
July 30, 1960 · 65 years old
Brillante Ma Mendoza (born on 30 July 1960) is a Filipino director. He is best known for directing the films Masahista (2005), Kaleldo (2006), Foster Child (2007), Serbis (2008), Kinatay (2009), Thy Womb (2012), Ma' Rosa (2016), and Mindanao (2019), among others.

A young man tries to make some money so he can marry his girlfriend. He takes a job for $2,000 and then realizes that this job involves killing a woman.

The Pineda family struggles with bigamy, unwanted pregnancy, possible incest, and skin irritations in a dilapidated movie theater.

Ma' Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor Manila neighborhood where everybody likes her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. When they get a...

The married life of Sabel and Brian was cut short when three men assault her and kill Brian in their honeymoon. Surviving the crime, she vows to let the culprits experience hell.

Battered wife Joy stands up for justice against her alcoholic husband Dante in a turmoil process of the justice system.

A photographer, tasked to take photos of a rare flower in the mountain, discovers women trapped in a hidden brothel for illegal loggers. Now, he must do everything to save them.

Marine Biologist Jason and his wife Abby goes to Pola, Mindoro where he is tasked to lead the rehabilitation and preservation of a fish sanctuary. There, he meets his diving assistant Dennis and the two hit it off instantly.

A group of friends go to a secluded town to do a short film project but when they take an addictive substance that promised to bring them to cloud nine, they get to experience hell instead.

When a dare pushes two couples into an orgy, suppressed feelings rekindle between the two ladies, who were once bestfriends and lovers.

Popoy works as a bodyguard to gambling boss Rodolfo. But when they killed the son of a politician, they need millions for protection. And when money is at stake, no one is an ally.

An infertile midwife and her husband find a surrogate mother so that they can have a child.

A married woman seeking secret thrills encounters a mysterious man who shares her hidden desires, disrupting her carefully structured life.

A woman and her husband come home to an old ancestral house she inherited from her grandma. As days go by, they realize something evil is living with them in the house.

From the award-winning Cannes/Venice/Toronto-elected director Brillante Mendoza, "GENSAN PUNCH" is inspired by the true story of a Japanese man with a prosthetic leg, who travelled to the Philippines to train to become a professio...

Patrick gets a visa to Japan in order to provide for his family. But when he needs to earn bigger, he is introduced to becoming a hosto. Can he survive this world full of indecent proposals?

Two sisters' close relationship crumbles as they compete for one man's affection. Their rivalry transforms into a perilous battle fueled by passion and jealousy.

Bambanti questions the prejudice of the rich towards the poor when a servant's son is suspected to have stolen the employer's missing gold watch.