Laurice Guillen
Acting · Directing · Writing
Born January 29, 1947, Butuan City, Agusan Del Norte, Philippines
Laurice Ilagan Guillen-Feleo (born January 31, 1947) is a Filipino actress, film and television director, and college professor. She began acting in the early 70s until her first major work as a director in 1979 with the romantic drama film Kasal?. In 1981, she helmed the drama film Salome, which was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival. After a short-term retirement, she returned with the multi-awarded 2001 family drama Tanging Yaman and another drama film, Santa Santita, in 2004, which represented her home country at the Bangkok International Film Festival. Guillen served as Chief Executive Officer of the Film Development Council of the Philippines until 2005 and helped found the Directors Guild of the Philippines. She has led the Cinemalaya Foundation since September 2010, overseeing its core mission to discover, encourage, and honor cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers.
Filmography
- 2025FANEY (The Fan) — Lola Milagros/Bona
- My Husband's Wife — Director
- 2024The Guardian of Honor — Mamang Anita
- 2023Moro — Mangindra
- 2023Moro
- Unbreak My Heart — Lily Tansengco-Zhang
- Apoy sa Langit — Director
- Count the Stars in the Sky — Director
- 2019Circa
- 2019Man and Wife — Screenplay, Director
- 2018Dark Is the Night
- Ika-5 Utos — Director
- Ika-6 na Utos — Director
- Until We Meet Again — Director
- 2016Whistleblower — Pacita de Gala
- Second Chances — Director
- 2014(Filipino: In the Name of the Father, Mother, and Children) — Pyra Justine De Salva
- Carmela: Ang Pinakamagandang Babae sa Mundong Ibabaw — Fides Hernando-Torres
- 2014Once a Princess — Director
- Akin Pa Rin ang Bukas — Director
- 2012Ad Ignorantiam
- Aryana — Elnora Mendez
- 2011Maskara — Director, Executive Producer
- Reputasyon — Concordia Villamayor
- 2010Babe, I Love You — Isabel Borromeo
- 2010Sa'yo Lamang — Director
- 2009Ante — LV
- 2009I Love You, Goodbye — Director, Screenplay
- Iisa Pa Lamang — Estelle Torralba
- 2008The Wanderer — Diwate / Bruha / Kapre
- 2004Santa Santita — Director
- 2003Then and Now — Maggie
- 2001American Adobo — Director
- 2000A Change of Heart — Screenplay, Director, Story
- 1995Sana Dalawa Ang Puso Ko — Screenplay, Director
- 1994Bakit Ngayon Ka Lang? — Director
- 1994The Elsa Castillo Story: The Truth — Director
- 1994The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)
- 1993Because I Love You — Director
- 1992Akin ang Pangarap Mo — Director
- 1992Apoy sa Puso — Director
- 1992Lumayo Ka Man sa Akin — Director
- 1992The Two of Us — Director
- 1991Akin Ka, Magdusa Man Ako — Director
- 1991Ganito Ba Ang Umibig? — Director
- 1991Ipagpatawad Mo — Director
- 1991Una Kang Naging Akin — Director
- 1990Bakit Ikaw Pa Rin?
- 1990Beautiful Girl — Director, Writer
- 1990Heaven's Judgment — Director
- 1989Abot Hanggang Sukdulan — Dory Paredes
- 1989Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig) — Director
- 1989Bakit Iisa Lamang ang Puso?
- 1989Baleleng and the Golden Mermaid — Cedes
- 1989Rosenda — Director
- 1989Sa Kuko ng Agila — Lumeng
- 1988Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal? — Director
- 1987Kung Aagawin Mo ang Lahat sa Akin — Clara Andrada
- 1986Bakit Madalas Ang Tibok Ng Puso!
- 1986Begging for Love — Mitos
- 1985Kapag Puso'y Sinugatan — Director
- 1985Tinik sa Dibdib — Laurice
- 1985Why Are the Clouds Thin? — Lally
- 1984Dear Mama
- 1984Should the Skies Clear — Director
- 1984Sister Stella L. — Sister Stella Bautista
- 1983A Tired, Angry Moon on a Restless Night — Delza De Joya
- 1983Midnight Passion — Director
- 1982Moral — Maggie
- 1981Salome — Story, Director
- 1980Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo — Story, Director
- 1980The Marriage — Director
- 1979Bedspacers
- 1979Gabun
- 1979Heat
- 1979Mother, Sister, Daughter — Thelma
- 1978Wake Up... Maruja — Cristy
- 1977Moments in a Stolen Dream — Cecile
- 1977Mother
- 1976Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- 1974Fe, Esperanza, Caridad — Marta (segment "Caridad")
- 1974Weighed But Found Wanting — Milagros
- 1971Crush Ko Si Sir
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2025Call My Manager! — Self
- 2019Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema — Herself
- 2015Salamat sa Alaala — Herself
- 2010Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema — herself