February 29, 2016, 6:18p.m. – THOMASIAN director Wenn Deramas passed away Monday morning in Quezon City due to cardiac arrest. He was 49.
The acclaimed director suffered a fatal heart attack after learning of his sister’s death.
Deramas honed his directing skills as a member of Teatro Tomasino, UST’s 36-year old University-wide theater guild, back when he was a student of the University’s Hotel and Restaurant Management program. Deramas graduated in 1987.
For Teatro Tomasino, he directed plays such as “Darna, Dyesebel, Atbp… Laban Ka?”
He worked as a writer and production assistant for ABS-CBN before transitioning into directing. As a director, Deramas was known for his comedy-themed movies that were box office hits, like the “Tanging Ina” series, “Praybeyt Benjamin” and “Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy.”
He won Best Director and Director of the Year in the Metro Manila Film Festival and the Star Awards for Movies respectively, for the movie “Ang Tanging Ina Mo: Last na To.”
His most recent film, “Beauty and the Bestie,” was the highest-grossing film of all time in the Philippines.
Deramas also directed primetime television shows on ABS-CBN like “Kampanyerang Kuba,” “Kokey” and “Flordeliza.”
Other notable Teatro Tomasino alumni include Deramas’ contemporaries, Roxy Liquigan and John Lapus.
According to Philippine Star, the director’s remains will be brought to the Arlington Memorial Chapels in Quezon City. Clarence I. Hormachuelos
