- Mark Meily
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Mark A. Meily is a multi-awarded film director in the Philippines. He is presently teaching at the Marilou Diaz Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center in Antipolo City, Philippines.
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Early life
Meily was born in 1967 in the city of Manila, Philippines. He is a brother of UNTV director Dominic Meily and actor/comedian/magician Bearwin Meily. He studied at the University of the Philippines College of Fine Arts and at the Mowelfund Film Institute.[1]
Personal life
Meily took up Visual Communications at the University of the Philippines before studying film at Mowelfund in Manila and in Paris at l”ESEC as a French Government Scholar for cinema. He has been directing TV Commercials since 1991.He wrote and directed Crying Ladies and La Visa Loca. These films were shown and have won awards in many international film festivals from Montreal to Kerala. Crying Ladies received the NETPAC Award and the Best Director prize at the International Film Festival of Kerala, India. It had a theatrical run in the US and was positively reviewed by the New York Times, the LA Times, and the Village Voice.
His third film Baler won 10 awards at the Metro Manila Film Festival and was exhibited at the MoMA in New York in 2009.His television sit-com Camera Café won the Best Comedy Program at the Asian TV Awards in Singapore.
His new film Donor won 5 awards at the 6th Cinemalaya Film Festival including Best Film in Manila. It also won the Grand Prize at the 30th Brussels Independent Film Festival . The film is in the official selection at the Pusan ,Hawaii Goteborg, Seattle, Marrakesh International Film Festivals and the Deauville Asian Film Festival.
He has taught film at the De La Salle University, the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and the Assumption College. He won the Palanca Literary Prize in 2001 and 2004.
In 2005, he founded Spark Digital Content, an interactive design studio and production company.[1]
Television
In 1991, Meily started directing commercials and music videos for Philippine television. For his television work, he won numerous awards such as the Catholic Mass Media Award, the Anvil Award, and the Philippine Advertising Creative Guild Prize. He is also the recipient of several awards from the Advertising Congress of the Philippines.[1]
Writing
Meily has written two screenplays, Bayad Luha and The Good Friday Archipelago, which have won prizes from the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Foundation annual literary contest.[1]
Critical success
Meily directed Crying Ladies, his first feature film. The film won six (6) awards at the 2003 Metro Manila Film Festival including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received several nominations from different award-giving bodies in Philippines.[1]
Crying Ladies premiered in the United States and has received good reviews from the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and The Village Voice. It has also been shown at the Montreal World Film Festival, Brussels Festival of Independent Cinema, Hamburg Film Festival, Newport Beach Film Festival, Dallas Asian Film Festival, Calcutta Film Festival, and Palm Springs Film Festival.[1]
The film received the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film and awarded for Meily the Best Director prize at the International Film Festival of Kerala, India. It is also the Philippine entry to the Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards of the United States.[1]
Meily also directed Pasyon U.S.A. (commercial title: La Visa Loca), a film largely based on his Palanca–prize winning screenplay Good Friday Archipelago.[1]
In December 2008, his third feature, Baler topped the Metro Manila Film Festival garnering 11 awards and earning Meily his second Best Director trophy. Baler, a historical epic drama set during the end of the war of Independence in the Philippines, was screened later on at the Far East Film Festival in Udine and was the opening film of the Indio Bravo Film Festival at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Meily also won another Best Director trophy at the PMPC Star Awards in 2009.
Mark Meily founded Spark Films ,a pioneer in branded viral entertainment and together with CALT, France introduced the hit French sit-com Camera Cafe in Asia. The Asian adaptation of the series eventually won Best Comedy Program at the 2008 Asian Television Awards in Singapore.
In 2009, Mark Meily teamed with French producer Frederic Levy to set up Bandidos Media, recently acquiring six feature film projects that are now in pre-production.
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References
Metro Manila Film Festival Festival Years Best Picture Best Picture Dilingin mo ng Hamog ang Uhaw na Lupa • Ganito kami noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon? • Burlesk Queen • Atsay • Kasal-kasalan, Bahay-bahayan • Taga sa Panahon • Kisapmata • Himala • Karma • Bulaklak ng City Jail • Paradise Inn • Halimaw sa Banga • Olongapo • Patrolman • Imortal • Andrea, Paano Ba Ang Maging Isang Ina? • Ang Totoong Buhay ni Pacita M. • Andres Manambit, Angkan ng Matatapang • Kung Mawawala Ka Pa • Muling Umawit and Puso • Magic Temple • Nasaan ang Puso • Jose Rizal • Muro Ami • Tanging Yaman • Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure • Mano Po • Crying Ladies • Mano Po III: My Love • Blue Moon • Enteng Kabisote 3 • Resiklo • Baler • Ang Panday • Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!) •Best Actor Best Actor Joseph Estrada (1975) • Christopher De Leon (1976) • Rolly Quizon (1977) • Raul Aragon (1979) • Dindo Fernando (1980) • Vic Silayan (1981) • Christopher De Leon (1982) • Anthony Alonzo (1983) • Herbert Bautista (1984) • Christopher De Leon (1985) • Mario O'Hara (1986) • Anthony Alonzo (1987) • Baldo Marro (1988) • Christopher De Leon (1989) • Dolphy (1990) • Eric Quizon (1991) • Aga Muhlach (1992) • Aga Muhlach (1993) • Roi Vinzon (1994) • Richard Gomez (1995) • Jomari Yllana (1996) • Christopher De Leon (1997) • Cesar Montano (1998) • Christopher De Leon (1999) • Johnny Delgado (2000) • Cesar Montano (2001) • Eddie Garcia (2002) • Eric Quizon (2003) • Christopher De Leon (2004) • Marvin Agustin (2005) • Cesar Montano (2006) • Jinggoy Estrada (2007) • Christopher De Leon (2008) • Bong Revilla (2009) • Dolphy (2010) •Best Actress Best Actress Charito Solis (1975) • Hilda Koronel (1976) • Vilma Santos (1977) • Nora Aunor (1978) • Lolita Rodriguez / Nora Aunor (1979) • Amy Austria (1980) • Vilma Santos (1981) • Nora Aunor (1982) • Coney Reyes (1983) • Nora Aunor (1984) • Vivian Velez (1985) • Liza Lorena (1986) • Melanie Marquez (1987) • Amy Austria (1988) • Vilma Santos (1989) • Nora Aunor (1990 & 1991) • Kimberly Diaz (1992) • Dawn Zulueta (1993) • Nora Aunor (1995) • Amy Austria (1996) • Maricel Soriano (1997) • Alice Dixson (1998) • Elizabeth Oropesa (1999) • Gloria Romero (2000) • Assunta De Rossi (2001) • Ara Mina (2002) • Maricel Soriano (2003) • Vilma Santos (2004) • Zsa Zsa Padilla (2005) • Judy Ann Santos (2006) • Maricel Soriano (2007) • Anne Curtis (2008) • Sharon Cuneta (2009) • Ai-Ai delas Alas (2010) •Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actor Vic Silayan (1975) • Ruel Vernal (1976) • Joonee Gamboa (1977) • Johnny Delgado (1979) • Jay Ilagan (1981) • Spanky Manikan (1982) • Dennis Roldan (1983) • Ed Villapol (1984) • Christopher Castillo (1986) • Roderick Paulate (1987) • Dick Israel (1988) • Leo Martinez (1991) • Albert Martinez (1995) • Jaime Fabregas (1998) • Pen Medina (1999) • Jeffrey Quizon (2000) • Ronnie Lazaro (2001) • Piolo Pascual (2002) • Victor Neri (2003) • Dennis Trillo (2004) • Jose Manalo (2005) • Johnny Delgado (2006) • Roi Vinzon (2007) • Phillip Salvador (2008) • Phillip Salvador (2009) • Dolphy (2010) •Best Supporting Actress Best Supporting Actress Nida Blanca (1975) • Mona Lisa II (1976) • Rosemarie Gil (1977) • Rebecca Gonzales (1978) • Charito Solis (1981) • Gigi Dueñas (1982) • Alicia Alonzo (1983) • Celia Rodriguez (1984) • Cherie Gil (1985) • Maritess Gutierrez (1986) • Susan Africa (1987) • Jacklyn Jose (1988) • Cherie Gil (1989) • Gina Alajar (1990) • Tetchie Agbayani (1991) • Sylvia Sanchez (1992) • Amy Austria (1993) • Teresa Loyzaga (1994) • Donna Cruz (1995) • Jean Garcia (1996) • Nida Blanca (1997) • Gloria Diaz (1998) • Angelu de Leon (1999) • Cherie Gil (2000) • Alessandra de Rossi (2001) • Kris Aquino (2002) • Hilda Koronel (2003) • Rebecca Lusterio (2004) • Cherry Pie Picache (2005) • Gina Pareño (2006) • Eugene Domingo (2007) • Manilyn Reynes (2008) • Heart Evangelista (2009) • Eugene Domingo (2010) •Best Director Best Director Augusto Buenaventura (1975) • Eddie Romero (1976) • Celso Ad Castillo (1977) • Eddie Garcia (1978) • Lino Brocka (1979) • Marilou Diaz-Abaya (1980) • Mike De Leon (1981) • Ishmael Bernal (1982) • Willie Milan (1983) • Mario O'Hara (1984) • Benjie De Guzman (1985) • Mario O'Hara (1986) • Artemio Marquez (1987) • Laurice Guillen (1988) • Eddie Garcia (1989) • Elwood Perez (1990 & 1991) • Ike Jarlego, Jr. (1992) • Jose Javier Reyes (1993) • Joel Lamangan (1995) • Peque Gallaga and Lore Reyes (1996) • Chito Roño (1997) • Marilou Diaz-Abaya (1998 & 1999) • Laurice Guillen (2000) • Chito Roño (2001) • Joel Lamangan (2002) • Mark Meily (2003) • Cesar Montano (2004) • Jose Javier Reyes (2005 & 2006) • Cesar Apolinario (2007) • Mark Meily (2008) • Joel Lamangan (2009) • Wenn V. Deramas (2010) •Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- Filipino film directors
- Filipino television directors
- Filipino television personalities
- University of the Philippines alumni
- People from Manila
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