Eddie Romero

Eddie Romero

1924-07-07 Dumaguete City, Philippines 59 Credits

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,...

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Salamat sa Alaala

2015

as Himself

Acting

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!

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010

as Self

6.7
Acting

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

Teach Me to Love

2008

Director

3.0
Directing

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

Faces of Love

2007

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Directing Writing Producing

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...

Kahit Butas Ng Karayom Papasukin Ko...

1995

Story

10.0
Writing

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

Whiteforce

1988

Director

7.5
Directing

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

A Case of Honor

1988

Director

5.0
Directing

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

5.0
Directing Writing

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

Ang Padrino

1984

Screenplay

Writing

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

Desire

Desire

1982

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

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

Directing Writing

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

Aguila

1980

Screenplay, Director, Producer

6.0
Writing Directing Producing

Daniel Aguila's son recounts memories of the Philippines as he searches for his father.

Durugin Si Totoy Bato

Durugin Si Totoy Bato

1979

Screenplay

Writing

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

Apocalypse Now

1979

Associate Producer

8.3
Producing

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

Banta ng Kahapon

1977

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing

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?

Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping?

1977

Director

Directing

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

Sudden Death

1977

Director

8.0
Directing

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

As We Were

1976

Director

7.2
Directing

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

Savage Sisters

1974

Director, Producer

4.4
Directing Producing

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

Beyond Atlantis

1973

Director, Producer

3.7
Directing Producing

A band of adventurers invade a native island determined to grab a reported fortune in buried treasure.

Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama

1973

Director, Producer

5.4
Directing Producing

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

The Woman Hunt

1972

Director, Producer

3.8
Directing Producing

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

The Twilight People

The Twilight People

1972

Director, Writer, Producer

4.5
Directing Writing Producing

A kidnapped diver is taken to an island inhabited by a mad scientist and his half-animal, half-human creations.

The Big Doll House

The Big Doll House

1971

Executive Producer

5.6
Producing

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

The Beast of the Yellow Night

1971

Director, Writer, Producer

3.5
Directing Writing Producing

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

Beast of Blood

1970

Director, Screenplay, Producer

4.3
Directing Writing Producing

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

Mad Doctor of Blood Island

1969

Director, Producer

4.1
Directing Producing

A man who loves to travel, travels to an island where a mad doctor is creating zombies.

Brides of Blood

Brides of Blood

1968

Director, Producer

4.7
Directing Producing

Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.

Manila, Open City

Manila, Open City

1968

Director, Writer

8.2
Directing Writing

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

Wanted: Johnny L

1966

Director

Directing

The biggest anti-crime picture of the year.

The Passionate Strangers

1966

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

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

The Ravagers

1965

Director, Writer, Producer

6.0
Directing Writing Producing

A story about a Filipino guerilla Sargent who was tasked to ambush a company of Japanese soldiers staying at a convent.

Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor

1964

Director, Writer

4.0
Directing Writing

The murders of two American plantation owners leads an Interpol agent into a battle with Filipino drug smugglers and violent religious fanatics.

Cordillera

Cordillera

1964

Director, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Writing

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

Flight to Fury

1964

Producer

5.2
Producing

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

The Walls of Hell

1964

Director, Screenplay, Producer

4.6
Directing Writing Producing

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

The Raiders of Leyte Gulf

1963

Director, Screenplay

3.2
Directing Writing

An American intelligence agent is captured by the Japanese in the Philippines.

Sa Atin Ang Daigdig

Sa Atin Ang Daigdig

1963

Story, Producer

Writing Producing

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

Lost Battalion

1962

Director, Writer, Producer

3.5
Directing Writing Producing

In the Philippines during World War II, a girl is rescued from bandits by a guerrilla fighter.

Footsteps without a Trace

Footsteps without a Trace

1961

Story

Writing

A bloodthirsty killer is stalking a woman. But who is the maniac?

Terror Is a Man

Terror Is a Man

1959

Producer

4.2
Producing

A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.

The Scavengers

The Scavengers

1959

Writer, Producer

5.0
Writing Producing

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

Directing

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

The Day of the Trumpet

1958

Writer, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

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

Bicol Express

1957

Director

Directing

An omnibus seven-part movie.

May Bakas Ang Lumipas

May Bakas Ang Lumipas

1954

Director

Directing
Maldita

Maldita

1953

Director

Directing
May Isang Tsuper Ng Taksi

May Isang Tsuper Ng Taksi

1953

Director

Directing
El Indio

El Indio

1953

Director

Directing

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

Ang Asawa Kong Americana

1953

Director

Directing

Ang Ating Pag-ibig

1953

Director

Directing

Pancho Magalona stars as twin doctors commissioned by a hospital, all the while falling in love.

Buhay Alamang

Buhay Alamang

1952

Director

5.0
Directing

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

Barbaro

Barbaro

1952

Director

Directing

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

Kasintahan Sa Pangarap

1951

Director

Directing
Diego Silang

Diego Silang

1951

Writer

Writing

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

Camelia

Camelia

1949

Writer

Writing

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

Ang Selosa

1948

Director, Screenplay

Directing Writing
Si, Si, Señorito

Si, Si, Señorito

1947

Writer

Writing
Ang Maestra

Ang Maestra

1941

Writer

Writing

Gerardo de Leon’s biggest pre-war hit.