Ricardo Lee
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Ricardo Lee

Mar 19, 1948 - Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines

Ricardo Arreola Lee (b. March 19, 1948), also known as Ricky Lee, is a profilic Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays and collaborated with many of the Philippines' most notable filmmakers, including Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films he written have been screened in international film festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin, among others. In 2022, Lee was conferred as National Artist of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts.

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Movie2005The Son of Brocka
Movie2012Himala NgayonSelf
Movie1986Beyond the Mainstream: A Salute to Philippine Independent Cinema
Movie2019Ang Babae sa Septic Tank 3: The Real Untold Story of Josephine Bracken (Movie Cut)Himself

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Movie1990Hindi Laruan Ang PusoScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Pakasalan Mo AkoScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Pakasalan Mo AkoStoryWriting
Movie1990Mundo Man ay MagunawScreenplayWriting
Movie2004Liberated 2WriterWriting
Movie2009BenteWriterWriting
Movie2023Call Me AlmaWriterWriting
Movie1982Cain and AbelStoryWriting
Movie1993Kahit May Mahal Ka Nang IbaWriterWriting
Movie2012Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The InvasionScreenplayWriting
Movie1989Macho DancerScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Midnight DancersScreenplayWriting
Movie2013LaurianaScreenplayWriting
Movie2013LaurianaStoryWriting
Movie2013LihisScreenplayWriting
Movie2000The Film BikerScreenplayWriting
Movie1984Bukas... May PangarapScreenplayWriting
Movie1984Sinner or SaintScreenplayWriting
Movie1984Sinner or SaintStoryWriting
Movie1989Sa Kuko ng AgilaScreenplayWriting
Movie1982MoralStoryWriting
Movie1982An AffairStoryWriting
Movie2022A Tale of Filipino ViolenceScreenplayWriting
Movie2022Silip Sa ApoyWriterWriting
Movie2013BurgosScreenplayWriting
Movie1983Of the FleshScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Bulaklak ng MaynilaScreenplayWriting
Movie2021The Revolution Knows No GenderCreative ConsultantCrew
Movie1988Birds of PreyScreenplayWriting
Movie2001Huwag Kang Kikibo...ScreenplayWriting
Movie2014HustisyaScreenplayWriting
Movie1981SalomeScreenplayWriting
Movie1979JaguarScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Yesterday's PromiseScreenplayWriting
Movie1992Takbo... Talon... Tili!!!ScreenplayWriting
Movie1980Miss XStoryWriting
Movie1980Miss XScreenplayWriting
Movie2009FuschiaStoryWriting
Movie2009FuschiaScreenplayWriting
Movie2001TatarinScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Malikot na MundoScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Isabel Aquino: I Want to LiveScreenplayWriting
Movie2014The TrialWriterWriting
Movie2000The ChildScreenplayWriting
Movie2023They Are MineWriterWriting
Movie1994LorettaStoryWriting
Movie1998MapusokScreenplayWriting
Movie1994ForeverScreenplayWriting
Movie1992How Are The Kids?WriterWriting
Movie1985Daughters of EveWriterWriting
Movie1991Secrets of PuraScreenplayWriting
Movie1992Apoy sa PusoScreenplayWriting
Movie2021My Husband, My LoverScreenplayWriting
Movie1990All Be DamnedWriterWriting
Movie1996The StepmotherScreenplayWriting
Movie1995The Flor Contemplacion StoryScreenplayWriting
Movie1998José RizalScreenplayWriting
Movie2006Don't Look BackScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Reef HuntersScreenplayWriting
Movie2005Wherever You AreScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Burlesk KingScreenplayWriting
Movie2006Twilight DancersScreenplayWriting
Movie1996Madonna and ChildScreenplayWriting
Movie1985White SlaveryScreenplayWriting
Movie2022May-December-JanuaryWriterWriting
Movie2010Sa'yo LamangStoryWriting
Movie2010MamarazziStoryWriting
Movie2010MamarazziScreenplayWriting
Movie2009Kamoteng KahoyWriterWriting
Movie2000DeathrowScreenplayWriting
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Movie2004I Will SurviveScreenplayWriting
Movie2003Then and NowStoryWriting
Movie2005DubaiStoryWriting
Movie2005DubaiScreenplayWriting
Movie1998Good MidnightStoryWriting
Movie1997Lahar: Paraisong AboWriterWriting
Movie1997Calvento Files: The MovieScreenplayWriting
Movie2001New MoonWriterWriting
Movie1997Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?StoryWriting
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Movie1997Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie IIScreenplayWriting
Movie1993Because I Love: The Dolzura Cortez StoryScreenplayWriting
Movie1994SeparadaScreenplayWriting
Movie2012BaybayinScriptCrew
Movie1995Redeem Her HonorScreenplayWriting
Movie1984Baby TsinaScreenplayWriting
Movie1995Kill Barbara With PanicScreenplayWriting
Movie1998Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?ScreenplayWriting
Movie1995AseroScreenplayWriting
Movie2004Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal KitaScreenplayWriting
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Movie2004So... Happy TogetherScreenplayWriting
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Movie2004SabelScreenplayWriting
Movie2004SabelStoryWriting
Movie1999'Di Puwedeng Hindi PuwedeStoryWriting
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Movie1995Mangarap KaScreenplayWriting
Movie1999Hey Babe!StoryWriting
Movie1999Hey Babe!ScreenplayWriting
Movie1996UtolScreenplayWriting
Movie1996In My Own HandsScreenplayWriting
Movie1996Hangga't May HiningaScriptCrew
Movie2000Once, I Loved YouStoryWriting
Movie2001HostageStoryWriting
Movie2001Ooops, Teka Lang... Diskarte Ko 'To!StoryWriting
Movie2001MilaScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Hinukay Ko Na Ang Libingan MoScreenplayWriting
Movie2012InheritanceWriterWriting
Movie1991The Real Life of Pacita M.ScreenplayWriting
Movie1991The Real Life of Pacita M.StoryWriting
Movie1991The Real Life of Pacita M.MusicSound
Movie1997Goodbye AmericaStoryWriting
Movie1982PXScreenplayWriting
Movie1982PXScreenstoryWriting
Movie1993Memories of Old ManilaScreenplayWriting
Movie1998Pusong MamonScreenplayWriting
Movie2021NerisaScreenplayWriting
Movie2001Luv TextWriterWriting
Movie1990Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?ScreenplayWriting
Movie1990Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?StoryWriting
Movie1988Sandakot Na BalaScreenplayWriting
Movie1991Ubos na ang Luha koScreenplayWriting
Movie2016SekyuScreenplayWriting
Movie1987Olongapo: The Great American DreamWriterWriting
Movie1987The Untold Story of Melanie MarquezWriterWriting
Movie1990Dirty AffairScreenplayWriting
Movie2016Iadya Mo KamiScreenplayWriting
Movie1994The Elsa Castillo Story: The TruthWriterWriting
Movie1998Curacha: The Restless WomanStoryWriting
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Movie1982HaplosScreenplayWriting
Movie1981PlaygirlStoryWriting
Movie1986Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan KitaScreenplayWriting
Movie1986Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan KitaStoryWriting
Movie1992LuciaScreenplayWriting
Movie1992Stella MagtanggolScreenplayWriting
Movie1992Stella MagtanggolStoryWriting
Movie1981PlaygirlScreenplayWriting
Movie1989Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)ScreenplayWriting
Movie1989Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)StoryWriting
Movie1982Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?ScreenplayWriting
Movie1982Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?StoryWriting
Movie1983Gabi Kung Sumikat Ang ArawScreenplayWriting
Movie2016Ringgo: The Dog ShooterScreenplayWriting
Movie1994Midnight DancersStoryWriting
Movie1993InayStoryWriting
Movie1993InayScreenplayWriting
Movie1986Flesh AvenueWriterWriting
MovieN/AThe Diary of Mrs. WintersScreenplayWriting
Movie1993Isang Linggong Pag-ibigScreenplayWriting
Movie1993Ayoko Na Sanang MagmahalScreenplayWriting
Movie1993Kung Tayo'y MagkakalayoScreenplayWriting
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Movie1990DyesebelScreenplayWriting
Movie2024One NightStoryWriting
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Movie1997SangganoWriterWriting
Movie2023Sex GamesWriterWriting
Movie2002May Pag-ibig Pa Kaya?WriterWriting
Movie1994I Will Only Love You OnceScreenplayWriting
Movie2021NerisaStoryWriting
Movie1992Kamay ni CainScreenplayWriting
Movie1980Manila by NightWriterWriting
Movie1996Nights of SerafinaWriterWriting
Movie1988Babaing HampaslupaWriterWriting
Movie2019CulionWriterWriting
Movie2019MetamorphosisScript ConsultantWriting
Movie2020Once BeforeWriterWriting
Movie1991Lazy Juan and Mr. Shooli in Mongolian Barbecue: The MovieScreenplayWriting
Movie2020RendezvousWriterWriting
Movie1991Huwag Mong Salingin ang Sugat KoScreenplayWriting
Movie2006In da Red CornerProducerProduction
Movie2012PalitanScript ConsultantWriting
Movie1993Kung Kailangan Mo AkoScreenplayWriting
Movie2015Buy Now, Die LaterCreative ProducerWriting
Movie1990Hot SummerStoryWriting
Movie1990Hot SummerScreenplayWriting
Movie1982MoralScreenplayWriting
Movie2022A Tale of Filipino ViolenceStoryWriting
Movie2017Bes and the BeshiesScreenplayWriting
Movie2002If You Are But a DreamScreenplayWriting
Movie1982Cain and AbelScreenplayWriting
Movie2019KaputolWriterWriting
Movie2024What You DidCreative ConsultantCrew
Movie2024Green BonesScreenplayWriting
Movie2024A MiracleScreenplayWriting
Movie2024Celestina: Burlesk DancerWriterWriting
Movie1991Anak ng DagatScreenplayWriting
Movie2024A MiracleExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1985Bomba AriendaWriterWriting
Movie1990Nagsimula sa PusoWriterWriting
Movie1995Muling Umawit ang PusoWriterWriting
Movie1990Dino DineroScreenplayWriting
Movie1993Lumuhod Ka Sa LupaScreenplayWriting
Movie1982HaplosStoryWriting
Movie1991Kapag Nag-abot ang Langit at LupaWriterWriting
Movie2002The '70sScript ConsultantWriting
Movie1997NBI: The Mariano Mison StoryScreenplayWriting
Movie2004Otso Otso Pamela-mela WanScript ConsultantWriting
Movie1982MiracleWriterWriting
Movie2009In My LifeScript ConsultantWriting
Movie2018Ode to NothingThanksCrew
Movie2026A Special MemoryWriterWriting
Movie2010Miss You Like CrazyCreative ConsultantCrew
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Movie2003If Only Love Has Chosen MeScript ConsultantWriting
Movie1980BrutalWriterWriting
Movie2015The Love AffairScript ConsultantWriting
Movie1992My Heart Is HereWriterWriting
TV Show1991Maalaala Mo KayaWriterWriting
TV Show2025Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'greDevelopment ManagerProduction
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TV Show2020Trip to QuiapoCreatorCreator
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