Known for

Directing

Born

May 24, 1947

Died

Aug 28, 2025 (aged 78)

Place of birth

Manila, Philippines

Mike de Leon

Miguel Pamintuan de Leon (May 24, 1947 – August 28, 2025), also known as Mike de Leon, was a Filipino film director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and film producer. De Leon's films are a full reflection of the Filipino psyche that sought answer for questions on social class belonging, political absurdities, and fragmentations in various forms.

Titles

Kisapmata

Movie • 1981

Manila in the Claws of Light

Movie • 1975

An Indivisible Heaven

Movie • 1985

Aguila

Movie • 1980

Room 666

Movie • 1985

Moments in a Stolen Dream

Movie • 1977

Batch '81

Movie • 1982

Third World Hero

Movie • 2000

Will Your Heart Beat Faster?

Movie • 1980

Sister Stella L.

Movie • 1984

Citizen Jake

Movie • 2018

The Rites of May

Movie • 1976

Keka

Movie • 2003

Prisoner in the Dark

Movie • 1986

Aliwan Paradise

Movie • 1993

Omens

Movie • 2008