0

Ano Bang Meron Ka is a tightly woven modern love story between two of most unlikely lovers played in the film by Joyce Jimenez and Diether Ocampo. Joyce plays a high-living partygoing lifestyle writer and special events organizer who when she meets the more laid-back and unassuming bar owner, Diether, finds in the guy the exact foil to her want on ways - but whom romantically electrifies her to sweep her off her feet in the most unexpected ways.

Ano Bang Meron Ka?

2001

Bala at Lipistik poster
4.0

Twins Bambi and Bobby (Roderick Paulate) are separated from birth. Their mother Mameng (Nanette Inventor), unconscious from childbearing, is found by an old woman who takes one infant Bambi, who grows up to be a gay running a beauty parlor. Bobby grows up with his biological mother and becomes a tough guy getting involved with a crime syndicate now hunting him for taking away a damning microfilm. But the syndicate always mistakes Bambi for Bobby and has taken him captive.

Bala at Lipistik

1994

My Other Woman poster
7.0

A pilot with an ideal family life and a beautiful wife faces the temptations of another woman, a fee-spirited and fiercely independent single girl.

My Other Woman

1990

No artwork available
7.5

During World War II, the "dark years" in the Philippine history, Tacing is a woman involved in different love affairs which resulted in endless trials and tribulations.

You Cannot Trample Me

1984

Film credits

Behind the camera

Flesh poster
4.2

A love triangle develops between a man, his wife, and his best friend.

Flesh

2002

I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa poster
10.0

A divorced couple fight over their son.

I Love You Mama, I Love You Papa

1986

Ano Bang Meron Ka? poster
8.0

Ano Bang Meron Ka is a tightly woven modern love story between two of most unlikely lovers played in the film by Joyce Jimenez and Diether Ocampo. Joyce plays a high-living partygoing lifestyle writer and special events organizer who when she meets the more laid-back and unassuming bar owner, Diether, finds in the guy the exact foil to her want on ways - but whom romantically electrifies her to sweep her off her feet in the most unexpected ways.

Ano Bang Meron Ka?

2001

Ano Bang Meron Ka? poster
8.0

Ano Bang Meron Ka is a tightly woven modern love story between two of most unlikely lovers played in the film by Joyce Jimenez and Diether Ocampo. Joyce plays a high-living partygoing lifestyle writer and special events organizer who when she meets the more laid-back and unassuming bar owner, Diether, finds in the guy the exact foil to her want on ways - but whom romantically electrifies her to sweep her off her feet in the most unexpected ways.

Ano Bang Meron Ka?

2001

Bala at Lipistik poster
4.0

Twins Bambi and Bobby (Roderick Paulate) are separated from birth. Their mother Mameng (Nanette Inventor), unconscious from childbearing, is found by an old woman who takes one infant Bambi, who grows up to be a gay running a beauty parlor. Bobby grows up with his biological mother and becomes a tough guy getting involved with a crime syndicate now hunting him for taking away a damning microfilm. But the syndicate always mistakes Bambi for Bobby and has taken him captive.

Bala at Lipistik

1994

My Other Woman poster
7.0

A pilot with an ideal family life and a beautiful wife faces the temptations of another woman, a fee-spirited and fiercely independent single girl.

My Other Woman

1990

No artwork available
7.5

During World War II, the "dark years" in the Philippine history, Tacing is a woman involved in different love affairs which resulted in endless trials and tribulations.

You Cannot Trample Me

1984

Tagos ng Dugo poster
3.3

A young Pina was traumatized when her family was murdered while she had her first menstruation. She grows up into a serial killer transforming herself to different personalities as she seduced one man at a time grossly killing them while in the act of sexual pleasure.

Tagos ng Dugo

1987

A Love Story poster
3.9

Ian Montes is a picture of success. Despite being a son of a shipping tycoon, Ian refused to just ride in his father's empire. He built his own real estate company and earned his first million at a very young age. He never looked back since then. Driven by his ambition to become better, if not as good as his father, Ian managed to make it on his own. But behind all the glory is a man yearning for love and recognition.

A Love Story

2007

Pahiram Kahit Sandali poster
3.3

Tess is a bored businesswoman who is married to Andy, a processed meat salesman. She learns to cook good food from Alice. Unknown to both of them, they shared the same man all the time.

Pahiram Kahit Sandali

1998

I Think I'm In Love poster
4.7

Jonas always buys from her suki Kaye, a perfume whom he gives it to her girlfriends. After days, he brakes up with her girlfriend.

I Think I'm In Love

2002

The Tales of Grandmother Basyang poster
NR

Anthology features three family-friendly fantasy / horror tales; "Sleeping Beauty," "Zombies" and "Querubin: Maria Leonora Theresa." It's an adaptation of the radio drama series written by Severino Reyes, which was popular in the 1950s.

The Tales of Grandmother Basyang

1985

The Secrets of Sarah Jane poster
4.3

Sarah Jane Salazar, a young woman with HIV, fights for her rights as a human being and becomes a national figure for safe sex at age 19.

The Secrets of Sarah Jane

1994

Bongga Ka 'Day poster
NR

A musical comedy about the after-school activities of high school and college students, particularly in disco houses.

Bongga Ka 'Day

1980

Once, There Was a Mother poster
10.0

A mother juggles her family's dying publishing house along with her troubled relationship with her three daughters.

Once, There Was a Mother

1983

Bagets 2 poster
4.0

Set in the immediate summer after the events of the first movie, and deals with more of the guys' misadventures as they prepare for college.

Bagets 2

1984

In the Name of Love poster
3.7

When Mae finds out that her husband Spanky is having an affair, Mae confronts the other woman which results in tragedy.

In the Name of Love

1995

Destierro poster
4.0

Leo and Marie are having marital problems because the woman is spending too much time with her pet dogs. This prompts Leo, the art director of ad agency, to have a one-night stand. Marie then confronts her husband about his infidelity and plots her own revenge. Another couple experiencing marital problems featured in the movie is composed of Gabby and Rita. The husband has to deal with premature ejaculation but Rita doesn't mind at all. That is until she meets the very aggressive Gaston (a married meat vendor) who awakens her appetite for lust and forbidden passion.

Destierro

2008

High School Circa '65 poster
8.0

Set in 1965, the film follows the everyday lives of the students and the faculty.

High School Circa '65

1979

Selfish Desires poster
8.0

Clarissa is an ambitious young woman born to a poor family. She is later adopted by her rich godmother after a tragedy. Determined to escape a life of poverty, she uses everyone around her, including her friends and family, in her relentless pursuit of wealth and power.

Selfish Desires

1984

Kabilin-bilinan ng Lola ('Wag Uminom ng Serbesa) poster
7.5

The story of a generation that loves to party & loves to booze.

Kabilin-bilinan ng Lola ('Wag Uminom ng Serbesa)

1996

Nandito ako... Nagmamahal sa 'yo poster
9.2

Tata went back to his hometown, Bohol with his mother from their poor life in Quiapo. He suddenly realize that his father is still alive. He fell in love with the girl he met named Stephanie who is about to get married to his stepbrother named Prince.

Nandito ako... Nagmamahal sa 'yo

2009

Where Will the Morning Come? poster
8.3

After years of trying to have a son, a couple finally decides to adopt one. While Shayne their only child is receptive at first, she finds herself getting increasingly jealous of Joel who has become the couple's center of attention. Shayne realizes that her adopted brother is no threat at all when he demonstrates his affection for her. But just when harmony is restored in the family, tragedy strikes during a beach excursion.

Where Will the Morning Come?

1983

Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin (Camiguin) poster
7.0

Big city honky-tonk woman flies off to a fishing village to do some soul searching. There she meets a boy from the boondocks–a slow one. They fall in love. The girl's dubious past catches up with her. Trouble in paradise begins.

Ikaw Lang Ang Mamahalin (Camiguin)

1995

Ang Boyfriend Kong Kano poster
NR

In this riotous comedy, Italian import model-turned-actor Dani Diovanni plays an abandoned half-American teenager who catches the fancy of screwball Maricel Soriano who plays the role of a comely lass from Pagsanjan.

Ang Boyfriend Kong Kano

1983

The Daughters of Waray and Biday poster
9.0

Susie (Snooky) and Amy (Maricel) play the daughters of Ilocano Manang Biday and Visayan Inday Waray, characters made famous by 1950s movie queens Gloria Romero and Nida Blanca. Follows 1954 film Waray-waray.

The Daughters of Waray and Biday

1984

Bagets poster
5.7

Experiencing the forbidden. Experiencing rejection. Hating your parents. Hating the world around you. Discovering what's hot. Discovering what's cool. Discovering your first true love. Discovering who you are. Growing up can be such a wild time. But not when you've got the best guys to hang out with. Five chaste young men immerse themselves in the superficialities and superfluity of adolescence over the course of their last year in high school. But as they make their gradual transition from boyhood to manhood, they realize it is their formidable bond that stands as the real deal.

Bagets

1984

No artwork available
3.7

A view on the lives of four woman, married, widowed, mistress and "missed."

Sa Totoo Lang!

1985

Joey Boy Munti: 15 Anyos Ka sa Muntinlupa poster
7.5

A rich girl dies in childbirth, leaving the baby with her grief-stricken husband. Her parents kidnap the infant but he abducts the little boy back. Poor and jobless, the father is now faced with the responsibility of providing for his son.

Joey Boy Munti: 15 Anyos Ka sa Muntinlupa

1991

Totoo Ba Ang Tsismis? poster
9.0

A nurse falls in love with her hospital patient, sending tongues wagging.

Totoo Ba Ang Tsismis?

1981

Efren's Paradise poster
5.2

Melvin, a social worker, meets handsome stripper Efren and they become friends. When Melvin's mother dies, he moves in with Efren and his three female roommates.

Efren's Paradise

1999

Schoolgirls poster
8.0

Maricel, Dina, and Snooky are in for exciting times as they hit the college campus! They meet cute guys, join organizations, fall in love with their professor, and get into all sorts of mess.

Schoolgirls

1982

Annie Batungbakal poster
8.2

The story of Annie Batungbakal, who dances in a disco bar.

Annie Batungbakal

1979

Magnifico poster
7.8

A boy builds a coffin for his terminally ill grandmother, while raising money to buy a wheelchair for his sister.

Magnifico

2003

I'll Be There poster
3.0

The story revolves around Maxi dela Cerna, a young, aspiring New York-based fashion designer who returns to the Philippines shortly after her mother’s death to find her father. She had been swindled by her ex-boyfriend and hopes to pay off her debts by selling the piece of provincial land that her parents co-owned. But this means spending time with her father whom she hates for walking out on her and her mother 15 years ago. As the uptight and guarded Maxi struggles to immerse herself in farm life and deal with a father she despises, she crosses paths again with Tommy, her childhood friend, now an architect who is trying to heal from his own mistakes in the past with his 7-year-old son.

I'll Be There

2010

Bedtime Stories poster
3.7

A trilogy about desire, obsession and ultimately, redemption. The film explores the dark and bizarre possibilities of love and relationships, while depicting the plight of women as they are empowered in a world where discrimination and violence against women persist

Bedtime Stories

2002

The Unmarried Wife poster
5.0

A woman is torn between trying to save her failing marriage or pursuing the possibility of a new love.

The Unmarried Wife

2016

Mahal Kita, Walang Iwanan poster
7.0

A Filipino romantic drama about love, loyalty, and the promise to stay together through difficult times. The story follows two people whose relationship is tested by hardships, misunderstandings, and circumstances that challenge their commitment to one another.

Mahal Kita, Walang Iwanan

2000

Don't Cry For Me Papa poster
10.0

Paeng loves Rosita but married Aida for money. The children of Rosita led by Nonoy and Gigi suffered the consequences of Paeng's two families. But the side of Aida and his only child was also portrayed, to sort of show the both sides of the story.

Don't Cry For Me Papa

1983

Abel Morado: Ikaw Ang May Sala poster
NR

Director: Maryo J. de los Reyes Writers: Jose Javier Reyes (story & screenplay), Jake Tordesillas (story & screenplay) Stars: Aga Muhlach, Ruffa Gutierrez, Ana RocesDirector: Maryo J. de los Reyes Writers: Jose Javier Reyes (story & screenplay), Jake Tordesillas (story & screenplay) Stars: Aga Muhlach, Ruffa Gutierrez, Ana Roces

Abel Morado: Ikaw Ang May Sala

1993