Mike de Leon Movies, Biography, Credits & Career Highlights

Mike de Leon Biography

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.

Mike de Leon Career Highlights

• Known for Kisapmata, Batch '81, Crossroads, Mr. Li, Swamp Patch, and A Word from the Director.
• Credits include editing, production, writing, directing, actors, and camera.
• Recent listed credits include Crossroads, Crossroads, Crossroads, and Crossroads.

Mike de Leon Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

46

Birth Date

1947-05-24 00:00:00

Birth Place

Manila, Philippines

Mike de Leon Known For

• 

  Kisapmata
• 

  Batch '81
• Crossroads
• 

  Mr. Li
• 

  Swamp Patch
• A Word from the Director

Mike de Leon Movies and Credits

• editing (4 credits)

  • Crossroads

    editor

    editing
    2022
  • Omens

    editor

    editing
    2008
  • An Actor Remembers

    editor

    editing
    2006
  • Prisoner in the Dark

    editor

    editing
    1986

• production (7 credits)

  • Crossroads

    producer

    production
    2022
  • Citizen Jake

    producer

    production
    2018
  • An Actor Remembers

    producer

    production
    2006
  • Motorsiklo

    producer

    production
    2000
  • Manila in the Claws of Light

    producer

    production
    1975
  • Manila... A Filipino Film

    producer

    production
    1975
  • Happy Days Are Here Again

    executive producer

    production
    1974

• writing (8 credits)

  • Crossroads

    screenplay

    writing
    2022
  • Mr. Li

    writer

    writing
    2019
  • Citizen Jake

    screenplay

    writing
    2018
  • Motorsiklo

    writer

    writing
    2000
  • Prisoner in the Dark

    screenplay

    writing
    1986
  • Sister Stella L.

    screenplay

    writing
    1984
  • Batch '81

    writer

    writing
    1982
  • Kisapmata

    screenplay

    writing
    1981

• directing (8 credits)

  • Crossroads

    director

    directing
    2022
  • Mr. Li

    director

    directing
    2019
  • Swamp Patch

    director

    directing
    2019
  • A Word from the Director

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Citizen Jake

    director

    directing
    2018
  • Never Again

    director

    directing
    2016
  • Omens

    director

    directing
    2008
  • An Actor Remembers

    director

    directing
    2006

• actors (2 credits)

  • A Word from the Director

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    2018
  • Room 666

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1982

• camera (4 credits)

  • Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War

    additional camera

    camera
    1991
  • Aguila

    director of photography

    camera
    1980
  • Moments in a Stolen Dream

    director of photography

    camera
    1977
  • Manila in the Claws of Light

    director of photography

    camera
    1975

Mike de Leon Profiles and Sources

• IMDb
• TMDB