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Laurice Guillen
Laurice Guillen (born January 31, 1947) is a Filipino actress and director.
Guillen studied at St. Theresa's College, Cebu City, before working on a Masters in Mass Communication at Ateneo de Manila University, followed by a television production course under Nestor Torre, in 1967. She then began work as an actress, starring in productions of Mrs. Warren's Profession, before crossing over to film and television work, playing a seductress in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang, and Corazon Aquino in the drama A Dangerous Life, In 2009 she accepted a role in the indie film Karera, her first role in an independent production. Other credits include in the film Sister Stella L and Moral.
Directing career
A protégé of Lino Brocka, Guillen began her first major work as a director with Init sa Magdamag. In 1984 she directed Salome, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival and described as "the kind of cinematic discovery that single-handedly justifies the festival's existence". Ipagpatawad Mo was also directed by Guillen, as was Dahil Mahal Kita: The Dolzura Cortez Story in 1993, before her retirement from filmmaking. Dedicating herself to the Marian movement, Guillen made pilgrimages to churches and cathedrals throughout the Philippines with her husband, believing that Mary had called on her to experience a spiritual renewal. By 1998 she was thinking about returning to filmmaking, and following a good reception of Ipagpatawad Mo by a group of priests, who encouraged her to back into filmmaking, along with an appearance on Kris Aquino's talk show, she did so.
As director
Man and Wife
Once A Princess
Maskara
Sa'yo Lamang
I Love You, Goodbye
Santa Santita
American Adobo
A Change of Heart
Sana Dalawa Ang Puso Ko
Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang?
The Elsa Castillo Story: The Truth
Because I Love You
Akin ang Pangarap Mo
Lumayo Ka Man sa Akin
Tayong Dalawa
Apoy sa Puso
Ipagpatawad Mo
Una Kang Naging Akin
Ganito Ba Ang Umibig?
Akin Ka, Magdusa Man Ako
Heaven's Judgment
Beautiful Girl
Rosenda
Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)
Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal?
Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan
Should the Skies Clear
Midnight Passion
Salome
The Marriage
As actor
FANEY (The Fan)
Call My Manager: Pilot Episodes
The Guardian of Honor
Moro
Moro
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
Circa
Dark Is the Night
Whistleblower
Salamat sa Alaala
(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children)
Ad Ignorantiam
Babe, I Love You
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
Ante
The Wanderer
Then and Now
The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
Bakit Ikaw Pa Rin?
Bakit Iisa Lamang ang Puso?
Abot Hanggang Sukdulan
Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid
Sa Kuko ng Agila
Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin
Begging for Love
Bakit Madalas Ang Tibok Ng Puso!
Tinik sa Dibdib
Why Are the Clouds Thin?
Sister Stella L.
A Tired, Angry Moon on a Restless Night