Ricky Lee
Writing
Biography
Ricardo "Ricky" Arreola Lee (b. March 19, 1948) is a profilic Filipino screenwriter, journalist, novelist, and playwright. Starting in 1973, he has written more than 180 film screenplays and collaborated with many of the Philippines' most notable filmmakers, including Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Ishmael Bernal. Many of his films he written have been screened in international film festivals, including Cannes, Toronto, and Berlin, among others. In 2022, Lee was conferred as National Artist of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts.
As actor 4
On the crew 191
Maalaala Mo Kaya
1991
Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre
2025
Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak
2010
Magkaribal
2010
Silip sa Apoy
2022
Sex Games
2023
Call Me Alma
2023
A Special Memory
2026
Daughters of Eve
1985
They Are Mine
2023
Dino Dinero
1990
Celestina: Burlesk Dancer
2024
The Revolution Knows No Gender
2021
Sidhi
1999
Dyesebel
1990
May-December-January
2022
Midnight Dancers
1994
Calvento Files: The Movie
1997
Curacha: The Restless Woman
1998
Luv Text
2001
Nerisa
2021
Bernal
Dirty Affair
1990
Anak
2000
Buy Now, Die Later
2015
If You Are But a Dream
2002
My Husband, My Lover
2021
Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita
2004
Baby Tsina
1984
Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion
2012
A Miracle
2024
Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II
1997
Bes and the Beshies
2017
Miss You Like Crazy
2010
Baybayin
2012
Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?
1998
Macho Dancer
1989
In My Own Hands
1996
Manila by Night
1980
Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa
1993
Himala
1982
Ooops, Teka Lang... Diskarte Ko 'To!
2001
Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita
1986
Isabel Aquino: I Want to Live
1991
José Rizal
1998
Third World Romance
2023
NBI: The Mariano Mison Story
1997
Hey Babe!
1999
An Affair
1982
Because I Love You
1993
Madonna and Child
1996
Cain and Abel
1982
Palitan
2012
'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede
1999
Bulaklak ng Maynila
1999
Lihis
2013
Muling Umawit ang Puso
1995
Redeem Her Honor
1995
Miss X
1980
May Pag-ibig Pa Kaya?
2002
Kay Tagal Kang Hinintay
1998
Liberated 2
2004
Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin
1994
Goodbye America
1997
Haplos
1982
Lauriana
2013
Sa Kuko ng Agila
1989
Moral
1982
Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?
1997
The '70s
2002
The Flor Contemplacion Story
1995
A Tale of Filipino Violence
2022
Lazy Juan and Mr. Shooli in Mongolian Barbecue: The Movie
1991
Ringgo: The Dog Shooter
2016
Don't Look Back
2006
If Only Love Has Chosen Me
2003
Wherever You Are
2005
Isang Linggong Pag-ibig
1993
How Are The Kids?
1992
The Love Affair
2015
Metamorphosis
2019
Hinukay Ko Na Ang Libingan Mo
1991
The Stepmother
1996
Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan
2004
Minsan, Minahal Kita
2000
Amir
2026
Mundo Man ay Magunaw
1990
Kung Kailangan Mo Ako
1993
Bekis on the Run
2021
One Night
2024
Huwag Mong Salingin ang Sugat Ko
1991
Beautiful Girl
1990
Hangga't May Hininga
1996
In My Life
2009
Sa'yo Lamang
2010
Kapag Nag-abot ang Langit at Lupa
1991
A Separated Woman
1994
Ubos na ang Luha ko
1991
PX
1982
Kill Barbara With Panic
1995
Mila
2001
Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?
1990
My Heart Is Here
1992
Hindi Laruan Ang Puso
1990
Nagsimula sa Puso
1990
New Moon
2001
Soft Hearts
1998
Twilight Dancers
2006
Gabi Kung Sumikat Ang Araw
1983
Green Bones
2024
Ode to Nothing
2018
Trip to Quiapo
2020
Deathrow
2000
Memories of Old Manila
1993
Bente
2009
Stella Magtanggol
1992
Ayoko Na Sanang Magmahal
1993
Apoy sa Puso
1992
Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo
1993
Once Before
2020
Of the Flesh
1983
Culion
2019
Reef Hunters
1999
Miguel/Michelle
1998
The Real Life of Pacita M.
1991
Olongapo: The Great American Dream
1987
Good Midnight
1998
Mangarap Ka
1995
Wala Ka Nang Puwang Sa Mundo
1997
Dubai
2005
The Elsa Castillo Story: The Truth
1994
Burgos
2013
Sabel
2004
Brutal
1980
Yesterday's Promise
1994
Nights of Serafina
1996
Forever
1994
The Trial
2014
White Slavery
1985
Sandakot na Bala
1988
Takbo... Talon... Tili!!!
1992
The Untold Story of Melanie Marquez
1987
Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)
1989
Kahit May Mahal Ka Nang Iba
1993
Asero
1995
Kamoteng Kahoy
2009
Mapusok
1998
Hot Summer
1990
Lucia
1992
Birds of Prey
1988
In da Red Corner
2006
What You Did
2024
Burlesk King
1999
So... Happy Together
2004
Secrets of Pura
1991
Playgirl
1981
Vagabond Woman
1988
Jaguar
1979
Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?
1982
Pakasalan Mo Ako
1991
I Will Survive
2004
Tatarin
2001
Sinner or Saint
1984
Kamay ni Cain
1992
Lagarista
2000
Utol
1996
Hostage
2001
Private Show
1985
Mamarazzi
2010
Saan Ako Nagkamali
1995
Sekyu
2016
Loretta
1994
All Be Damned
1990
Then and Now
2003
Huwag Kang Kikibo...
2001
Hustisya
2014
Iadya Mo Kami
2016
Lahar: Paraisong Abo
1997
Salome
1981
Flesh Avenue
1986
Inheritance
2012
Sanggano
1997
Bomba Arienda
1985
Kaputol
2019
Malikot na Mundo
1999
Inay
1993
Rendezvous
2020
Anak ng Dagat
1991
The Diary of Mrs. Winters
Fuschia
2009
Bukas... May Pangarap
1984