Showbiz industry mourns the death of veteran film director Gil Portes

The Philippine showbiz industry is mourning the death of one of the country’s multi-awarded film directors, Gil Merluza Portes. He died last Wednesday, May 24.

He was 71.

Direk Gil was behind several highly-acclaimed films like Saranggola, Mga Munting Tinig, and Ang Hapis.

As of writing, it is not yet clear what caused his death.

Direk Adolf Alix Jr.  of the Kapuso soap D’ Originals took to Facebook to pay tribute to the legendary filmmaker.

Meanwhile, Alessandra de Rossi and Direk Jose Javier Reyes posted on social media their heartfelt gratitude to the late filmmaker for his immense contribution to the Philippines movie industry.

 

Salamat. ???

A post shared by Alessandra De Rossi. EVER. (@alessderossi) on May 24, 2017 at 5:26am PDT

Rest well, Direk Gil Portes. Thank you for the years shared. Have a safe trip back home to the Father.

— Joey Javier Reyes (@DirekJoey) May 24, 2017