Jun Lana

Infobox actor


name = Jun Lana
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birthname = Rodolfo R. Lana, Jr.
birthdate = Birth date and age|1972|10|10|mf=y
birthplace = Makati City, Philippines
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awards = FAMAS Best Screenplay
1998 "Jose Rizal"
1999 "Soltera"
Brussels International Film Festival Best Screenplay
1998 "Jose Rizal"

Jun Lana (born October 10, 1972), born as Rodolfo R. Lana, Jr., is a Filipino playwright and two-time FAMAS award-winning screenwriter. The winner of 11 Palanca Awards for Literature, he became the youngest member of the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2006. [cite news |url=http://services.inquirer.net/print/print.php?article_id=20114 |title=Jun Lana: A Winner in Two Worlds |publisher=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2006-09-10 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ]

Writing career

Lana was born in Makati. At age 19, he received an "Honorable Mention" citation in the 1991 Palanca Awards in the category "Dulang May Isang Yugto" (One-Act Play in Filipino), for his play "Eksodo". [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/1991.html |title=The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature - 1991 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ] The following year, Lana won Third Prize in the same category for "Churchill". [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/1992.html |title=The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature - 1992 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ] In the next eight years, Lana would win nine more Palanca Awards for his Filipino language screenplays and teleplays, including First Prizes for the screenplays "Karinyo-Brutal" (1995) and "Mga Bangka sa Tag-araw" (1996); and for the teleplays "Sa Daigdig ng mga Taksil" (1995), and together with Peter Ong Lim, for "Pula" (1997). [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/1995.html |title=The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature - 1995 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ] [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/1996.html |title=The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature - 1996 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ] [cite web |url=http://www.geocities.com/palanca_awards/1997.html |title=The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature - 1997 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ]

In 2006, Lana's teleplay "Milagrosa" won him his fifth First Prize Palanca Award and his 11th overall. With his fifth First Prize, Lana was inducted into the Palanca Hall of Fame.

Film and television work

Since 1998, Lana has written screenplays for such directors as Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Mel Chionglo and Maryo J. de los Reyes. His screenplay for Diaz-Abaya's "Sa Pusod ng Dagat" (1998) won Lana the Best Screenplay award from the Brussels International Film Festival in 1998. [cite news |title=ALBERT MARTINEZ IS BEST ACTOR IN BRUSSELS FILMFEST |url=http://www.newsflash.org/199811/sb/sb000618.htm |author=Sol Jose Vanzi |publisher=Philippine Headline News Online |date=1998-11-11 |accessdate=2008-03-06 ] He has won two FAMAS Best Screenplay awards — in 1998 for "Jose Rizal" (shared with Ricky Lee and Peter Ong Lim), and in 1999 for "Soltera" (shared with Jerry Lopez Sineneng). His screenplay for Jose Rizal also won him awards from the Metro Manila Film Festival and the Star Awards for Movies. In 2005, Lana's Palanca-award winning play "Mga Estranghero at ang Gabi" (1994) was adapted for film by Rody Vera. Renamed "Pusang Gala" and directed by Ellen Ongkeko-Marfil, the film was nominated for several FAMAS awards, including a Best Story nomination for Lana.

Lana made his film directorial debut with "Gigil" (2006), starring Katrina Halili. The following year, he wrote and directed "Roxxxanne".

Since 2006, Lana has been employed by GMA Television Network, where he functions as a creative consultant for the drama department, and as head writer of "Magpakailanman" and other shows. Lana also directs for television, sometimes in collaboration with actor Cesar Montano. For GMA Network, he directed his Palanca Award-winning teleplay "Milagroso", which was aired as a television special and became a finalist at the 2006 Asian TV Awards. Lana has also directed television episodes for "Love2Love", "Wag Kukurap", and "Fantastikids".

Credits

Films

*"Sa Pusod ng Dagat" (1998; writer)
*"Sagad sa Init" (1998; writer)
*"Jose Rizal" (1998; writer)
*"Saranggola" (1999; writer)
*"Soltera" (1999; writer)
*"Sa Paraiso ni Efren" (1999; writer)
*"Muro Ami" (1999; writer)
*"Mapagbigay" (2000; writer)
*"Red Diaries"(2001; writer)
*"Bagong Buwan" (2001; writer)
*"I Think I'm in Love" (2002; writer)
*"Bedtime Stories" (2002; writer)
*"Two Timer" (2002; writer)
*"Pusong Gala" (2005; story)
*"Gigil" (2006; director)
*"Roxxxanne" (2008; writer, director)

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External links

*imdb name|0484073
*cite web |title=kuwan |author=Jun Lana |url=http://junlana.blogspot.com |accessdate=2008-06-20