
Lamberto Vera Avellana NA February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a prominent Filipino film and stage director. Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as Anak Dalita and Badjao attained international acclaim. In 1976, Avellana was named by President Ferdinand Marcos as the first National Artist of the Philippines for Film. While Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino cinema, his reputation as a film director has since been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s, such as Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino

Aklat ng Buhay

Badjao

Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay

Sarjan Hassan

Lapu-Lapu

Anak Dalita

Pag-asa

Fe, Esperanza, Caridad

Kapitan Kulas

No Money No Honey

Sakay

Waywaya

Ang Bombero

A La Viva!

Cry Freedom

Prinsipe Amante

Kundiman ng Lahi

Korea

Haring Solomon at Reyna Sheba

The Evil Within

Kandelerong Pilak

Appointment at Mount Manunggal

Sa Paanan Ng Nazareno

In Despair

Faithful

Hantik