1971 FAMAS Awards

19th FAMAS Awards
Date	1971
Site	Philippines
Hosted by	Fred Montilla and Boots Anson-Roa
Highlights
Best Picture	Mga Anghel na Walang Langit (FPJ Productions)
Most awards	Mga Anghel na Walang Langit (6 wins)

The 19th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held in 1971 for the Outstanding Achievements for the year 1970.

Mga Anghel na Walang Langit of FPJ Productions a movie about the life of street children won the most awards with 6 wins including the FAMAS Award for Best Picture and Best Story for Ronwaldo Reyes. This is the first movie where FPJ used the name Ronwaldo Reyes. Except from close associates in the production, no one knew who Ronwaldo Reyes was until the FAMAS awarding when Reyes was declared as the winner for best story. FPJ appeared and revealed himself as the man behind the man. Since then, he had been using the name in his writing and directorial credit.[1] On the other hand, Eddie Garcia was nominated in 3 different categories; Best Director for Crisis, best actor for Tubog sa Ginto (winner) and Best Supporting Actor for Pipo.[2][3]

Awards

Major Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface.

Best Picture	Best Director
Mga Anghel na walang Langit — FPJ Productions Psycho Sex Killer — Emar Pictures Santiago! — Lea Productions Tubog sa Ginto — Lea Productions Wanted: Perfect Mother — Lea Productions	Lino Brocka — Tubog sa Ginto Armando De Guzman — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit Eddie Rodriguez — Bakit Ako Pa? Eddie Garcia— Crisis Augusto Buenaventura — Psycho Sex Killer
Best Actor	Best Actress
Eddie Garcia — Tubog sa Ginto Eddie Rodriguez — My Little Angel George Estregan — Psycho Sex Killer Fernando Poe Jr. — Santiago! Dante Rivero — Wanted: Perfect Mother	Rita Gomez — Bakit Ako Pa? Lolita Rodriguez — Tubog sa Ginto Susan Roces — Divina Gracia Gloria Sevilla — Dodong ko Boots Anson-Roa — Wanted: Perfect Mother
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Amado Cortez — Bakit ako Pa? Eddie Garcia — Pipo Ruben Rustia — Psycho Sex Killer Jay Ilagan — Santiago! Mario O'Hara — Tubog sa Ginto	Hilda Koronel — Santiago! Diana Dean — My Little Angel Linda Martin — Psycho Sex Killer Caridad Sanchez — Wanted Perfect Mother
Best Child Performer	Best Editing
Roderick Paulate — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit Frankie Navaja Jr. — Dodong Ko Snooky Serna — My Little Angel Gina Alajar — Wanted Perfect Mother	Augusto Salvador — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
Best in Screenplay	Best Story
Augusto Buenaventura — Psycho Sex Killer	Ronwaldo Reyes — (Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
Best Sound	Best Musical Score
Demetrio de Santo — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit	Restie Umali — Mga Anghel na Walang Langit
Best Cinematography (Black and White)	Best Cinematography (Colored)
Freddie Conde — Psycho Sex Killer	Loreto Isleta — Pipo

Special Awardee

• Dr. Ciriaco Santiago Memorial Award
  • Eddie Romero

References

1. "Mga anghel na walang langit (1970): Trivia". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
2. "1971 FAMAS AWARDS". Pelikula Atbp. Blog. September 11, 2009. Retrieved January 30, 2013.
3. "FAMAS Awards (1971)". IMDb.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.

External links

• FAMAS Awards Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine