Writer
Ricky Lee
78 years · Daet, Camarines Norte, Philippines · 152 films
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.
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Filmography 150
A Special Memory
2026 · Writer, Screenplay
Green Bones
2024 · Screenplay
On Netflix
A Miracle
2024 · Screenplay
On Netflix
Celestina: Burlesk Dancer
2024 · Writer
One Night
2024 · Screenplay
They Are Mine
2023 · Writer
On Fawesome
Call Me Alma
2023 · Writer
On Filmtap
Sex Games
2023 · Writer
On Fawesome
May-December-January
2022 · Writer
On Filmtap
A Tale of Filipino Violence
2022 · Screenplay
Silip sa Apoy
2022 · Writer
My Husband, My Lover
2021 · Screenplay
On Plex
Bekis on the Run
2021 · Writer
On Fawesome
Nerisa
2021 · Screenplay
On Filmtap
Rendezvous
2020 · Writer
Once Before
2020 · Writer
On Fawesome
Culion
2019 · Writer
The Woman in the Septic Tank 3: The Real Untold Story of Josephine Bracken (Movie Cut)
2019 · Himself
Kaputol
2019 · Writer
Bes and the Beshies
2017 · Screenplay
Iadya Mo Kami
2016 · Screenplay
Sekyu
2016 · Screenplay
The Trial
2014 · Writer
Hustisya
2014 · Screenplay