Bing Lao

Armando "Bing" Lao (September 6, 1948 – June 18, 2024) was a Filipino screenwriter and film director best known for writing the screenplay for films such as Brillante Mendoza's Kinatay, Jeffrey Jeturian's Kubrador and Pila Balde, and Chito S. Roño's Suntok sa Buwan.

Lao also founded the Philippines' influential "Found Story Screenwriting Workshop".

Lao died at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City, on June 18, 2024, at the age of 75.

Filmography

Screenwriter

Director

• Red (2024) - Assistant Director
• Biyaheng Lupa (2009)
• Ag Ignorantiam (2012)
• Dukit (2013)

Producer

• Biyaheng Lupa (2009)
• Here comes the Bride (2010)
• Trespassers (2011)
• Shackled (2012)

Editor

• Gensan Punch (2021) - shared with Ysballe Denoga and Peter Arian Vito
• The Monkey and the Turtle (2023)

Actor

• Service (2008)
• Biyaheng Lupa (2009)
• Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (2011)

Accolades

References