Brillante "Dante" Mendoza is a Filipino independent film director. He was born and raised in San Fernando, Pampanga. He took advertising arts of the then College of Architecture and fine arts at the University of Santo Tomas. He has directed sixteen films since 2005 including Kaleldo (2006), Thy Womb (2012) and Kinatay (2009).
Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Best Director Award
Known For
Virgin Forest
(2022)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Masseur
(2005)
Director
Summer Heat
(2006)
Director
Manoro
(2006)
Director
Foster Child
(2007)
Director
Slingshot
(2007)
Director
Pantasya
(2007)
Director
Service
(2008)
Director
Kinatay
(2009)
Director
Grandmother
(2009)
Director
Ayos ka
(2010)
Director
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
(2011)
Director
Quattro Hong Kong 2
(2011)
Director
Captive
(2012)
Director
Thy Womb
(2012)
Director
Possession
(2013)
Director
Ang Kamera
(2013)
Director
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
(2013)
Director
Trap
(2015)
Director
Modus
(2015)
Director
Ma' Rosa
(2016)
Director
Art Through Our Eyes
(2016)
Director
Asian Three-Fold Mirror 2016: Reflections
(2016)
Director
Alpha: The Right to Kill
(2019)
Director
Journey
(2019)
Director
Mindanao
(2019)
Director
Payback
(2021)
Director
Palitan
(2021)
Director
Gensan Punch
(2022)
Director
Sisid
(2022)
Director
Bahay na Pula
(2022)
Director
Virgin Forest
(2022)
Director
Feast
(2023)
Director
Moro
(2023)
Director
Moro
(2023)
Director
Acting
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
(2010)
himself
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
(2010)
Himself
The Great Cinema Party
(2012)
Southeast Asian Cinema – When the Rooster Crows
(2014)
Sine, Laging Kasama
(2014)
Himself
French Cinema Mon Amour
(2015)
Self
Uno sguardo alla Terra
(2018)
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
(2019)
Himself
Art
Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid
(1989)
Production Design
Kunin Mo ang Ulo ni Ismael
(1990)
Production Design
Manoro
(2006)
Production Design
Kinatay
(2009)
Production Design
Grandmother
(2009)
Production Design
Thy Womb
(2012)
Production Design
Possession
(2013)
Production Design
Mindanao
(2019)
Production Design
Payback
(2021)
Production Design
Palitan
(2021)
Production Design
Pusoy
(2022)
Production Design
Virgin Forest
(2022)
Production Design
Writing
The Masseur
(2005)
Story
Summer Heat
(2006)
Story
Ayos ka
(2010)
Writer
Captive
(2012)
Writer
Gino and Marie
(2019)
Story
Broken
(2020)
Writer
Sisid
(2022)
Story
Virgin Forest
(2022)
Writer
Alapaap
(2022)
Screenplay
Sabel Is Still Young
(2022)
Writer
Hosto
(2023)
Writer
Crew
Production
Summer Heat
(2006)
Producer
Unfriend
(2014)
Executive Producer
Balut Country
(2015)
Executive Producer
Imbisibol
(2015)
Executive Producer
Swap
(2015)
Executive Producer
Ninja Party
(2015)
Executive Producer
Scarecrow
(2015)
Executive Producer
Imago
(2016)
Producer
Verdict
(2019)
Producer
Mindanao
(2019)
Producer
The Crown Is Mine
(2019)
Executive Producer
He Who Is Without Sin
(2020)
Executive Producer
Broken
(2020)
Executive Producer
Palitan
(2021)
Executive Producer
Pusoy
(2022)
Executive Producer
Virgin Forest
(2022)
Producer and Executive Producer
Moro
(2023)
Executive Producer
Camera