Question: Are both Lino Brocka and Abiola Abrams from the Philippines?

Context articles: Lamberto V. Avellana
Abiola Abrams
Cinema Artists
Manila (2009 film)
Nora Aunor filmography
Sa Kabila ng Lahat
Lino Brocka
Biktima
Macho Dancer
Sibak: Midnight Dancers

Lamberto Vera Avellana (February 12, 1915 – April 25, 1991) was a prominent Filipino film and stage director.
 Despite considerable budgetary limitations that hampered the post-war Filipino film industry, Avellana's films such as "Anak Dalita" and "Badjao" attained international acclaim.
 In 1976, Avellana was named by President Ferdinand Marcos as the very first National Artist of the Philippines for Film.
 While Avellana remains an important figure in Filipino cinema, his reputation as a film director has since been eclipsed by the next wave of Filipino film directors who emerged in the 1970s, such as Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.
Abiola Abrams (born July 29, 1976) is an American TV host, Internet personality, personal coach, motivational speaker and author.
 Her advice columns on topics such as relationships and self-worth include "Intimacy Intervention" on Essence.com and "Abiola’s Love Class" on MommyNoire.com.
 She is the author of the self-esteem advice guide "The Official Bombshell Handbook: The 13 Sacred Secrets of Feminine Power" and "Dare", a love story retelling of "Faust" set in the hip hop world.
 Abrams is also the creator of a lifestyle blog and web video series at AbiolaTV.com.
Cinema Artists is an independent Filipino motion picture company founded by Lino Brocka and Mike de Leon to produce and distribute the films that Brocka or de Leon directed.
Manila is an independently produced twinbill film that pays homage to Lino Brocka's "Jaguar" and Ishmael Bernal's "Manila By Night".
 Piolo Pascual co-produced and starred in both episodes.
Nora Aunor is a Filipino actress, recording artist, and film producer who has worked in theater, radio, television,concerts and film.
 She started her career as a singer and eventually tried her luck on movies.
 Aunor made more than 1 movie in the span of more than 45 years.
 She is the only actress of her generation to have been directed by four National Artists for film Awardees, Gerardo de Leon, Lamberto Avellana, Lino Brocka, and Ishmael Bernal.
 As an actress, she is regarded as one of the best in the business because of the quality movies, television shows and stage plays that she did.
 She was named by NO!
 Magazine as one of the "Philippines' 15 Best Actors of All Time" in 2004, S Magazine named her as the "Philippines' Best Actress of All Time" in 2006 and in 2010, she was hailed by the Green Planet Movie Awards as one of the "10 Asian Best Actresses of the Decade".
Sa Kabila ng Lahat "(In Spite of Everything)" is a 1990 Filipino film directed by filmmaker Lino Brocka.
 It stars Dina Bonnevie and Tonton Gutierrez.
 This is the last film made by Brocka before he was killed in a car accident.
Catalino "Lino" Ortiz Brocka (April 3, 1939 – May 22, 1991) was a Filipino film director.
 He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and significant Filipino filmmakers in the history of Philippine cinema.
 In 1983, he founded the organization Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP), dedicated to helping artists address issues confronting the country.
Biktima is a 2012 Filipino drama film starring Cesar Montano and Angel Aquino.
 The film is directed by R.D. Alba and produced under Alba Productions and CM Films.
 It is released by Star Cinema on September 19, 2012.
 The movie is a remake of Lino Brocka's 1990 film of the same name.
Macho Dancer is a 1988 Philippine film, directed Lino Brocka, which explores the harsh realities of a young, poor, rural gay man, who after being dumped by his American boyfriend, is forced to make a living for himself in Manila's seamy red-light district.
 Based on a true story, the film's frank depiction of homosexuality, prostitution, drag queens and crooked cops, porno movie-making and sexual slavery, and drugs and violence caused the Filipino government censors to order extensive edits of the film, forcing an uncensored edition to be smuggled out of the Philippines and shown to a limited number of international film festivals.
 This print is now part of the permanent collection at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Sibak: Midnight Dancers is a 1994 Philippines film, and the first of a series of three gay-themed movies by Mel Chionglo and Ricky Lee about the lives of macho dancers (strippers) in the gay bars of Manila.
 The later two are "Burlesk King" and "Twilight Dancers".
 All three follow in the tradition of Lino Brocka's 1988 film "Macho Dancer."
 This movie was banned in the Philippines.