AWARDS

FILM AWARDS:

BEST STORY.

HIMALA. Metro Manila Film Festival Awards. 1982.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Metro Manila Film
Festival. 1990.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Famas. 1990.
ANG TOTOONG BUHAY NI PACITA M. Metro Manila Film Festival. 1991.
DAHIL MAHAL KITA (THE DOLZURA CORTEZ STORY). Manila Film
Festival. 1993.
MULING UMAWIT ANG PUSO. Metro Manila Film Festival Awards. 1995.
RIZAL (co-writer). Best Story, Metro Manila Film Festival, 1998.
MURU-AMI. Metro Manila Film Festival Awards. 1999.
MURU-AMI (co-writer). Best Story. PASADO Awards. 2000.

BEST SCREENPLAY.

JAGUAR (with Jose F. Lacaba). Urian Awards. 1980.
SALOME. Urian Awards. 1981.
HIMALA. Catholic Mass Media Awards. 1982.
MORAL. Metro Manila Film Festival Awards. 1982.
PRIVATE SHOW. Star Awards. 1986.
PAANO KUNG WALA KA NA. Star Awards. 1987.
OLONGAPO, THE GREAT AMERICAN DREAM. Metro Manila Film Festival.
1987.
SANDAKOT NA BALA (with Jose Carreon). Star Awards. 1988.
SANDAKOT NA BALA (with Jose Carreon). Catholic Mass Media Awards.
1988.
KALINANGAN AWARDEE. DIWA NG LAHI CULTURAL AWARD FOR CINEMA,
418TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CITY OF MANILA. 1989.
MACHO DANCER. Star Awards. 1989.
ANG BUKAS AY AKIN (adaptation). Star Awards. 1989.
GUMAPANG KA SA LUSAK. Urian. 1990.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Metro Manila Film
Festival. 1990.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Star Awards. 1990.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Famas. 1990.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Film Academy of the
Philippines. 1990.
ANDREA, PAANO BA ANG MAGING ISANG INA? Young Critics Circle.
1990.
HAHAMAKIN LAHAT. Young Critics Circle. 1990.
ANG TOTOONG BUHAY NI PACITA M. Metro Manila Film Festival. 1991.
ANG TOTOONG BUHAY NI PACITA M. Kritika. 1991.
HUWAG MONG SALINGIN ANG SUGAT. Kritika. 1991.
ANG LALAKI SA SALAMIN EPISODE IN TAKBO, TALON, TILI. METRO MANILA
FILM FESTIVAL. 1992.
DAHIL MAHAL KITA (THE DOLZURA CORTEZ STORY). Manila Film
Festival. 1993.
PANGAKO NG KAHAPON. Star Awards. 1994.
MULING UMAWIT ANG PUSO. Metro Manila Film Festival Awards. 1995.
MAY NAGMAMAHAL SA'YO. Star Awards. 1997.
RIZAL (co-writer). Best Screenplay, Metro Manila Film Festival,
1998.
RIZAL (co-writer). Best Adaptation. Star Awards. 1999.
RIZAL (co-writer). Best Screenplay. FAMAS. 1999.
MURU-AMI (co-writer). Best Screenplay. Metro Manila Film Festival
Awards. 1999.
MURU-AMI (co-writer). Best Screenplay. PASADO Awards. 2000.
BULAKLAK NG MAYNILA. Best Adapted Screenplay. Star Awards. 2000.
BULAKLAK NG MAYNILA. Best Screenplay. Philippine Academy of the
Philippines. 2000.
MURU-AMI. Guillermo de Vega Box Office Writer. 2000.
ANAK. Best Screenplay. Film Academy of the Philippines. 2001.
BAGONG BUWAN. Best Screenplay. Pasado Film Awards. 2002.
NATATANGING GAWAD URIAN LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2003.

TV AWARDS.

BEST STORY: MELINDA. Bahaghari Awards for Telecine, GMA 7,
1996.
BEST TELEPLAY. MELINDA. Bahaghari Awards for Telecine, GMA 7.
1996.

LITERARY AWARDS:

Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Short Story, First Prize,
H'wag, H'wag Mong Kukuwentuhan ang Batang si Wei-fung. 1969.
Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, Short Story, First Prize,
Servando Magdamag. 1970.
Pilipino Free Press, First and Third Prize respectively, annual
Literary awards. H'wag, H'wag Mong Kukuwentuhan ang Batang si
Wei-fung; and Pagtatapos. 1969.
National Book Award, Manila Critics Circle. 1982. Brutal/Salome.
Gawad Balagtas for 1983. Surian ng Wikang Pambansa for
Outstanding Contribution to Literature and Cinema.
Gawad ng Quezon City, 1995. Outstanding Citizen of Quezon
City in the field of film and literature.
Gawad Balagtas Year 2000. Umpil.
Centennial Awardee, Cultural Center of the Philippines, 1998.
Jose Rizal Awards, 2002, in the field of Arts and Culture.
Natatanging Gawad ng Sining at Kultura, Ateneo. 2005.