Brillante Mendoza
Brillante Mendoza was born in 1960 in the Philippines. After some years working as a film production designer, he went on to direct features ‘The Masseur’ (2005) ‘Summer Heat’ (2006) and ‘Manoro’ (2006), which won the Best Director and Best Picture at the Cinemanila International Film Festival. His film Kinatay won him the Best Director prize at Cannes earlier this year.
