Dante Perez. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Mina Cruz
MANILA, Philippines—Indie actor-production designer-visual artist Dante Perez passed away due to “pneumonia” on May 28.
He was 56.
His daughter Sidd told the Inquirer that the wake will be held until 7 a.m. of June 2 at the St. Peter’s Memorial Chapels, on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City. Cremation is at the same venue at 1 p.m. on June 2.
Perez won best production/visual design at the Gawad Urian and Young Critics’ Circle for Lav Diaz’s “Death in the Land of Encantos” in 2008.
He worked as production designer and actor in other acclaimed Diaz films: “Melancholia” (2008), “Butterflies Have No Memories” (2009), “Century of Birthing” (2011) and “Florentina Hubaldo, CTE” (2012).
Before venturing into films, Perez has been known as a prolific abstract painter. His works have been exhibited abroad.
His last solo exhibit was concluded on May 13 at Artinformal in Greenhills. With a report from Totel V. de Jesus, INQUIRER.net