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Celso Ad. Castillo
Born
Celso Adolfo Castillo

(1943-09-12)September 12, 1943
Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines
DiedNovember 26, 2012(2012-11-26) (aged 69)
Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Alma materManuel L. Quezon University
Occupations
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
Years active1965–2011
SpouseOfelia Lopez-Castillo
Children4

Celso Adolfo Castillo (September 12, 1943 – November 26, 2012) was a Filipino film director and screenwriter.[1] He was known as the Messiah of Philippine Cinema for directing films that broke new ground in Philippine cinema, including Asedillo, Patayin Mo sa Sindak si Barbara, and Burlesk Queen, among others.[2] Castillo was a prolific director who made 64 films throughout his life,[3] casting actors like Fernando Poe Jr., Vilma Santos, and Maria Isabel Lopez.

Early life and education

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Castillo was born in Siniloan, Laguna on September 12, 1943. He became a movie director, scriptwriter and actor. He was the son of lawyer-writer Dominador Ad Castillo, and Marta Adolfo.

Celso Castillo studied at Manuel L. Quezon University and obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature in 1964.[3]

Career

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Castillo started as a writer for a comic magazine. With the help of his father, he published his own magazine where he wrote all the stories from cover to cover, using different names as authors. A movie producer commissioned him to write a script on the character of "James Bandong", named after Britain's superspy. The film made money and it was followed by a sequel, Dr. Yes, 1965, a spoof on the British film, Dr. No. He wrote and directed his first movie, Misyong Mapanganib (Dangerous Mission), in 1966.

The most memorable of his earlier films is Asedillo, 1971, based on Teodoro Asedillo, a Filipino rebel of the 1930s who was hunted down as a bandit by the American colonial government. With this film, Fernando Poe, Jr. acquired the image that was to set him off as a legendary gunslinger, a defender of the poor and oppressed. Castillo also made Ang Alamat (The Legend), 1972, with Poe as a reluctant hero who battle a whole private army all by himself to defend his townfolk.

Succeeding Castillo films aspired towards thematic originality: small-town perversion in Ang Madugong Daigdig ni Salvacion (The Bloody World of Salvacion), 1975; incest in Tag-ulan sa Tag-araw (Rainy Days in Summer), 1975; political and period gangsterism in Daluyong at Habagat (Tall Waves, Wild Wind), 1976. Even his sex films had a to message to tell. One finds spiritual undertones in the story of an oversexed girl in Nympha(Nymph), 1971; a struggle of conscience in a stripteaser who laughed on the outside but cried on the inside in Burlesk Queen (Burlesque Queen), 1977; tribal conflict in Aliw-iw, 1979; a conflict of family values in Snake Sisters, 1983; and the politics of domination in Isla (Island), 1983.

Other notable Castillo films are Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig ni Pedro Penduko (The Wonderful World of Pedro Penduko), 1973; Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa (The Most Beautiful Animal on the Face of the Earth), 1975; Ang Alamat ni Julian Makabayan (The Legend of Julian Makabayan), 1979; Totoy Boogie, 1980; Uhaw na Dagat (Thirsty Sea), 1981; Pedro Tunasan, 1983; Virgin People, 1983; and Payaso (Clown), 1986. It was Castillo who started a trend in Philippine movies known as the wet look which later helped establish bomba film as a definite genre.

Castillo also became the "Master Of Horror And Suspense" when actress Susan Roces shifts to the Classic Pinoy Gothic genre her first horror film was Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara (Kill Barabara In Terror) about the malevolent spirit of a suicidal sister comes to torment against her very own sister out of jealousy and resentment and even possessing her own daughter for her own sinister plans, 1974; Maligno (Satan's Seed) about a family targeted by a Satanic Cult and their accomplices of witches and warlocks attempting to steal a beautiful woman's innocence and finds herself impregnated by an evil spirit fearing that the child she would conceive became the child of the devil also encountering bizarre events and hallucinogenic incidents, 1977.Shifting to the 90s and 2000s Lihim ni Madonna (Madonna's Secret) about a brainwashing ghost from the past drives a young woman to the brink of derangement and insanity, 1997; Sanib (Possessed) talks about a young bride finds herself being possessed by the specter of her long dead stepsister, 2003.

Castillo won the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) awards for Best Director and Best Story, and the Urian awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay for Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak (When the Crow Turns White, When the Heron Turns Black) in 1978.[4] He shared the story credits with Ruben Nicdao, and the screenplay credits with Lando jacob, Ishko Lopez and Ruben Nicdao. He won the FAMAS best director trophy again in 1985 for Paradise Inn, a Lolita Rodriguez-Vivian Velez starrer. He also has a FAMAS best supporting actor award, for Sampung Ahas ni Eba (Ten Snakes of Eve), in 1984.

Castillo's last directing role was Medical Center in 2011, while his last acting career on TV was Reputasyon in 2011.

Personal life

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Family

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Castillo was married 3 times and his last wife was Ofelia Lopez-Castillo. He had ten children: Christopher (Jan. 19, 1964-Aug. 12, 2018), Catherine, John, Amerjapil, Crystal, Amir, Kid, Patrick, Monique and Roxanne Ad Castillo.

Death

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Celso Ad Castillo, died early morning of November 26, 2012, due to a heart attack, according to the director’s brother John.[5] Castillo, who was working on his autobiography Celso Ad. Castillo: An Autobiography and His Craft, died at 1:45 a.m. at his home in Siniloan, Laguna. He was brought to Pakil General Hospital at around 3:00 AM where he was declared dead on arrival. He was buried beside his son Christoper at Siniloan Public Cemetery in Siniloan, Laguna[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Credits Notes
Directed by Story by Screenplay by
1964 James Ban-dong No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1964 Dolpong Scarface: Agent 1-2-3 No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1965 Dr. Yes No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1965 Sampson at 7 Delaila No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1965 Misyong Mapanganib (Top Secret 7-11) Yes Yes No
1965 Zebra Yes Yes No
1965 Mansanas sa Paraiso Yes No Yes
1965 Pitong Zapata No No Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1967 Barako Yes No No
1967 The Pogi Dozen No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1968 Dirty-Face Max No Yes Yes Directed by Tony Ad. Castillo Jr.
1968 Kapwa Walang Panginoon Yes Yes Yes
1968 The Tall, the Dark, and the Handsome No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1968 We Only Live Wais No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1970 Inside Job No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1970 Romantiko Yes No No
1970 Usapang Lalake Yes Yes Yes
1970 Omar Cassidy and the Sandalyas Kid No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1970 Agent Silencer at ang Pitong Brassieres No Yes Yes Directed by Luis San Juan
1971 Dimasupil Brothers No Yes Yes Directed by Manuel Cinco
1971 Asedillo Yes Yes Yes
1971 The Virgin Yes No Yes
1971 Nympha Yes No No
1972 Ang Gangster at ang Birhen Yes No Yes
1972 Santo Domingo Yes No Yes
1972 Ang Alamat Yes No Yes
1973 Ang Mahiwagang Daigdig ni Pedro Penduko Yes No Yes Based on the Pedro Penduko series by Francisco V. Coching
1973 Ato ti Bondying Yes No No
1973 Kung Bakit Dugo ang Kulay ng Gabi Yes No Yes
1973 Esteban Yes No No
1974 Return of the Dragon Yes Yes Yes
1974 Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara Yes Yes No
1974 Ang Pinakamagandang Hayop sa Balat ng Lupa Yes Yes No
1975 Isabel of the Islands Yes Yes Yes
1975 Tag-ulan sa Tag-araw Yes Yes Yes
1975 Ang Madugong Daigdig ni Salvacion Yes No No
1976 Daluyong at Habagat Yes No No
1976 Ihalik Mo Ako sa Diyos! Yes No No
1977 Maligno Yes No Yes
1977 Burlesk Queen Yes Yes Yes
1978 Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Yes Yes Yes
1979 Bakit May Pag-Ibig Pa? Yes Yes Yes
1979 Aliw-iw Yes No No
1979 Ang Alamat ni Julian Makabayan Yes No No
1980 Totoy Boogie Yes Yes Yes
1981 Uhaw na Dagat Yes Yes Yes
1982 Brown Emanuelle Yes No No
1983 Pedro Tunasan Yes Yes Yes
1983 Dragon's Quest Yes No No
1984 Virgin People Yes Yes Yes
1984 Sampung Ahas ni Eva Yes No No
1985 Isla Yes Yes No
1985 Paradise Inn Yes Yes No
1985 Perfumed Garden Yes No No
1986 Kailan Tama ang Mali Yes No No
1986 Ang Daigdig ay Isang Butil na Luha Yes No No
1986 Payaso Yes Yes No
1986 The Diary of Vietname Rose Yes Yes No
1987 Mga Lihim ng Kalapati Yes Yes No
1988 Pikoy Goes to Malaysia Yes No No
1992 Tag-araw, Tag-ulan Yes No No
1993 Kapag Iginuhit ang Hatol ng Puso Yes No No
1994 Comfort Women: A Cry for Justice Yes No No
1996 Virgin People 2 Yes Yes Yes
1997 Isla 2 Yes Yes Yes
1997 Lihim ni Madonna Yes No No
1997 Mananayaw Yes No No
1997 Droga, Pagtatapat ng mga Babaeng Adik Yes No No
2003 Nympha Yes Yes Yes
2003 Virgin People III Yes No Yes
2003 Sanib Yes Yes Yes
2008 Snake Sisters Yes Yes Yes
2010 666 Yes Yes Yes
2013 Bahay ng Lagim Yes No No Released posthumously
2019 Barbara Reimagined No Yes No Inspired by Patayin Mo Sa Sindak Si Barbara

Television

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Year Title Credits Notes
Directed by Story by Screenplay by
1995 Komikero Yes Yes Yes TV Movie
1995 Aswang ng Santa Barbara Yes No No TV Movie
2007- SineSerye No Yes No Original story written (2 episodes)
2011 Medical Center Yes No No TV Movie
2015- Kailan ba Tama ang Mali? No Yes Yes Based on the 1986 film

Acting roles

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Year Title Role
1987 Kamao
1988 Pikoy Goes to Malaysia Pikoy
1995 Victim No. 1: Delia Maga (Jesus, Pray for Us!) – A Massacre in Singapore[6][7]
2010 Star Confessions: Blind Item: The Carmelito 'Shalala' Reyes Confession Shalala's father
2011 Babaeng Hampaslupa Master Ming
Reputasyon Samuel Aragon

Awards

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Year Award Given Body Category Work Result
1972 FAMAS Best Director Nympha Nominated
1973 FAMAS Best Director Ang Alamat Nominated
1974 FAMAS Best Director Esteban Nominated
1975 FAMAS Best Director The Most Beautiful Animal in the World Nominated
1977 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director Burlesk Queen Won
1978 FAMAS Best Director Sa Dulo ng Kris Nominated
1978 Gawad Urian Pinakamahusay na Direksyon Burlesk Queen Nominated
1979 Gawad Urian Pinakamahusay na Dulang Pampelikula Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Won
1979 Gawad Urian Pinakamahusay na Direksyon Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Won
1979 FAMAS Best Story Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Won
1979 FAMAS Best Screenplay Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Won
1979 FAMAS Best Director Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Won
1981 Gawad Urian Natatanging Pelikula ng Dekada Pagputi ng Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak Won
1985 FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Sampung Ahas ni Eva Won
1985 Metro Manila Film Festival Best Story Paradise Inn Won
1986 Gawad Urian Pinakamahusay na Direksyon Paradise Inn Nominated
1986 FAMAS Best Director Paradise Inn Won
1999 FAMAS Best Supporting Actor Hiwaga ng Panday Nominated
2003 Young Critics Circle Best Performance Itlog Nominated
2007 FAMAS Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2007 Film Academy of the Philippines Lifetime Achievement Award Won
2010 Cinema One Originals Special Honorary Award Won
2012 Cinemanila International Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award Won

References

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  1. ^ "Director Celso Ad Castillo dies". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. November 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Diego, Bayani San (26 November 2012). "Director Celso Ad Castillo passes away; 69". INQUIRER.net. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Tariman, Pablo (20 September 2012). "The new bucolic life of Celso Ad. Castillo". Yahoo News. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  4. ^ Tariman, Pablo A. "Remembering Celso Ad. Castillo, 69". Philstar.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Acclaimed director Celso Ad. Castillo dies, 69 | Showbiz | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere". GMA News. 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  6. ^ "The Much-Awaited Movie Will Shock You Today!". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. May 17, 1995. p. A4. Retrieved December 29, 2021. This movie will unmask the real killer!!!
  7. ^ Daza, Jullie Y. (May 18, 1995). "Women as losers". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. p. 9. Retrieved December 29, 2021. Carlo J. Caparas is out to prove that he can leave his signature on the longest subtitles in movie history.
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