Seasoned director-screenwriter Mike Relon Makiling succumbed to colon cancer today. He was 86.
Director Mike Relon Makiling
A Facebook post of his fifth son, Joachim Pineda Makiling, had a photo of Mike captioned: “Wacky! I am gonna miss you Old Man... Rest well okay.. I’ll see you on the other side.”
The son publicly disclosed the sickness of the father last July.
“I made a promise to my sister that I would not take this to social media, but I believe that my Dad’s friends and former colleagues deserves to know,” he started his post back then.
He wrote that Mike was diagnosed with colon cancer and “needs operation to remove the tumor.”
However, Joachim noted he’s not sharing his father’s condition because he wants to solicit money. Rather, he wants his dad’s friends to visit him and put a smile on his face.
“He misses the old days and always talks about it. I am appealing to his friends that if it’s not too much to ask to spare some time for my Dad,” he told his friends online
Mike died leaving behind eight children.
The director was one of the leading box-office directors in the country. His works tackled a variety of directorial projects ranging from drama opuses to action thrillers. He also tried his hand at comedy which eventually become his forte.
He worked with a lot of local popular comedian like the Comedy King Dolphy, Rene Requiestas, Chiquito, Herbert Bautista, Jimmy Santos, Joey Marquez, Redford White, and the trio Tito, Vic and Joey.
For actions films he directed the likes of Fernando Poe Jr., Eddie Garcia, Lito Lapid, Phillip Salvador, and Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.
Among the films that he had done were “Iskul Bukol” (1980), “Goodah” (1984), “Give Me Five!” (1984), “Send In The Clowns” (1986), “Doctor, Doctor, We Are Sick” (1985), “Bakit Kinagat Ni Adan Ang Mansanas Ni Eba?” (1988), “May Pulis, May Pulis Sa Ilalim Ng Tulay” (1989), “Ako Si Kiko, Ako Si Kikay” (1987), “Bikining Itim” (1990), “Batas Sa Aking Kamay” (1987), “Mang Kepweng And Son” (1983), “Oh My God, Anak Ni Janice!” (1991), and “Manolo En Michelle” (1984), to name a few.