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{{Short description|Filipino film and stage director}}
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{{Philippine name|Vera|Avellana}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Lamberto V. Avellana 2015 stamp of the Philippines.jpg
| imagesize =
| name = Lamberto V. Avellana
| birth_name = Lamberto Villa Avellana
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|2|12}}
| birth_place = [[Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc]], [[Mountain Province]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|4|25|1915|2|12}}
| death_place = [[Manila]], Philippines
| othername =
| occupation = [[Film director]]
| yearsactive = 1939–1982
| spouse = [[Daisy Avellana]]
| awards = {{nowrap|[[File:National_Artist_of_the_Philippines.svg|25px]] [[Order of National Artists of the Philippines]]}}
}}
'''Lamberto Vera Avellana''' (February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a prominent [[Filipino people|Filipino]] film and [[stage director]]. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as ''[[Child of Sorrow (film)|Anak Dalita]]'' and ''[[Badjao: The Sea Gypsies|Badjao]]'' attained international acclaim. In 1976, Avellana was named by President [[Ferdinand Marcos]] as the first [[National Artist of the Philippines]] for [[Film]]. While Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino [[Film|cinema]], his reputation as a film director has since been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s, such as [[Lino Brocka]] and [[Ishmael Bernal]].

==Life==
Born in [[Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc]], [[Mountain Province]], Avellana was educated at the [[Ateneo de Manila University|Ateneo de Manila]] AB '37, where he developed what turned out to be a lifelong interest in the theater. He taught at the Ateneo after graduation and married his teenage sweetheart [[Daisy Avellana|Daisy Hontiveros]], an actress who eventually also became a [[National Artist]] in 1999.<ref name=pdi>{{cite news|first=Gibbs|last=Cadiz|title=National Artist for Theater Daisy Avellana dies; 96|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/407533/national-artist-for-theater-daisy-avellana-dies-96|newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|date=May 13, 2013|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref>

==Film career==
Avellana made his film debut with ''Sakay'' in 1939, a [[Biographical film|biopic]] on the early 20th-century Filipino revolutionary [[Macario Sakay]]. The film, though a box-office flop,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lent|first=John|title=Movies in the Philippines|journal=Silliman Journal|date=1967 |issue=2 |page=459|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ViYUAQAAMAAJ|access-date=August 11, 2021|quote=However, [''Sakay''] was a box-office flop...}}</ref> was particularly distinguished for its realism which was atypical of Filipino cinema at the time. The treatment is the subject of some controversy today. Avellana's ''Sakay'' toed the line with the American-fostered perception of Sakay as a mere [[bandit]], different from the current-day appreciation of Sakay as a fighter for Filipino independence. Raymond Red's 1993 film, ''Sakay'' hews closer to this modern view of Sakay.

[[Leopoldo Salcedo]], who played Sakay in the 1939 Avellana version, portrayed Sakay's father in the 1993 version in his final film role.

Avellana directed more than 70 films in a career that spanned six decades. ''[[Child of Sorrow (film)|Anak Dalita]]'' (1956) and ''Badjao'' (1957) perhaps stand as the most prominent works from his oeuvre. ''Anak Dalita'', which was named Best Film at the 1956 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, was a realistic portrayal of poverty-stricken Filipinos coping with the aftermath of [[World War II]]. ''Badjao'' was a love-story set in [[Mindanao]] between a man from a sea-dwelling indigenous [[Sama-Bajau|Badjao]] family and a woman belonging to a prominent [[Tausūg people|Tausug]] clan. Rolf Bayer was the screenwriter for both films.

On December 30, 1990, Avellana directed the first live reenactment of [[José Rizal]]'s execution to be held on [[Rizal Day]] in [[Rizal Park]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Aguino|first=Ana|author2=[[Philippine Information Agency]]|title=Re-enactment of Rizal's execution|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8cBNEdFwSQkC&dat=19901230&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=May 23, 2021|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Kagitingan Publications, Inc.|date=December 30, 1990|page=5}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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*''Sakay'' (1939)
*''Inday'' (1940)
*''Rosalinda'' (1941)
*''Ikaw Pala'' (1941)
*''Death March'' (1946)
*''Hacendera'' (1947)
*''Tandang Sora'' (1947)
*''Sa Ngiti Mo Lamang'' (1947)
*''Hagibis'' (1947)
*''Pista ng Bayan'' (1948)
*''A La Viva!'' (1948)
*''Ronquillo: Tiagong Akyat'' (1949)
*''Hantik'' (1950)
*''Ang Bombero (Kaaway ng Apoy)'' (1950)
*''Prinsipe Amante'' (1950)
*''In Despair (1950)
*''Satur'' (1951)
*''Prinsipe Amante sa Rubitanya'' (1951)
*''Pag-asa'' (1951)
*''Amor Mio'' (1951)
*''[[Korea (1952 film)|Korea]]'' (1952)
*''Aklat ng Buhay'' (1952)
*''Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba'' (1952)
*''Loida: Ang Aking Pag-ibig'' (1953)
*''Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay'' (1953)
*''Hiyasmin'' (1953)
*''Kandelerong Pilak'' (1954)
*''Lapu-Lapu'' (1955)
*''Saydwok Bendor'' (1955)
*''No Money, No Honey'' (1956) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0788147/ |title=No Money No Honey (1955) |publisher=[[IMDb]] |date=January 15, 1955 |accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
*''[[Child of Sorrow (film)|Anak Dalita]]'' (1956)
*''Medalyong Perlas'' ("Eskirol" segment, 1956)
*''Kumander 13'' (1956)
*''Walang Sugat'' (1957)
*''Badjao'' (1957)
*''[[Sergeant Hassan]]'' (1957)
*''Rosalina'' (1957)
*''Faithful'' (1958)
*''Kundiman ng Lahi'' (1959)
*''Cry Freedom'' (1959)
*''Bus to Bataan'' (1961)
*''Death Was a Stranger'' (1963)
*''No Way Out'' (1963)
*''Scout Rangers'' (1964)
*''[[A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino]]'' (1965)
*''Tagumpay ng Mahirap'' ("The Boy" segment, 1965)
*''Operation XYZ'' (1966)
*''Claudia'' (1966)
*''Destination: Vietnam'' (1968)
*''Kumander Dimas'' (1968)
*''Ang Bukas Ay Atin'' (1973)
*''[[Fe, Esperanza, Caridad]]'' (with [[Cirio H. Santiago]] and [[Gerardo de León]], 1974)
*''Kapitan Kulas: Ang Kilabot ng Sierra Madre'' (1975)
*''Ang Pag-ibig Ko'y Huwag Mong Sukatin'' (1975)
*''Waywaya'' (1982)
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==Personal life==
Lamberto died on April 25, 1991, in Manila, Philippines at the age of 76.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philippinestamps.net/RP2015-Avellana.htm |title=Republic of the Philippines - Stamps & Postal History - RP Issues of 2015 |website=philippinestamps.net |accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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== Additional sources ==
*''Filipinos in History: Volume III'', [[National Historical Commission of the Philippines|National Historical Institute]] (Manila, 1996)

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0042885|Lamberto V. Avellana}}

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[[Category:1915 births]]
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[[Category:Ateneo de Manila University alumni]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Ateneo de Manila University]]
[[Category:Filipino film directors]]
[[Category:National Artists of the Philippines]]
[[Category:People from Mountain Province]]

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