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Biography of Filmmaker Mario O'Hara From the Philippine Movie Database by the Film Center of the University of the Philippines.

Philippine director Mario O’Hara misses own Cannes showing O’Hara’s movie Woman of the Breakwater is being shown in the director’s fortnight at Cannes, but the acclaimed filmmaker will not be there for the honor because of claustrophobia. “I could not go, I have claustrophobia. I cannot ride a plane for a long time. I can take inter-island [plane] trips, but not outside the Philippines, I have panic attacks,” O’Hara told AFP in Manila. Manila Times, Philippines, May 24, 2004.

Cites Claustrophobia: Director Mario O'Hara won't go to Cannes showing of film O'Hara's movie "Babae sa Breakwater (Woman of the Breakwater )" is being shown in the director's fortnight at Cannes but the acclaimed film-maker will not be there for the honor because of claustrophobia ... While honored by the Cannes showing, O'Hara, 58, one of the most critically acclaimed directors in the Philippines, said he was never targeting the international filmfest circuit. Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 21, 2004.

Mario O'Hara, Filipine film director Mission Impossible 1: Filipine Filmmaking 1896-1986 Mission Impossible 2: Filipine Filmmaking 1986-2000

MSN Celebrity Information: Mario O'Hara Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Screen Story. Filmography,1974 - 1999.

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