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The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences awards the Natatanging Alagad ng Sining to honor the achievements of the King of Philippine Movies, Fernando Poe, Jr., who died just six months prior to the awards.
Fernando Poe, Jr. is one of the most popular movie stars in Philippine Cinema. His extraordinary following and charisma onscreen has garnered him the highest title anyone can bestow on an individual in Philippine Cinema. His signature roles as defender of the masses in many action films has cemented his reputation and has gained him a large following. In addition to his exemplary career as an actor, Poe has also dabbled in writing and directing. In fact, Poe has won a FAMAS for Writing: Story in 1970 and two for Directing in 1984 and 1995, which are a testament to his artistic inclinations in film.
Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, better known as Fernando Poe Jr. and colloquially known as FPJ and Da King, was a Filipino actor, director and politician. His long career as an action film star earned him the nickname "King of Philippine Movies". During the latter part of his career, Poe was defeated by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the fraudelent 2004 Philippine presidential elections.
Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr., known by his screen names Dolphy, Pidol, and Golay (1944), was a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He is widely regarded as the country's King of Comedy for his comedic talent embodied by his long roster of works on stage, radio, television and movies.
Fernando Poe, also known as Fernando Poe Sr., was a Filipino actor during the early cinema era in the Philippines. He was of Spanish descent.
LVN Pictures, Inc. is one of the biggest film studios in the history of Philippine cinema and its foremost establishment in motion picture post-production until 2005. In its heyday of motion picture production, LVN Pictures has been compared to that of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) of Hollywood because it had, under contract, the biggest stars and film craftsmen of the period. This was the oldest living film studio in the Philippines running for 68 years.
Ace York Aguilar Vergel was a Filipino actor dubbed "The Original Bad Boy of Philippine Movies". He was the son of the late film actors Alicia Vergel and César Ramirez, and brother of actress Beverly Vergel.
The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards are the annual honors given by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an organization composed of prize-winning writers and movie columnists, for achievements in the Philippine cinema for a calendar year. It should have been proposed that the members of the Academy should nonetheless be the people behind film making themselves and not prize winning writers nor the columnists not involved, directly or indirectly with the film making as with the other motion picture academy around world most particularly the Hollywood. Members of the academy including avid movie viewers, fans or enthusiasts will cast their votes on who should win the statuettes on different categories they were nominated. Established since 1952, it the oldest existing film industry award-giving body in the Philippines and one of the oldest in Asia. The FAMAS Awards, from 1952 to 1982, was the highest Filipino film award a filmmaker or artisan could receive in the local movie industry.
Eduardo Verchez García,, known professionally as Eddie Garcia, was a Filipino actor, television personality, film director and producer. With over 600 film and television roles and a career spanning seven decades, he is widely regarded as the "greatest Filipino actor of all time". He has the most number of appearances in Philippine movies.
Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto is a Filipino film and television actress, product endorser and entrepreneur.
Rodel Pacheco Nacianceno, known professionally as Coco Martin, is a Filipino actor, director and film producer, best known for playing the lead role in Juan dela Cruz and FPJ's Ang Probinsyano.
Lourdes Virginia "Lovi" Moran Poe is a Filipino actress, model, and recording artist. She is the daughter of the late action star Fernando Poe Jr. Poe is famous for playing the roles of Kristal Maisog in the 2006 series Bakekang and Shiela Real in the 2014 drama series Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real opposite Dingdong Dantes and Maricel Soriano.
Edgar Sinco Romero was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Rodolfo Valentino "Rudy" Padilla Fernández, screen name Rudy Fernández also known as Daboy, was a multi-awarded Filipino actor and producer. He came to prominence as an action star in the Philippine cinema during the 1980s up to the early 1990s.
The 6th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1980.
Berting Labra, born Roberto Labra, was a Filipino child star and veteran actor equally adept in comedy and drama, in action flicks and musicals.
Ang Dalubhasa is a 2000 Filipino action, comedy film that stars Fernando Poe, Jr., Nanette Medved and Maritoni Fernandez. While this was Medved's comeback movie after graduating summa cum laude in Babson College for business studies, the movie was considered to the first blockbuster in Philippine film in 2000. This comes after his 1999 film, Isusumbong Kita Sa Tatay Ko, was that year's highest grossing Philippine film.
The Box Office Entertainment Awards, sometimes known as the GMMSF Box Office Entertainment Awards is an annual award ceremony held in Metro Manila and organized by Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation. The award-giving body honors stars and performers simply for their popularity and commercial success in the Philippine entertainment industry, regardless of their excellence in their particular fields.
Fernando Poe Jr. Memorial Award for Excellence is an annual award made by the Metro Manila Film Festival in honor of the late actor Fernando Poe Jr. Star Cinema's One More Try was the first recipient, in 2012.
Jesus Songko Lapid was a Filipino actor and father of actor/diving instructor/fight director Jess Lapid Jr. and a brother of Jose Lapid and given for a movie screen name as Jess Lapid He was shot dead inside a nightclub in Quezon City on July 13, 1968.
Isusumbong Kita Sa Tatay Ko is a 1999 Philippine action comedy film directed by Boots Plata and starring Fernando Poe Jr. and Judy Ann Santos. The film, produced and distributed by Star Cinema, premiered in the Philippines on June 9, 1999.
Oro is a 2016 Filipino film written and directed by Alvin Yapan, starring Irma Adlawan, Mercedes Cabral, and Joem Bascon. The film, which was produced by Feliz Film Productions and distributed by Solar Pictures, was an official entry to the 2016 Metro Manila Film Festival. The film was based on the 2014 murder of four miners in Sitio Lahuy, Barangay Gata, Caramoan, Camarines Sur by armed members of Sagip Kalikasan Task Force, an environmental group formed in 2004 by former Camarines Sur governor Luis Villafuerte.