Wenn V. Deramas

Edwin Villanes Deramas (September 15, 1966 – February 29, 2016), more commonly known as Direk Wenn or Wenn V. Deramas, was a Filipino film and TV director and screenwriter.

Education Deramas was a graduate of University of Santo Tomas with a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. While studying at UST, he was involved in acting and was a member of Teatro Tomasino.

Career Deramas worked as a waiter at the Aristocrat Restaurant and was promoted as food and beverages coordinator after two years. In 1990, he worked as a production assistant for the TV show Tatak Pilipino. He also worked as a writer for the show Teysi ng Tahanan and was promoted as the executive producer of Calvento Files. He then directed soap operas such as Mula sa Puso (original and remake), films including the Ang Tanging Ina series, and several blockbuster movies of comedian Vice Ganda.

Filmography As TV director List of television series directed by Deramas

As film director List of films directed by Deramas

Scriptwriter Mula sa Puso (1997 TV series) (story and screenplay) Mula sa Puso: The Movie (1999) (story and screenplay) Ang Cute ng Ina Mo (2007) (screenplay) Petrang Kabayo (2010) (screenplay) The Unkabogable Praybeyt Benjamin (2011) (screenplay and story) Moron 5 and the Crying Lady (2012) (written by) This Guy's in Love with U Mare! (2012) (screenplay and story) Sisterakas (2012) (screenplay) Maria Leonora Teresa (2014) (story) Moron 5.2: The Transformation (2014) (screenplay and story) The Amazing Praybeyt Benjamin (2014) (screenplay and story)

Awards

Girl, Boy, Bakla, Tomboy

Ang Tanging Ina Mo (Last na 'To!)

Most Popular Screenwriters

Deramas had two adopted children.

Death

In 2015, Deramas underwent angioplasty after suffering a heart attack two years prior.

Deramas died at Capitol Medical Center in Quezon City on February 29, 2016. The immediate cause of death listed on his death certificate was cardiac arrest, with respiratory failure and heart attack as underlying causes. It also indicated that he suffered from aspiration pneumonia. He was buried in the Himlayang Pilipino in Quezon City on March 6, 2016, a day after the necrological services hosted by ABS-CBN, at the Dolphy Theatre in the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center, also in Quezon City.