Cirio H. Santiago

Director

Producer/director Cirio H. Santiago is the son of Dr. Ciriaco Santiago, who founded Premiere Productions in Manila in 1946. He has two siblings. After starting out as a producer he started directing english-language movies in the early 70s. Santiago became one of the pioneers of the "Blaxploitation" genre by being one of the first to cast black actors and especially actresses as strong action heroes. Movies like TNT Jackson (1974) became instant cult classics. In the 80s, Santiago became known for his numerous low-budget Vietnam war movies such as Firehawk (1993) which gave him a reputation as the "master of the Vietnam war genre". A long running production partnership with Roger Corman assured proper distribution of his movies in the USA. Many of today's hottest filmmakers such as Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante or Carl Franklin got their first directing jobs with Santiago. In 1995 he was named president of the Philippines Film Development Funds by President Ramos. The organization strives to uplift the quality of Filipino filmmaking to new, higher standards and to encourage production of foreign movies on location in the Philippines. Premiere Productions, headed by Cirio H. Santiago, still remains one of the biggest studios in the Philippines and went public in 1997.

Born: January 18, 1936 in Manila, Philippines

Died: September 26, 2008 (Age 72)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Machete Maidens Unleashed! Movie	7.2	Actor	Self	2010
Angel of Destruction Movie	5	Production	Producer	1994
Angelfist Movie	4.6	Directing	Director, Producer	1993
Bamboo Gods and Iron Men Movie	4.5	Production	Producer	1974
Field of Fire Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1991
Killer Instinct Movie	4.2	Directing	Director	1988
Beyond the Call of Duty Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	3.5	Directing	Director	1992
Blackbelt Movie	4.9	Production	Producer	1992
The Blood Drinkers Movie	5.1	Production	Producer	1964
Bloodfist Movie	4.6	Production	Producer	1989
Bloodfist II Movie	4.7	Production	Producer	1990
Caged Fury Movie	3.3	Directing	Director	1983
Caged Heat II: Stripped of Freedom Movie	3.5	Directing	Director, Producer	1994
Cover Girl Models Movie	4.1	Directing	Director, Producer	1975
Death Force Movie	5.1	Directing	Director, Story	1978
Demon of Paradise Movie	3.6	Directing	Screenplay, Director, Producer	1987
Dune Warriors Movie	3.8	Directing	Director, Producer	1991
Equalizer 2000 Movie	3.9	Directing	Director, Producer	1987
Eye of the Eagle Movie	4.1	Directing	Director	1987
Eye of the Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy Movie	4.4	Production	Producer	1989
Final Mission Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1984
Firecracker Movie	5.3	Directing	Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer, Story	1981
Fly Me Movie	4.5	Directing	Director	1973
Future Hunters Movie	4.1	Directing	Director	1986
Harold Robbins' Body Parts Movie	4.1	Production	Producer	2001
Hell Hole Movie	4.4	Directing	Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay	1978
Hustler Squad Movie	3.3	Production	Producer	1976
Kill Zone Movie	4	Directing	Director, Producer	1993
Last Stand at Lang Mei Movie	4.6	Directing	Director	1989
Live by the Fist Movie	4.2	Directing	Director, Producer	1993
Naked Vengeance Movie	5.5	Directing	Director, Producer	1985
Nam Angels Movie	4.7	Directing	Director	1989
One Man Army Movie	3.8	Directing	Director	1994
Operation Balikatan Movie	3.4	Directing	Director, Producer	2003
Raiders of the Sun Movie	3.8	Directing	Director	1992
Savage! Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1973
Ebony, Ivory & Jade Movie	4.4	Directing	Director	1976
Silk Movie	3.7	Directing	Director, Associate Producer, Producer, Story	1986
Silk 2 Movie	4.2	Directing	Director, Producer	1990
Stranglehold Movie	4.6	Directing	Director	1994
Stryker Movie	4.1	Directing	Director, Producer	1983
TNT Jackson Movie	4.9	Directing	Director, Producer	1974
The Big Bird Cage Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6	Production	Producer	1972
The Big Doll House Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	5.9	Production	Producer	1971
The Day of the Trumpet Movie	4.9	Production	Producer	1958
The Devastator Movie	4.7	Directing	Director, Producer	1986
The Expendables Movie	4.2	Directing	Director	1988
The Hot Box Movie	4.5	Production	Producer	1972
The Muthers Movie	4.7	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	1976
The Sisterhood Movie	3.5	Directing	Director, Producer	1988
Up from the Depths Movie	3.5	Production	Producer	1979
Vampire Hookers Movie	3.7	Directing	Director	1978
Water Wars Movie	3.2	Directing	Director	2014
Wheels of Fire Movie	4.6	Directing	Director, Producer	1985
Women in Cages Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	5.1	Production	Producer	1971
Blackbelt II: Fatal Force Movie	3.1	Production	Executive Producer	1989
Fast Gun Movie	4	Directing	Director	1988
Home Alone da Riber Movie	7.5	Writing	Writer	2002
Vulcan Movie	6.7	Directing	Director, Producer, Story	1997
Gabi ng Lagim Ngayon Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1980
Once a Moth Movie	8.1	Production	Executive Producer	1976
Darna At Ang Babaing Tuod Movie	5.1	Directing	Director	1964
Wild Grass Movie		Production	Executive Producer	1997
Anak ng Bulkan Movie	7.2	Writing	Idea	1959
Captain Barbell Movie	4.9	Production	Executive Producer	2003
Ifugao Movie	5.7	Writing	Screenplay, Story	1954
Lollipops and Roses Movie	6.5	Production	Producer	1971
The Arizona Kid Movie	5.5	Production	Producer	1970
Pusang Itim Movie		Directing	Director, Story	1958
A Time for Dying Movie	7.7	Directing	Director, Writer	1970
Fe, Esperanza, Caridad Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1974
Terror In Paradise Movie	5	Production	Producer	1992
Ultimatum Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1994
Tokyo 1960 Movie	7.6	Production	Producer	1957
Wanted: Johnny L Movie		Directing	Director	1966
7 Gabi sa Hong Kong Movie		Production	Producer	1966
Tinimbang Ka, Bakit Husto? Movie		Production	Producer	1977
Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	2.9	Directing	Director	2000
Firehawk Movie	4.7	Directing	Director, Producer	1993
The Hunt for Eagle One Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	4	Production	Co-Producer	2006
Happy Days Are Here Again Movie		Directing	Director	1974
Ama Namin Movie		Production	Executive Producer	1998
Doble Kara Movie		Directing	Director	1978
Bicol Express Movie		Directing	Director	1957
Impossible Dream Movie		Directing	Director, Story	1973
Laban sa Lahat Movie		Directing	Director	1958
Pepeng Kaliwete Movie		Directing	Director, Producer	1958
Masikip ang Daigdig Movie		Directing	Director	1962
Konsiyerto ng Kamatayan Movie	6	Directing	Director	1961
Pagsapit ng Hatinggabi Movie		Directing	Director	1960
Sa Pagitan Ng Dalawang Mata Movie		Directing	Director	1963
Footsteps without a Trace Movie		Directing	Director	1961
Bloodfist 2050 Movie	3	Directing	Director, Producer	2005
Terminal Virus Movie	3.4	Production	Producer	1995
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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