Biography
Pio De Castro III was a Filipino actor, director, screenwriter and film critic. He began acting in the mid-1970s and appeared as Imo in Lino Brocka’s Manila in the Claws of Light (1975).
He later took supporting roles in films including Mga uod at rosas (1982) and Working Girls 2 (1987). De Castro directed two features: Soltero (1984), which received five Gawad Urian Award nominations, and Ina, kasusuklaman ba kita? (1985). He died on 22 March 2001.
