# Gil Portes
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{{Short description|Filipino film director, film producer, screenwriter}}
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| birth_name = Gil M. Portes
| birth_date = {{birth date|1945|09|13}}
| birth_place = [Manila](/source/Manila), [Commonwealth of the Philippines](/source/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines)
| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|05|24|1945|09|13}}
| death_place = [Quezon City](/source/Quezon_City), Philippines
| resting_place = Pagbilao Public Cemetery [Quezon](/source/Quezon), Philippines
| occupation = [film director](/source/film_director), [film producer](/source/film_producer), [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter)
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*[University of Santo Tomas](/source/University_of_Santo_Tomas)
*[Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College)}}
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'''Gil M. Portes''' (September 13, 1945 – May 24, 2017) was a [Filipino](/source/Filipino_people) [film director](/source/film_director), [film producer](/source/film_producer) and [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter).[{{cite web|url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/05/24/17/acclaimed-filmmaker-gil-portes-71-passes-away|title=Acclaimed filmmaker Gil Portes, 71, passes away|author=[ABS-CBN News](/source/ABS-CBN_News)|website=abs-cbn.com|access-date=1 June 2017}}]
==Early life and education==
Gil Portes took up his Journalism at the [University of Santo Tomas](/source/University_of_Santo_Tomas), [Manila](/source/Manila), Philippines and received a [master's degree](/source/master's_degree) in theater from [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College), [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)).
==Career==
His [drama film](/source/drama_film), ''[Saranggola](/source/Saranggola)'' (1999), won various awards at the [Metro Manila Film Festival](/source/Metro_Manila_Film_Festival), including Best Picture and Best Actor. It was also entered into the [21st Moscow International Film Festival](/source/21st_Moscow_International_Film_Festival).[{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1999 |title=21st Moscow International Film Festival (1999) |access-date=2013-03-23 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322163246/http://moscowfilmfes,tival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1999 |archive-date=2013-03-22 }}]
His drama film, ''[Small Voices](/source/Small_Voices)'' (2002), is considered a masterpiece{{who|date=January 2011}} in Filipino cinema and won eleven awards and was nominated for eleven other awards including the [Gawad Urian Awards](/source/Gawad_Urian_Awards).
In 2002, Portes was in the middle of directing a film about the [Balangiga massacre](/source/Balangiga_massacre) titled ''Balangiga 1901'', intending it as an entry for the [Metro Manila Film Festival](/source/Metro_Manila_Film_Festival), when production was suddenly halted in September; the film was eventually left unfinished.[{{cite news|last=Cruz|first=Marinel R.|title=Festival films to be shown nation-wide in December|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_Fo1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=kiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3398%2C32479252|access-date=July 18, 2023|work=[Philippine Daily Inquirer](/source/Philippine_Daily_Inquirer)|publisher=The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.|date=July 22, 2002|page=A32}}][{{cite news|last=Bautista|first=Emy Abuan|title=Disqualified ang 'Balangiga'|url=https://www.philstar.com/pilipino-star-ngayon/showbiz/2002/09/22/177018/disqualified-ang-balangiga|access-date=July 18, 2023|work=[Pilipino Star Ngayon](/source/The_Philippine_Star)|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=September 22, 2002|language=Filipino}}]
==Death==
Portes died on May 24, 2017, at the age of 71.
==Filmography==
===Director===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title
|-
| 1976
| ''Tiket Mama, Tiket Ale''
|-
| 1977
| ''Sa Piling ng Mga Sugapa''
|-
| 1978
| ''Kukulog, Kikidlat Sa Tanghaling Tapat''
|-
| 1979
| ''Pabonggahan''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1980
| ''Miss X''
|-
| ''Wanted! Wives''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1981
| ''High School Scandal''
|-
| ''Carnival Queen''
|-
| 1982
| ''Pusong Uhaw''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1983
| ''Iiyak Ka Rin''
|-
| ''Gabi Kung Sumikat ang Araw''
|-
| ''Never Say Goodbye''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1984
| ''{{'}}Merika''
|-
| ''Bukas, May Pangarap''
|-
| 1988
| ''Birds of Prey''
|-
| 1990
| ''Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina?''
|-
| 1991
| ''Class of '91''
|-
| 1993
| ''Kailan Dalawa ang Mahal?''
|-
| 1995
| ''Minsan May Pangarap: The Guce Family Story''
|-
| 1996
| ''Mulanay: Sa Pusod ng Paraiso''
|-
| 1997
| ''Puerto Princesa''
|-
| 1998
| ''Miguel/Michelle''
|-
| 1999
| ''Saranggola''
|-
| 2000
| ''[Markova: Comfort Gay](/source/Markova%3A_Comfort_Gay)''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2001
| ''I.D.''
|-
| ''In the Bosom of the Enemy''
|-
| ''Huwag Kang Kikibo''
|-
| 2002
| ''[Small Voices](/source/Small_Voices)''
|-
| 2003
| ''Homecoming''
|-
| 2004
| ''Beautiful Life''
|-
| 2005
| ''Matthew, Mark, Luke and John''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| ''The Mourning Girls''
|-
| ''Barcelona''
|-
| 2009
| ''Pitik Bulag''
|-
| 2010
| ''Two Funerals''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| ''Bayang Magiliw''
|-
| ''Liars''
|-
| ''Ang Tag-Araw ni Twinkle''
|-
| 2014
| ''Hukluban''
|-
| 2016
| ''Ang Hapis at Himagsik ni Hermano Puli''
|-
| 2017
| ''Moonlight Over Baler''
|}
==Awards==
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! width="10%"| Year
! width="30%"| Award-Giving Body
! width="25%"| Category
! width="25%"| Work
! width="10%"| Result
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| rowspan="3" align="center"| [1990](/source/1990_Metro_Manila_Film_Festival)
| rowspan="3" align="left"| [Metro Manila Film Festival](/source/Metro_Manila_Film_Festival)[[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000431/1990 "Metro Manila Film Festival:1990"]. ''IMDB''. Retrieved 2014-04-09.]
| align="left"| [Best Director](/source/Metro_Manila_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Director)
| align="center" rowspan=3| ''[Andrea, Paano Ba ang Maging Isang Ina?](/source/Andrea%2C_Paano_Ba_ang_Maging_Isang_Ina%3F)''
| {{won}}
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| align="left"| [Best Original Story](/source/Metro_Manila_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Original_Story) (with [Ricky Lee](/source/Ricky_Lee))
|{{won}}
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| align="left"| [Best Screenplay](/source/Metro_Manila_Film_Festival_Award_for_Best_Screenplay) (with [Ricky Lee](/source/Ricky_Lee))
|{{won}}
|}
==References==
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==External links==
{{portal|Biography}}
*{{IMDb name|0692358}}
{{MMFF}}
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Category:1945 births
Category:2017 deaths
Category:Brooklyn College alumni
Category:Filipino film directors
Category:Filipino film producers
Category:Filipino male screenwriters
Category:Mass media people from Manila
Category:University of Santo Tomas alumni
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