José Nepomuceno

José Nepomuceno y Zialcita was one of the pioneering directors and producers of Philippine cinema. He is also known as the "founder of Philippine movies", and he had his own production company Jose Nepomuceno Productions. He produced the first Filipino silent film entitled Dalagang Bukid in 1919. The film starred Atang de la Rama, a future National Artist of the Philippines. He also directed Un (El) Capullo Marchito in 1920. It starred Luisa Acuña, who then became a famous leading lady in Filipino silent films.

15 May 1893

Born on the same birth day (15 May): Ahmet Zappa • Alison Jackson (artist) • Anastasia Gasanova • Anna Maria Alberghetti • Birdy (singer) • Brian Dozier • Chris Masoe • Dayana Yastremska • Dominic Scott • Gavin Nebbeling • Hilda Bernstein • Jasper Johns • Jiří Němec • Kathleen Sebelius • Lois Johnson • Luis Monti • Mikhail Bulgakov • Ruth Marcus (journalist) • Sophie Raworth • Sukhdev Thapar • Tyler Walker (baseball)

Born in the same month (May 1893): Arthur Carr (cricketer) • Edd Roush • Ernest Stoneman • Francis Ouimet • Frank J. Selke • Giles Chippindall • H. Bonciu • Max Brand • Tonita Peña • William Moulton Marston