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Zig Madamba Dulay

Zig Madamba Dulay

Writer and director

Zig Madamba Dulay is a Filipino independent filmmaker, TV director, producer, screenwriter, film editor, and cinematographer. He is known for directing and writing several acclaimed indie films, including The Bit Player, Black Rainbow, Missing (for which he won a Gawad Urian), Bambanti, and Bagahe. Dulay is also a four-time FAMAS Award nominee.

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Biography from TMDB.

Works as
Writer and director
Titles
3 on MovieCove · 36 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 20% in 30 days

What are Zig Madamba Dulay's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
41%
Bonds
24%
Self
17%
Survival
10%
Ideas
7%

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 0 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 2 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
3
Melancholic
2
Tense
1
Warm
1
Cathartic
1
Other
1

How their films linger

Hopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Zig Madamba Dulay's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Zig Madamba Dulay's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

36 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

  • Amir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • The Other Side of Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Director

  • Pagsensyas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Creative Producer

  • Pasalubong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Creative Producer

  • Silkscreen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Creative Producer · Script Consultant

  • Bar Boys: After School(2025)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Cash Cash To Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Script Consultant

  • Delve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Creative Producer

  • Green Bones(2024)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Widows' War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 40 episodes · Director

  • A Lab Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Creative Consultant

  • Firefly(2023)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Maria Clara and Ibarra (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 105 episodes · Director

  • The Baseball Player (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Editor

  • Black Rainbow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Legal Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 80 episodes · Director

  • I Can See You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 5 episodes · Director

  • Children of the River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Editor

  • The Crown Is Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Director · Writer

  • Sahaya (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Show 122 episodes · Director

  • Liway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Screenplay

  • Neomanila (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Screenplay

  • The Baggage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Tadhana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 250 episodes · Director · Writer

  • Paglipay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Director · Screenplay

  • Scarecrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Director · Writer

  • M. (Mother's Maiden Name) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Director · Writer

  • The Commitment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Editor · Screenplay

  • Unfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Screenplay

  • Philippino Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Screenplay

  • The Bit Player (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor · Screenplay

  • Missing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Ad Ignorantiam (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay

  • Posas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay

  • Qwerty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Screenplay

  • The Last Day in Baguio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Editor · Screenplay

Career shape

A full career of 36 titles, 35 of them dated from 2011 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Green Bones (2024)

$2.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Bar Boys: After School (2025)

Midcredits 90th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing18 of 36: 9 only directing, 9 with another roleWriting24 of 36: 13 only writing, 11 with another roleEditing8 of 36: 2 only editing, 6 with another roleOther crew1 of 36: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

36 titles, 11 with more than one role — writing and directing overlap on 9 of them.

By decade

2010s19 · crew2020s16 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Zig Madamba Dulay's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 83rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 85th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 3 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1

Shape of the crowd

1 of their 3 titles is Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive1

Most divisive · director

Firefly (2023)

98th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Bar Boys: After School (2025)

Midcredits 90th · 81% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 68/100 and the plot and story 59/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Zig Madamba Dulay work with?

People who share at least 2 of Zig Madamba Dulay's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Angeli Guidaya-Atienza shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers