- The second woman to win the FAMAS Award for Best Director, following Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara.
- She is the most awarded woman director in the history of the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences. She has already received 4 FAMAS Best Director awards.
- Studied Liberal Arts, major in Communications, at Assumption College in the Philippines.
- Studied filmmaking at the Loyola Marymount University and also in London Film School.
- Handled film courses for Ateneo de Manila University.
- Among her influences are Gerardo de Leon, Lamberto V. Avellana, Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal and Eddie Romero.
- She had two sons with her husband, Manolo: Marc Abaya and David.
- She died from complications from breast cancer at Luke's Medical Center in Taguig, at 7 p.m. of October 8, 2012.
- The founder and director of Studies at the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center.
- A film instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University.
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