Jose Javier Reyes

Jose Javier Reyes
Chairperson of the Film Development Council of the Philippines
Assumed office
April 8, 2024
PresidentBongbong Marcos
Preceded byTirso Cruz III
Personal details
Born
Jose Javier Reyes

(1954-10-21) October 21, 1954 (age 69)
Philippines
OccupationDirector, writer, screenwriter, professor
Known forFilm and television writing and direction, essayist, professor, TV host

Jose "Joey" Javier Reyes (born October 21, 1954) is a Filipino director, screenwriter, lyricist,[1][2] and actor. He has won awards at the Gawad Urian, Metro Manila Film Festival and Filipino Star Awards for Movies for his films, which include Pahiram ng Isang Umaga, Batang PX and Kasal, Kasali, Kasalo. He also wrote the screenplay for Filipino blockbuster Four Sisters and a Wedding from which a Filipino meme featuring Bea Alonzo was sourced. Javier Reyes is the uncle of Mark A. Reyes.

  1. ^ Yeatter, Bryan L. (2007). Cinema of the Philippines: a history and filmography, 1897–2005. McFarland & Co. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-7864-3047-5. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Martin, Fran (September 24, 2008). AsiaPacifiQueer: rethinking genders and sexualities. University of Illinois Press. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-252-07507-0. Retrieved May 2, 2011.