Toto Natividad

Federico Natividad^[3] (July 19, 1957—April 27, 2021),^[1][4] professionally known as Toto Natividad, was a Filipino film editor, director and politician.

Toto Natividad
Born	Federico Natividad (1957-07-19)July 19, 1957
Died	April 27, 2021(2021-04-27) (aged 63) San Fernando, Pampanga[1]
Occupations	Film director editor producer writer
Years active	1986–2021
Partner	Luz Naraga (2004–2021)[2]

Career

Film

In 2019, Natividad began work on what would become his last project, a disaster film called Faultline (originally titled The Big One) starring Kiko Matos, Jeffrey Santos, Phoebe Walker, Rob Sy, Don Umali and Niño Muhlach.^[5][6][7][8] In the same year, Natividad had also planned direct a series for GMA Network titled Rosang Agimat, but due to actor Eddie Garcia's death caused by an accident on set, the show was forced to be cancelled.^[9][5]

Politics

In May 2018, Natividad was elected barangay captain of NBBS Kaunlaran, Navotas.^[2][10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Editor	Notes
1986	Platoon	No	No	asst. editor
1987	Maruso (Robin Hood ng Angeles City)	No	No	Yes
1988	A Case of Honor	No	No	Yes
1989	Return from the River Kwai	No	No	asst. editor
1990	Durugin ng Bala si Peter Torres	Yes	No	Yes
	Ibabaon Kita sa Lupa	Yes	No	No
	Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection	No	No	addl. editor
	Bato, Lupa, Putik	No	No	Yes
	Hanggang Saan ang Tapang Mo	Yes	No	Yes
1991	Para sa 'Yo ang Bala Ko!	Yes	No	Yes
	Ang Siga at ang Sosyal	Yes	No	Yes
	Isang Milyon sa Ulo ni Cobra	No	No	Yes
1992	Totoy Guwapo, Alyas Kanto Boy	Yes	No	No
	Sa Aking Puso: The Marcos "Bong" Manalang Story	Yes	No	No
	Alyas Pogi 2	Yes	No	No
	Magdaleno Orbos: Sa Kuko ng Mga Lawin	No	No	Yes
	Tondo: Libingan ng Mga Siga	Yes	No	No
	Amang Capulong: Anak ng Tondo Part 2	Yes	No	No
1993	Leonardo Delos Reyes, Alyas Waway	Yes	No	No
	Lumuhod Ka sa Lupa	Yes	No	No
1994	Ismael Zacarias	Yes	No	Yes
	Ka Hector	Yes	No	No
1995	Costales	Yes	No	No	Directed with Jose N. Carreon
	The Grepor Butch Belgica Story	Yes	No	Yes
	Melencio Magat: Dugo Laban sa Dugo	Yes	No	No
	Gayuma: Sana'y Mahalin Mo Rin Ako	No	No	Yes
	Di Mapigil ang Init	Yes	No	Yes	Directed with Chito S. Roño
1996	Moises Arcangel: Sa Guhit ng Bala	Yes	No	No
	Tubusin Mo ng Bala ang Puso Ko	Yes	No	Yes
	Utol	Yes	No	Yes
	Bilang Na ang Araw Mo	Yes	Yes	No
	Akin ang Puri	Yes	No	No
	Hangga't May Hininga	Yes	No	No
1997	Anak ni Boy Negro	Yes	No	Yes
	Wala Nang Iibigin Pang Iba	Yes	No	No
	Pusakal	Yes	No	No
	Sanggano	Yes	No	No
1998	Laban Ko Ito... Walang Dapat Madamay	Yes	No	No
	Wangbu	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also producer
	Kasangga... Kahit Kelan	Yes	No	No
	Walang Katumbas ang Dugo	Yes	No	No
	Notoryus	Yes	No	No
	Warfreak	Yes	No	No
1999	Type Kita... Walang Kokontra	Yes	No	No
	Suspek	Yes	Story	Yes
2000	Palaban	Yes	Story	No
	Col. Elmer Jamias: Barako ng Maynila	Yes	No	No	Also line producer
	Ex-Con	Yes	No	No
	Ping Lacson: Super Cop	Yes	No	No
2002	Walang Iwanan, Peksman	Yes	No	No	Also producer
2004	Butakal: Sugapa sa Laman	Yes	No	No	Shot in 1999
	Anak Ka ng Tatay Mo	No	No	Yes
2005	Paraiso	Yes	No	No
2006	Tatlong Baraha	Yes	No	Yes
2013	Saka-saka	Yes	Story	No
2015	Pangil sa Tubig	Yes	No	No	Also line producer
	Angela Markado	Co-director	No	No
2017	Corpus Delicti	Yes	Story	No
	Double Barrel	Yes	Story	No
	Riding in Tandem	Yes	Story	No	Also line producer
2022	Faultline	Yes	No	No	Posthumously released

As producer only

• Naglalagablab Na Gabi (1987)

Acting roles

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s).
1998	José Rizal	Katipunero

Television

As director

Year	Title	Notes
1994	Tony Calvento's TV Hotline[11]
2005–06	Panday
2008–09	Pieta
2012	Lumayo Ka Man sa Akin
2012	Pintada
2013	Dugong Buhay
2013–14	Galema: Anak ni Zuma
2015	Ipaglaban Mo!	Episode: "Nasaan ang Konsensya?"
2015–18	FPJ's Ang Probinsyano[12][13]
2018–19	Cain at Abel[12][13]

References

1. "Toto Natividad succumbs to COVID". Malaya. Malaya Business Insight. April 28, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
2. Dumaual, Mario (April 27, 2021). "Veteran action director Toto Natividad dies at 63". ABS-CBN News. Manila: ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
3. Canlas, Jomar (December 18, 2007). "High Court disallows showing of rape film". The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc. p. A6. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
4. Relativo, James (April 27, 2021). "Direktor ng 'Ang Probinsyano' patay sa kumplikasyon sa COVID-19". Pilipino Star Ngayon (in Filipino). Manila, Philippines: Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
5. Gabinete, Jojo (July 18, 2019). "Direk toto sa pelikula na abala". Pilipino Star Ngayon (in Filipino). Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved November 16, 2023. Ang shooting ng The Big One ang pinagkakaabalahan ni Toto dahil shelved ang Rosang Agimat, ang project niya sa GMA 7...
6. Nicasio, Nonie (July 5, 2019). "Phoebe Walker, nag-eenjoy sa action scenes sa FPJ's Ang Probinsyano". Hataw! D'yaryo ng Bayan (in Filipino and English). JSY Publishing. Retrieved November 16, 2023. Directed by Toto Natividad, The Big One po ang title with Kiko Matos, Jeffrey Santos, Don Umali, Rob Sy, and many more.
7. "Traverse Entertainment "FAULTLINE" Official Trailer". YouTube. Google LLC. October 14, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2023. A Film about disaster preparedness directed by Toto Natividad...
8. Nicasio, Nonie (September 20, 2021). "Phoebe Walker, hataw sa kaliwa't kanang pelikula". Hataw! D'yaryo ng Bayan (in Filipino and English). JSY Publishing. Retrieved November 16, 2023. 'May isa pa akong pelikulang lalabas din, last movie directed by legendary director Toto Natividad, called Faultline....'
9. Sun, Cherry (May 23, 2019). "LOOK: Eddie Garcia returns to GMA for an upcoming series". GMA News Online. GMA Network. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
10. Solis, Lolit (May 16, 2018). "Direk Toto naipanalo ng Probinsyano!" [Director Toto won with the help of Probinsyano!]. Pang-Masa (in Filipino). Philstar Global Corp. Retrieved November 16, 2023.
11. "'Tony Calvento's TV Hotline' premieres on ABC 5". Manila Standard. Kamahalan Publishing Corp. September 11, 1994. p. 19. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
12. Gabinete, Jojo (November 14, 2018). "Toto Natividad, nagpaalam sa teleserye ni Coco; lumipat sa teleserye nina Dingdong at Dennis". PEP.ph (in Filipino). Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc. Retrieved November 16, 2023. Breaking news ang pagdalo ni Toto sa grand presscon ng Cain at Abel kagabi, November 13, dahil alam ng lahat na isa siya sa mga direktor ng FPJ's Ang Probinsyano...
13. Policarpio, Allan (November 16, 2018). "Dingdong-Dennis starrer to be pitted vs Coco's top-rated series". Inquirer Entertainment. INQUIRER.net. Retrieved November 16, 2023. The show is helmed by Don Michael Perez and Mark Reyes, with guest direction from—much to everyone's surprise—Toto Natividad, who used to be one of the directors of 'Ang Probinsyano.'

External links

• Toto Natividad at IMDb