The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards (also known as
FAMAS Awards) are the annual honors given by the Filipino Academy of
Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS), an organization composed of
prize-winning writers and movie columnists, for achievements in the
Philippine cinema for a calendar year. Members of the academy
including avid movie viewers, fans or enthusiasts will cast their
votes on who should win the statuettes on different categories they
were nominated. Established in 1952, it the oldest existing film
industry award-giving body in the Philippines (as of 2013) and one of
the oldest in Asia. The FAMAS Awards, from 1952 to 1982, was the
highest Filipino film award a filmmaker or artisan could receive in
the local movie industry.In 1982, after the inception of the Film
Academy of the Philippines (Luna) Awards, the true Philippine
equivalent of the Oscars (where academy members are film professionals
who nominate and choose awardees of the year) was mandated by the
Philippine government, FAMAS was unofficially relegated as secondary
to Luna Awards, but is still held in high regard because of its age
and prestige.The FAMAS Award is one of the highly distinguished film
award bodies in the country. Others included are the Luna Awards (Film
Academy), the Gawad Urian Awards of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang
Pilipino (Filipino Film Critics), and the Star Awards for Movies and
Television by the Philippine Movie Press Club. Winning all four of the
awards in one category for the same work is considered as winning a
"Grand Slam".The forerunner of the FAMAS Award was the Maria Clara
Awards, established by the Manila Times Publishing, Inc. under the
tutelage of Dr. Alejandro Roces in 1951. The first awards in the
Philippine movie industry were doled out for the movies of 1950-1951
and for the year 1952. The award statuette, which bore the figure of
Maria Clara, a character in Dr. José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere,
was sculpted by National Artist for Sculpture Guillermo Tolentino. For
two years, the Maria Clara Awards honored the Philippine movie
industry's cinematic achievements . FAMAS Award Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter