Tributes paid to Filipino film director Eduardo Roy Jr., who has died at 41
Filipino film director Eduardo Roy Jr. has died. He was 41 years old.
Eduardo Roy Jr. died on Monday (February 21) from “massive pulmonary embolism due to hospital acquired pneumonia”, his family announced on Facebook yesterday.
They also revealed that he was diagnosed with Stage IV of Burkitt’s Lymphoma late last year.
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Eduardo Roy Jr.’s Passing
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Eduardo “Edong” Roy Jr. on February 21, 2022. He died of massive pulmonary embolism due to hospital acquired pneumonia. He had been diagnosed late last year with Burkitt’s Lymphoma Stage IV.
Edong was a beloved son, brother, and friend who’s also known as the writer and director of award winning films such as Bahay Bata, Quick Change, Pamilya Ordinaryo, Lola Igna, Fuccbois.
A wake will be held on February 24 to 26, 2022 at the Arlington Memorial Chapels Hall A in G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City."
" It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Eduardo “Edong” Roy Jr. on February 21, 2022 at the Saint Luke’s Medical Center in Quezon City. He has been diagnosed with Lymphoma last year."
Edong was a beloved son, brother, and friend . He was the writer and director of local and internationally acclaimed award winning films such as Bahay Bata, Quick Change, Pamilya Ordinaryo, Lola Igna, Fuccbois.
A wake will be held on February 24 to 26, 2022 at the Arlington Memorial Chapels Hall A in G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City.
Eduardo Roy Jr.’s wake has been scheduled for February 24 to 26, 2022 at the Arlington Memorial Chapels Hall A in G. Araneta Avenue, Quezon City, with his interment taking place on February 27.
Eduardo Roy Jr. is best known as the director of films such as Pamila Ordinaryo (2016), Fuccbois (2019), Bahay Bata (2012), Quick Change (2013) and Lola Igna (2019).
Over the course of his filmmaking career, he was received multiple top honours, including Best Director at the 2012 Las Palmas De Gran Canaria film festival in Spain for Bahay Bata.
In 2016, he won Best Film at the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival for Pamilya Ordinaryo. He won the award for Best Director for the same film at Cinemalaya in 2016 and the Hanoi International Film Festival that same year. Read More…
