Brillante Mendoza, also known as Dante Mendoza, is a Filipino independent filmmaker. Mendoza is known one of the key members associated with the Philippine New Wave.
Mendoza at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in September 2012
Philippine New Wave is a filmmaking term that has been popularly associated with the resurgence of independent, digital and experimental films in the Philippines began in the 21st century, and merged into a recent filmmaking period known as the Third Golden Age of Philippine cinema.
Diaz (pictured in 2016), director of The Woman Who Left, won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
De Leon at the Film Development Council of the Philippines' Honor of Arts in 2023
Mendoza, director of Kinatay, won the Best Director award at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival.