Roy C. Iglesias

{{short description|Filipino film writer and director}}

{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Roy C. Iglesias

| nationality = Filipino

| occupation = Film writer and director

| years_active = 1976–present

}}

Roy C. Iglesias is a Filipino film writer and director.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j2wVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mwsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2239,3027104&dq=roy-iglesias&hl=en|title=Film Academy Awards:A Farce To Reckon With|last=Red|first=Isah V.|date=31 March 2003|work=Manila Standard|pages=1–2|access-date=26 August 2010}} His most notable works include, among others, the 1976 film Ganito Kami Noon... Paano Kayo Ngayon?, which was directed by National Artist of the Philippines, Eddie Romero, numerous entries in Regal Entertainment's Mano Po anthology film series and historical dramas Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure, Baler and Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story.

Scripts penned by Iglesias have seen him nominated to and winning most of the established Film awards in the Philippines, specifically the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards, the Luna Awards (awarded by the Film Academy of the Philippines and often referred to as the FAP awards), the Gawad Urian, Philippine Movie Press Club Star Awards, Young Critics Circle Award and the Metro Manila Film Festival. He was also nominated twice for the EnPress Golden Screen Award, although neither nomination resulted in a win.

Iglesias is a graduate of the University of the City of Manila.

Filmography

=Film=

Television

GMA Network

Stage play

Awards

=[[Metro Manila Film Festival]]=

width="90%" class="wikitable sortable"
width="10%"| Year

! width="30%"| Category

! width="30%"| Work

! width="10%"| Result

rowspan="1" align="center"| 1976

| align="left" rowspan=2| Best Screenplay

| align="center"| Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Kayo Ngayon

|{{won}}

rowspan="1" align="center"| 1997

| align="center"| Nasaan ang Puso

| {{won}}

rowspan="2" align="center"| 2001

| align="left"| Best Screenplay (with Chito Rono)

|align=center rowspan=2|Yamashita: The Tiger's Treasure

|{{won}}

align="left"| Best Original Story (with Chito Rono and Roselle Monteverde-Teo)

|{{won}}

rowspan="2" align="center"| 2002

| align="left"| Best Screenplay

|align=center rowspan=2|Mano Po

|{{won}}

rowspan=2 align="left"| Best Original Story (with Lily Monteverde)

|{{won}}

rowspan="2" align="center"| 2003

|align=center rowspan=1|Mano Po 2: My Home

|{{won}}

align="left" rowspan=4| Best Screenplay

|align=center rowspan=1|Filipinas

|{{won}}

rowspan="1" align="center"| 2008

|align=center rowspan=1|Baler

|{{won}}

rowspan="1" align="center"| 2009

|align=center rowspan=1|Mano Po 6: A Mother's Love

|{{won}}

rowspan="1" align="center"| 2011

|align=center rowspan=1|Manila Kingpin: The Asiong Salonga Story

|{{won}}

References