About
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.
Filmography
Amir2026 · Writer
A Special Memory2026 · Writer, Screenplay
Green Bones2024 · Screenplay
A Miracle2024 · Screenplay, Executive Producer
Celestina: Burlesk Dancer2024 · Writer
What You Did2024 · Creative Consultant
One Night2024 · Story, Screenplay
They Are Mine2023 · Writer
Call Me Alma2023 · Writer
Sex Games2023 · Writer
May-December-January2022 · Writer
A Tale of Filipino Violence2022 · Screenplay, Story
Silip sa Apoy2022 · Writer
The Revolution Knows No Gender2021 · Creative Consultant
My Husband, My Lover2021 · Screenplay
Bekis on the Run2021 · Writer
Nerisa2021 · Screenplay, Story
Rendezvous2020 · Writer
Once Before2020 · Writer
Culion2019 · Writer