Ricardo Lee

Ricardo Arreola Lee (b. March 19, 1948), also known as Ricky Lee, 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.

Crew

Hindi Laruan Ang Puso

(Screenplay)

Pakasalan Mo Ako

(Screenplay)

Pakasalan Mo Ako

(Story)

Mundo Man ay Magunaw

(Screenplay)

Liberated 2

(Writer)

Bente

(Writer)

Call Me Alma

(Writer)

Cain and Abel

(Story)

Kahit May Mahal Ka Nang Iba

(Writer)

Shake, Rattle, and Roll Fourteen: The Invasion

(Screenplay)

Macho Dancer

(Screenplay)

Sibak: Midnight Dancers

(Screenplay)

Lauriana

(Screenplay)

Lauriana

(Story)

Lihis

(Screenplay)

The Film Biker

(Screenplay)

Bukas... May Pangarap

(Screenplay)

Sinner or Saint

(Screenplay)

Sinner or Saint

(Story)

Sa Kuko ng Agila

(Screenplay)

Moral

(Story)

An Affair

(Story)

A Tale of Filipino Violence

(Screenplay)

Silip Sa Apoy

(Writer)

Burgos

(Screenplay)

Of the Flesh

(Screenplay)

Bulaklak ng Maynila

(Screenplay)

The Revolution Knows No Gender

(Creative Consultant)

Birds of Prey

(Screenplay)

Huwag Kang Kikibo...

(Screenplay)

Hustisya

(Screenplay)

Salome

(Screenplay)

Jaguar

(Screenplay)

Yesterday's Promise

(Screenplay)

Takbo... Talon... Tili!!!

(Screenplay)

Miss X

(Story)

Miss X

(Screenplay)

Fuschia

(Story)

Fuschia

(Screenplay)

Tatarin

(Screenplay)

Malikot na Mundo

(Screenplay)

Isabel Aquino: I Want to Live

(Screenplay)

The Trial

(Writer)

The Child

(Screenplay)

They Are Mine

(Writer)

Loretta

(Story)

Mapusok

(Screenplay)

Forever

(Screenplay)

How Are The Kids?

(Writer)

Daughters of Eve

(Writer)

Secrets of Pura

(Screenplay)

Apoy sa Puso

(Screenplay)

My Husband, My Lover

(Screenplay)

All Be Damned

(Writer)

The Stepmother

(Screenplay)

The Flor Contemplacion Story

(Screenplay)

José Rizal

(Screenplay)

Don't Look Back

(Screenplay)

Reef Hunters

(Screenplay)

Wherever You Are

(Screenplay)

Burlesk King

(Screenplay)

Twilight Dancers

(Screenplay)

Madonna and Child

(Screenplay)

White Slavery

(Screenplay)

May-December-January

(Writer)

Sa'yo Lamang

(Story)

Mamarazzi

(Story)

Mamarazzi

(Screenplay)

Kamoteng Kahoy

(Writer)

Deathrow

(Screenplay)

Deathrow

(Story)

I Will Survive

(Screenplay)

Then and Now

(Story)

Dubai

(Story)

Dubai

(Screenplay)

Good Midnight

(Story)

Lahar: Paraisong Abo

(Writer)

Calvento Files: The Movie

(Screenplay)

New Moon

(Writer)

Hanggang Kailan Kita Mamahalin?

(Story)

Wala Ka Nang Puwang Sa Mundo

(Screenplay)

Ipaglaban Mo: The Movie II

(Screenplay)

Because I Love: The Dolzura Cortez Story

(Screenplay)

Separada

(Screenplay)

Baybayin

(Script)

Redeem Her Honor

(Screenplay)

Alias Baby Tsina

(Screenplay)

Kill Barbara With Panic

(Screenplay)

Labs Kita...Okey Ka Lang?

(Screenplay)

Asero

(Screenplay)

Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita

(Screenplay)

Aishite Imasu 1941: Mahal Kita

(Story)

So... Happy Together

(Screenplay)

So... Happy Together

(Story)

Sabel

(Screenplay)

Sabel

(Story)

'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede

(Story)

'Di Puwedeng Hindi Puwede

(Screenplay)

To Dream

(Screenplay)

Hey Babe!

(Story)

Hey Babe!

(Screenplay)

Utol

(Screenplay)

In My Own Hands

(Screenplay)

Hangga't May Hininga

(Script)

Once, I Loved You

(Story)

Hostage

(Story)

Ooops, Teka Lang... Diskarte Ko 'To!

(Story)

Mila

(Screenplay)

Hinukay Ko Na Ang Libingan Mo

(Screenplay)

Inheritance

(Writer)

The Real Life of Pacita M.

(Screenplay)

The Real Life of Pacita M.

(Story)

The Real Life of Pacita M.

(Music)

Goodbye America

(Story)

PX

(Screenplay)

PX

(Screenstory)

Memories of Old Manila

(Screenplay)

Pusong Mamon

(Screenplay)

Nerisa

(Screenplay)

Luv Text

(Writer)

Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?

(Screenplay)

Andrea, How Is It Like to Be a Mother?

(Story)

Sandakot Na Bala

(Screenplay)

Ubos na ang Luha ko

(Screenplay)

Sekyu

(Screenplay)

Olongapo: The Great American Dream

(Writer)

The Untold Story of Melanie Marquez

(Writer)

Dirty Affair

(Screenplay)

My Heart Is Here

(Screenplay)

Iadya Mo Kami

(Screenplay)

The Elsa Castillo Story... The Truth

(Writer)

Curacha, Ang Babaeng Walang Pahinga

(Story)

Curacha, Ang Babaeng Walang Pahinga

(Screenplay)

Haplos

(Screenplay)

Playgirl

(Story)

Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita

(Screenplay)

Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita

(Story)

Lucia

(Screenplay)

Stella Magtanggol

(Screenplay)

Stella Magtanggol

(Story)

Playgirl

(Screenplay)

Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)

(Screenplay)

Ang Bukas ay Akin! (Langit ang Uusig)

(Story)

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

(Screenplay)

Ito Ba Ang Ating Mga Anak?

(Story)

Gabi Kung Sumikat Ang Araw

(Screenplay)

Ringgo: The Dog Shooter

(Screenplay)

Sibak: Midnight Dancers

(Story)

Inay

(Story)

Inay

(Screenplay)

Flesh Avenue

(Writer)

The Diary of Mrs. Winters

(Screenplay)

Isang Linggong Pag-ibig

(Screenplay)

Ayoko Na Sanang Magmahal

(Screenplay)

Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo

(Screenplay)

Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo

(Story)

Dyesebel

(Screenplay)

One Night

(Story)

One Night

(Screenplay)

Sanggano

(Writer)

Sex Games

(Writer)

May Pag-ibig Pa Kaya?

(Writer)

I Will Only Love You Once

(Screenplay)

Nerisa

(Story)

Kamay ni Cain

(Screenplay)

Manila by Night

(Writer)

Nights of Serafina

(Writer)

Babaing Hampaslupa

(Writer)

Culion

(Writer)

Metamorphosis

(Script Consultant)

Once Before

(Writer)

Lazy Juan and Mr. Shooli in Mongolian Barbecue: The Movie

(Screenplay)

Rendezvous

(Writer)

Huwag Mong Salingin ang Sugat Ko

(Screenplay)

In da Red Corner

(Producer)

Palitan

(Script Consultant)

Kung Kailangan Mo Ako

(Screenplay)

Buy Now, Die Later

(Creative Producer)

Hot Summer

(Story)

Hot Summer

(Screenplay)

Moral

(Screenplay)

A Tale of Filipino Violence

(Story)

Bes and the Beshies

(Screenplay)

If You Are But a Dream

(Screenplay)

Cain and Abel

(Screenplay)

Kaputol

(Writer)

What You Did

(Creative Consultant)

Green Bones

(Screenplay)

A Miracle

(Screenplay)

Celestina: Burlesk Dancer

(Writer)

Anak ng Dagat

(Screenplay)

A Miracle

(Executive Producer)

Bomba Arienda

(Writer)

Nagsimula sa Puso

(Writer)

Muling Umawit ang Puso

(Writer)

Dino Dinero

(Screenplay)

Lumuhod Ka Sa Lupa

(Screenplay)

Haplos

(Story)

Kapag Nag-abot ang Langit at Lupa

(Writer)

The '70s

(Script Consultant)

NBI: The Mariano Mison Story

(Screenplay)

Otso Otso Pamela-mela Wan

(Script Consultant)

Miracle

(Writer)

In My Life

(Script Consultant)

Ode to Nothing

(Thanks)

A Special Memory

(Writer)

Miss You Like Crazy

(Creative Consultant)

A Special Memory

(Screenplay)

If Only Love Has Chosen Me

(Script Consultant)

Brutal

(Writer)

Maalaala Mo Kaya

(Writer)

Encantadia Chronicles: Sang'gre

(Development Manager)

Maalaala Mo Kaya

(Creative Consultant)

Trip to Quiapo

(Creator)

Gumapang Ka Sa Lusak

(Creator)

Magkaribal

(Creator)