 In addition, Meily earned his second MMFF Best Director award after winning the same plum for "Crying Ladies" back in 2003.His wife Lee also took home her first MMFF award.Christopher de Leon, meanwhile, received his eighth festival Best Actor award, the most by any artist in its 34-year history, for a role inspired by the late Rudy Fernandez in the Maverick Films drama "Magkaibigan" opposite last year's awardee Jinggoy Estrada.