Famous People with Name Cirio

Cirio H. Santiago            Origin/Culture/Country: Philippines

Cirio H. Santiago: was a prolific Filipino film producer, director, writer and cinematographer. He also uses the screen names: Cirio Santiago and Leonard Hermes.In the 1970s, he directed English-language films, some of which portrayed black actors and actresses as action heroes. He is known for the films such as Savage! (film) (1973), T.N.T. Jackson (1975) and Firehawk (1993). In the 1980s, he focused on creating low-budget Vietnam war movies. He had worked with U.S. producer, Roger Corman and U.S. directors namely Jonathan Demme, Joe Dante and Carl Franklin. In 1995, he became the president of the Philippines Film Development Fund, a position appointed to him by the then President Fidel V. Ramos, to improve the quality of Filipino films and also to encourage the production of foreign movies on location in the Philippines. Santiago died September 26, 2008 from lung cancer.