Chris Martinez is a director, writer and film producer who studied playwriting under famed Filipino writer Rene Villanueva. Martinez is credited as writer on 15 titles and director on eight since 2004. He has collaborated with Marlon Rivera in the film 100 (2008) and also in The Woman in the Septic Tank. He is the scriptwriter of blockbuster hits Caregiver (2008), Sukob (2006), Bikini Open (2005) and Bridal Shower (2004).
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