# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-nepomuceno
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:50.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-nepomuceno"
name: "José Nepomuceno"
slug: "jose-nepomuceno"
description: "José Nepomuceno y Zialcita was a Filipino filmmaker. A founding father of Philippine cinema, he is widely known for pioneering film directing and producing locally until the Second World War began. He had his own production company Jose Nepomuceno Productions, which produced the first Filipino silent film entitled Dalagang Bukid in 1919. The film starred Atang de la Rama, a future National Artist of the Philippines.\nHe also directed Un (El) Capullo Marchito in 1920. It starred Luisa Acuña, who then became a famous leading lady in Filipino silent films."
tagline: "Film director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jos%C3%A9_Nepomuceno_2019_stamp_of_the_Philippines.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1893-05-15"
deathDate: "1959-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.149389333333334
  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/nm1046277/"
    handle:    "nm1046277"
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Nepomuceno"
    title: "José Nepomuceno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "چوس نيپوموسينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Nepomuceno"
    title: "José Nepomuceno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%98%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87_%D9%86%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "ژوزه نپوموسنو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Nepomuceno"
    title: "José Nepomuceno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Nepomuceno"
    title: "José Nepomuceno"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2377999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1414580"
    title: "Jose Nepomuceno"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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