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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/entertainment/wenn-030116.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">File photo of Wenn Deramas. <em>Nimfa Chua, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Film and TV director Wenn Deramas, whose movies dominate the list of the highest-grossing local films of all time, died on Monday morning due to cardiac arrest.</p><p>As the entertainment industry <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/02/29/16/wenn-deramas-dies"><strong>mourn the death</strong></a> of Deramas, ABS-CBN News had gathered some little-known facts about the late writer-director.</p><p>1. Before becoming a TV and movie director, Deramas worked as a waiter.</p><p>2. He worked as a writer for the show &quot;Teysi ng Tahanan.&quot;</p><p>3. He suffered pneumonia while doing &quot;Girl, Boy Bakla Tomboy.&quot;</p><p>4. Deramas was a solid fan of superstar Nora Aunor.</p><p>5. &quot;Maria Leonora Teresa&quot; was Deramas&#x27;s first horror movie. (Its title refers to the famous doll of the &#x27;70s love team of Aunor and Tirso Cruz III.)</p><p>6. He was in a romantic relationship with actor <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39d1zmnfp10"><strong>DJ Durano</strong></a> for 10 years.</p><p>7. He was an avid collector of Wonder Woman action figures and mermaid figurines.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-version="6" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf//42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB/lQPb79drWOyJVa/DAvg9B/rLB4cC+Nqgdz/TvBbBnr6GBReqn/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I/fZou/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><div style="margin:8px 0 0 0;padding:0 4px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/sdf-WAOhGo/" style="color:#000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word" target="_blank">Dagdag sa aking mga koleksyon! Salamat sa maagang regalo!</a></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap">A photo posted by @wennderamas on <time dateTime="2014-09-02T23:05:44+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Sep 2, 2014 at 4:05pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>8. He believed in fantasy. This was the reason he loved directing fantaseryes like &quot;Galema: Anak ni Zuma &quot; and &quot;Dyosa.&quot;</p><p>9. Deramas was a pet lover and owned more than five dogs.</p><p>10. Deramas was a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTEK79regcs"><strong>good father</strong></a>.</p><p>&quot;Isa po akong mabuting tatay. &#x27;Yung kahit anong pagod ko, kahit anong puyat ko, ako pa din ang gumigising sa umaga para gisingin ang anak kong pumapasok sa school. Hanggang naliligo &#x27;yan, hanggang hinihintay ko &#x27;yan hanggang mag-breakfast, hanggang ihatid sa sasakyan, hanggang ba-bye bye at walang katapusang &#x27;I love you, ingat,&#x27;&quot; Deramas said in an interview with &quot;Bandila.&quot;</p>

Film and TV director Wenn Deramas, whose movies dominate the list of the highest-grossing local films of all time, died on Monday morning due to cardiac arrest. 

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10 facts you may not know about Wenn Deramas

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Published February 29, 2016 08:45 PM PHT

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