First Filipino: Jose Nepomuceno

8.10.2006

Jose Nepomuceno

Jose Nepumuceno

1st Filipino Film Director (1919)
Director of the 1st Filipino movie Dalagang Bukid (Country Maiden, 1919)
"Father of Philippine Movies"

DATE OF BIRTH
1893

YEAR OF DEATH
1959

USEFUL LINKS

Philippine Cinema Beginnings
Filipino Heroes & Artists
First in the Philippines
Wikipedia Article on Jose Nepumuceno

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