Peque Gallaga

Peque Gallaga was born Maurice Gallaga y Ruiz de Luzuriaga on 25 August 1943 in Bacolod, into a family of sugar planters of Negros. He came to cinema through set design and advertising, was production designer for Eddie Romero and Ishmael Bernal, twice awarded for this work, and came late to directing, at nearly forty, after winning a writing competition run by the state body that produced this film. He remained attached to his island, where he filmed and trained young filmmakers, and died on 7 May 2020 in Bacolod.

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• CinemaGold, Silver, DeathOro, plata, mataPeque Gallaga · 1982Cinema