---
name: "Mike de Leon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-de-leon"
fi1m_id: "mike-de-leon"
imdb_id: "nm0209672"
tmdb_id: 223844
wikidata_id: "Q6846530"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "24 May 1947"
died: "28 August 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:02:32.063380+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mike de Leon

## Identity

Mike de Leon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-de-leon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-de-leon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0209672
- **TMDB ID:** 223844
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6846530
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_de_Leon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6846530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/223844

Producer. Born 24 May 1947 in Manila, Philippines. Died 28 August 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 24 May 1947, Manila, Philippines
- **Died:** 28 August 2025
- **Also known as:** Miguel de Leon
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_de_Leon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6846530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0209672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/223844

## Biography

Mike de Leon (also credited as Miguel de Leon) was a Filipino film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Manila on 24 May 1947 and died on 28 August 2025. He studied at Ateneo de Manila University and the University of Heidelberg.

De Leon established the production company Cinema Artists Philippines in 1975. Its first film was Lino Brocka's *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), on which he served as producer and cinematographer. He went on to direct *Itim* (1976), *Kung Mangarap Ka't Magising* (1977), *Kakabakaba Ka Ba?* (1980), *Kisapmata* (1981), *Batch '81* (1981), *Sister Stella L.* (1984), *Bayaning 3rd World* (2000) and *Citizen Jake* (2018). His films often addressed Philippine social and political themes. He was the grandson of Narcisa de Leon of LVN Pictures.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), Fi1m 87, Producer, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Crossroads* (2022), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *Mr. Li* (2019), Director, Writer
- *Swamp Patch* (2019), Director
- *A Word from the Director* (2018), Narrator, Director
- *Citizen Jake* (2018), Producer, Director, Screenplay
- *Never Again* (2016), Director
- *Omens* (2008), Director, Editor
- *An Actor Remembers* (2006), Producer, Editor, Director
- *Keka* (2003), Thanks
- *Third World Hero* (2000), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Motorsiklo* (2000), Producer, Writer
- *Aliwan Paradise* (1993), Director
- *Southern Winds* (1993), Director
- *Ynang-Bayan: To be a Woman is to Live at a Time of War* (1991), Additional Camera
- *Prisoner in the Dark* (1986), Screenplay, Director, Editor
- *An Indivisible Heaven* (1985), Director
- *Sister Stella L.* (1984), Director, Screenplay
- *Batch '81* (1982), Director, Writer
- *Kisapmata* (1981), Director, Screenplay
- *Will Your Heart Beat Faster?* (1980), Director, Screenplay
- *Aguila* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Moments in a Stolen Dream* (1977), Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
- *The Rites of May* (1976), Director
- *Manila in the Claws of Light* (1975), Producer, Director of Photography — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/manila-in-the-claws-of-light.md)
- *Monologo* (1975), Director
- *Manila... A Filipino Film* (1975), Producer
- *Happy Days Are Here Again* (1974), Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-02708c3ac557.jpg) The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F — E911a, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_18.jpg/1280px-The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_18.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-5e3c19a6f752.jpg) The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F — E911a, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_09.jpg/1280px-The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-5a4e3ffe8b57.jpg) The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F — E911a, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_19.jpg/1280px-The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_19.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater on 20 August 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-5947bdc9be59.jpg) The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater on 20 August 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F — E911a, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_17.jpg/1280px-The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_17.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mike de Leon](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-35c0c178a52c.jpg) Mike de Leon — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike de Leon](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-7387c5d12cf8.jpg) Mike de Leon — Image via TMDB
- ![The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-fb75ea31c6c2.jpg) The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F — E911a, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_08.jpg/1280px-The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_08.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F](https://film.one/media/person/3919937/gallery-543ee5fa221e.jpg) The newly-renovated Manila Metropolitan Theater in August 20 2023 (with the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP), it offers "Mga Hiyas ng Sineng F — E911a, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_14.jpg/1280px-The_Manila_Metropolitan_Theater_%28Metro_Manila_Districts%3B_2023-08-20%29_E911a_14.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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