Don Escudero

Placido Escudero, known as Don Escudero, was a Filipino movie writer, actor, and director.

Life and career

Escudero was born on January 27, 1955, in Tiaong, Quezon. He graduated from De [La Salle University], San Juan. He started in entertainment as an assistant, working with Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal and Mike [de Leon].
Escudero was diagnosed with cancer and went through two years of treatments and had a remission before dying. He was survived by his mother Millie, brothers Manolet and Ugi and sister Mari. Escudero designed his own cremation urn kept at the chapel of the family-owned Villa Escudero in Tiaong, Quezon.