Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Eddie Romero (born July 7, 1924) is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines. Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003. His career spans three generations of filmmakers. His 1976 film "Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?," set at the turn of the century during the revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers,...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Salamat sa Alaala
2015
as Himself
The documentary serves as a tribute to National Artist for Cinema Gerardo de Leon in celebration of his Centennial Year. “Salamat sa Alaala.” is insp...

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind...

Teach Me to Love
2008
Director
Mark is a high school senior who makes a personal problem out of his parents break-up when his mother leaves home for another woman. The thought of be...

Faces of Love
2007
Director, Screenplay, Producer
After receiving anonymous love letters for the past 10 years, widower Arcadio decides to find out who the mysterious author is. His brother Mariano th...

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko...
1995
Story
Daniel, a junior military officer, was reassigned to Zamboanga where he found his unit to be misbehaved and corrupt. He began working to solve the pro...

Whiteforce
1988
Director
Johnny Quinn has been set up by a drug lord and must find a way to clear his name before the bad guys and his own agency put him in the ground.

A Case of Honor
1988
Director
A Case of Honor is a 1991 film directed by Eddie Romero. After escaping from a Vietnamese pow camp where they had suffered for five years, five Americ...
King and Emperor
1987
Director, Screenstory
Set in the 14th century, a brewing friendship between the Chinese Emperor Yong Le and the King of Sulu, Paduka Pahala is forged upon the latter's visi...

Ang Padrino
1984
Screenplay
Emong Sanchez is the defender of the people through peaceful means. He remains a quite man until he is pushed to violence.

Desire
1982
Director, Screenplay
The movie tells a tale of a young Filipino woman who believes that her American father has died, but gets romantically involved with a man who might p...
The Day Before Yesterday
1981
Director, Screenplay
Kamakalawa (The Day Before Yesterday) explores the folklore of the prehistoric Philippines in an adventure of mortals in the world filled with gods an...

Aguila
1980
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.

Durugin Si Totoy Bato
1979
Screenplay
The movie was based from a popular komiks serial by Carlo J. Caparas. It was serialized in Modern Romances and True Confessions magazine.

Apocalypse Now
1979
Associate Producer
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." ...

Banta ng Kahapon
1977
Director, Screenplay
Set at the backdrop of the 1969 congressional elections, Banta ng Kahapon unravels the story of men as pawns in a millue of political power - men best...

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?
1977
Director
IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR SPOUSE OF BEING UNFAITHFUL A STORY AS NEW AS TODAY AND AS OLD AS TRUTH--YET NEVER TOLD BEFORE.

Sudden Death
1977
Director
When Ed Neilson's entire family is viciously murdered, he pleads with retired CIA operative Duke Smith (Robert Conrad) to investigate. He refuses, but...

As We Were
1976
Director
Set at the turn of the 20th century during the Filipino revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, it follows a naive peasa...

Savage Sisters
1974
Director, Producer
A corrupt General plans on smuggling one million US dollars out of the Banana Republic he dominates. Local revolutionaries plan on stealing the cash b...

Beyond Atlantis
1973
Director, Producer
A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.

Black Mama, White Mama
1973
Director, Producer
When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and ex...

The Woman Hunt
1972
Director, Producer
A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

The Twilight People
1972
Director, Writer, Producer
A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.

The Big Doll House
1971
Executive Producer
Female prisoners in a Philippine jail are being subjected to sadistic torture. Five of the women -- along with the help of two men -- plot an escape.

The Beast of the Yellow Night
1971
Director, Writer, Producer
Satan saves Joseph Ashley from death on the condition that he become his disciple (and, as it turns out, a hairy murderous beast).

Beast of Blood
1970
Director, Screenplay, Producer
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.

Mad Doctor of Blood Island
1969
Director, Producer
A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.

Brides of Blood
1968
Director, Producer
Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.

Manila, Open City
1968
Director, Writer
War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's so...

Wanted: Johnny L
1966
Director
The biggest anti-crime picture of the year.
The Passionate Strangers
1966
Screenplay, Director
An angry husband accidentally kills an old man while trying to find out where his wife and her Filipino lover are meeting. Because the old man had bee...

The Ravagers
1965
Director, Writer, Producer
A story about a Filipino guerilla Sargent who was tasked to ambush a company of Japanese soldiers staying at a convent.

Moro Witch Doctor
1964
Director, Writer
The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.

Cordillera
1964
Director, Screenplay
DESTROY THIS MAN and a fortune in diamonds is yours. A Filipino version of 1964's FLIGHT TO FURY, filmed back-to-back with that film.

Flight to Fury
1964
Producer
This adventure is set in the Philippines and chronicles the exploits of two men who survive a plane crash in the jungle. One of the men is an avaricio...

The Walls of Hell
1964
Director, Screenplay, Producer
In the final days of the battle of Manila during World War II, fanatical Japanese naval forces barricade themselves inside the walls of Intramuros, th...

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf
1963
Director, Screenplay
An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines.

Sa Atin Ang Daigdig
1963
Story, Producer
Out of the gutter, the din, the squalor of the big city - A rousing story of 6 people seeking success that will startle you with its frankness and sti...

Lost Battalion
1962
Director, Writer, Producer
In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.

Footsteps without a Trace
1961
Story
A bloodthirsty killer is stalking a woman. But who is the maniac?

Terror Is a Man
1959
Producer
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

The Scavengers
1959
Writer, Producer
A former smuggler finds his missing wife in Hong Kong. Marion has fallen in with a bad crowd and is involved with narcotics and stolen government bon...
The Kidnappers
1958
Director
Manila, Philippines. The loving American father Louis Halliburton desperate attempts to save his son from ruthless kidnappers. He is unable to do it a...

The Day of the Trumpet
1958
Writer, Director
An American cavalry brigade is sent to occupy a small Filipino village in 1902 and quell guerilla resistance in the surrounding jungle. Working with t...

Bicol Express
1957
Director
An omnibus seven-part movie.

May Bakas Ang Lumipas
1954
Director

Maldita
1953
Director

May Isang Tsuper Ng Taksi
1953
Director

El Indio
1953
Director
Based on Francisco V. Coching's adventure comics novel, the film tells the story of Fernando (Cesar Ramirez), a handsome and dashing Spanish mestizo w...

Ang Asawa Kong Americana
1953
Director
Ang Ating Pag-ibig
1953
Director
Pancho Magalona stars as twin doctors commissioned by a hospital, all the while falling in love.

Buhay Alamang
1952
Director
Out of the laughter and tears of our forgotten millions comes the Great Motion Picture of Our Time.

Barbaro
1952
Director
Barbaro follows the adventures and travails of Sabas, who takes to arms to avenge his father's wrongful death. To the common people, he is a protector...

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap
1951
Director

Diego Silang
1951
Writer
This movie captures the core and colorful saga of the famous Ilocano hero Diego Silang.

Camelia
1949
Writer
A story about Camelia a theater actress and notorious maneater. One day she falls in love with an up-and-coming politician, who unconditionally loves ...

Ang Selosa
1948
Director, Screenplay

Si, Si, Señorito
1947
Writer

Ang Maestra
1941
Writer
Gerardo de Leon’s biggest pre-war hit.