Jun Robles Lana

Jun Robles Lana (born Rodolfo R. Lana Jr. on 10 October 1972) is a Filipino director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Bwakaw (2012), Barber's Tales (2013), Die Beautiful (2016), Kalel, 15 (2019), About Us But Not About Us (2023), And the Breadwinner Is... (2024), and Call Me Mother (2025). The winner of 11 Palanca Awards for Literature, Lana became the youngest member of the Palanca Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2015, he directed the actual one-shot film, Shadow Behind The Moon, which won the Best Director, NETPAC, and FIPRESCI awards at the 13th Pacific Meridian Film Festival. At the 20th International Film Festival of Kerala, he won the Best Director award for the same film. In 2019, he won the Best Director Award for his feature film Kalel, 15 at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. He is a four-time FAMAS Award winner and a two-time Gawad Urian winner.