# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ishmael-bernal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:32:04.920Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ishmael-bernal"
name: "Ishmael Bernal"
slug: "ishmael-bernal"
description: "Ishmael Bernal was a Filipino filmmaker, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas that often tackled feminist and moral issues, he directed many landmark Filipino films such as Nunal sa Tubig (1976), City After Dark (1980), Relasyon (1982), Himala (1982), and Hinugot sa Langit (1985). Widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers in the Philippines cinema, Bernal was posthumously declared a National Artist of the Philippines in 2001."
tagline: "Filipino director (1938–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ishmael_Bernal_Order_of_National_Artist_NCCA_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1938-09-30"
deathDate: "1996-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.769549333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076075/"
    handle:    "nm0076075"
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernal"
    title: "Ishmael Bernal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ايشمايل بيرنال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernal"
    title: "Ishmael Bernal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernal"
    title: "Ishmael Bernal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernal"
    title: "Ishmael Bernal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael_Bernal"
    title: "Ishmael Bernal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3547025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142969"
    title: "Ishmael Bernal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump