One of the goals of Filipino actors is to be cast in a Brillante Mendoza film. His feature films are "Masahista" (2005), "Kaleldo" (2006), "Manoro" (2006), "Pantasya" (2007), "Foster Child" (2007), "Tirador" (2007), "Serbis" (2008), "Kinatay" (2009), "Lola" (2009), "Captive" (2012), "Thy Womb" (2012), "Sapi" (2013), "Taklub" (2015) and "Ma' Rosa" (2016).
Mendoza's short film "Ang Kamera" was released in 2013. In honor of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Best Director on his 56th birthday, here are 56 actors, including one French actress, among the lucky ones who have realized that dream to be directed by him:
(#8) 1 FEATURE FILM
56. Eugene Domingo (Foster Child)
55. Nathan Lopez (Tirador)
54. Gina Pareno (Serbis)
53. John Regala (Kinatay)
52. Anita Linda (Lola)
51. Isabelle Huppert (Captive)
50. Bembol Roco (Thy Womb)
49. Meryll Soriano (Sapi)
48. Soliman Cruz (Taklub)
47. Andi Eigenmann (Ma' Rosa)
(#7) 2 FEATURE FILMS
46. Kyro Baldemor (Pantasya, Serbis)
45. Harold Montano (Pantasya, Tirador)
44. Mark Dionisio (Pantasya, Tirador)
43. Arman Reyes (Tirador, Serbis)
42. Jeffrey Sison (Lola, Kinatay)
41. Julia Taylor (Serbis, Kinatay)
40. Blue Seal (Serbis, Kinatay)
39. Sofia Lee (Serbis, Kinatay)
38. Antonio de Guzman Jr. (Kinatay, Lola)
37. Toby Anthony del Rosario (Kinatay, Ma' Rosa)
36. Glenda Kennedy (Thy Womb, Taklub)
35. Jon Achaval (Captive, Sapi)
34. Catherine Cornell (Lola, Captive)
33. Richard Manabat (Captive, Sabi)
32. Jean Andrews (Tirador, Serbis)
31. Enrico Villa (Tirador, Lola)
30. Dan Alvaro (Foster Child, Serbis)
29. Bobby Jerome Go (Serbis, Lola)
28. Timothy Mabalot (Captive, Ma' Rosa)
27. Arianne Camille Rivera (Masahista, Serbis)
26. Jhong Hilario (Kinatay, Lola)
25. Neil Ryan Sese (Captive, Ma'Rosa)
24. Jiro Manio (Foster Child, Tirador)
23. Rustica Carpio (Lola, Captive)
22. Baron Geisler (Sapi, Ma'Rosa)
21. Mon Confiado (Captive, Ma'Rosa)
20. Angel Aquino (Kaleldo, Captive)
19. Cherry Pie Picache (Kaleldo, Foster Child)
18. Nora Aunor (Thy Womb, Taklub)
(#6) 3 FEATURE FILMS
17. Jess Evardone (Foster Child, Tirador, Captive)
16. Raymond Nullan (Kinatay, Lola, Captive)
15. Chris Garrido (Kinatay, Lola, Ma' Rosa)
14. Lauren Novero (Kaleldo, Kinatay, Captive)
13. Nico Taverna (Pantasya, Tirador, Serbis)
12. Inno Amoyo (Masahista, Tirador, Ma' Rosa)
11. Maria Isabel Lopez (Kinatay, Captive, Ma'Rosa)
10. Lou Veloso (Masahista, Kinatay, Taklub)
(#5) 4 FEATURE FILMS
9. Benjie Filomeno (Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, Lola)
8. Jaclyn Jose (Masahista, Tirador, Serbis, Ma' Rosa)
(#4) 5 FEATURE FILMS
7. Allan Paule (Masahista, Kaleldo, Kinatay, Captive, Ma' Rosa)
6. Julio Diaz (Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, Taklub, Ma' Rosa)
(#3) 6 FEATURE FILMS
5. Ruby Ruiz ( Lola, Kinatay, Thy Womb, Sapi, Taklub, Ma' Rosa)
4. Mercedes Cabral (Serbis, Kinatay, Captive, Thy Womb, Sapi, Ma' Rosa)
3. Coco Martin (Masahista, Kaleldo, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, Captive)
(#2) 7 FEATURE FILMS
2. Aaron Rivera (Masahista, Kaleldo, Tirador, Serbis, Kinatay, Taklub, Ma' Rosa)
(#1) 7 FEATURE FILMS, 1 SHORT FILM
1. Kristoffer King (Masahista, Foster Child, Tirador, Serbis, Captive, Sapi, Ma' Rosa, Ang Kamera)
Here is an exclusive Yibada interview with Mendoza about "Ma' Rosa":
Notes:
*Geisler was part of "Captive" but he was edited out.
*Rivera was part of "Sapi" but he was edited out.
*Martin played a pedicab driver in "Foster Child," in which he was the crowd director, but he was not credited as part of the cast.
Each of the following actors has also played a memorable role in one feature film directed by Mendoza:
Katherine Luna (Masahista)
Johnny Delgado (Kaleldo) *deceased
Jonalyn Ablong (Manoro)
Alwyn Uytingco (Foster Child)
Nathan Lopez (Tirador)
Ketchup Eusebio (Lola)
Tanya Gomez (Lola)
Sid Lucero (Captive)
Bernard Palanca (Captive)
Katherine Mulville (Captive)
Marc Zanetta (Captive)
Tado (Captive) *deceased
Ronnie Lazaro (Captive)
Raymond Bagatsing (Captive)
Chanel Latorre (Captive)
Madeleine Nicolas (Captive)
Lovi Poe (Thy Womb)
Dennis Trillo (Sapi)
Soliman Cruz (Taklub)
John Paul Duray (Ma' Rosa)
Jomari Angeles (Ma' Rosa)
Felix Roco (Ma' Rosa)