- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- December 30, 1958
- Place of Birth
- Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Lav Diaz
Lavrente 'Lav' Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is known as one of the key practitioners of the slow cinema genre, producing a diverse range of some of the longest narrative films that explore social and political issues, minimalistic storytelling, long takes, and cinematic form. Although he had been making films since the late 1990s, Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the festival circuit until the release of Norte, the End of History, which was entered into Un Certain Regard section of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. His three subsequent films have received much critical attention and many awards with 2014's From What Is Before earning him the Golden Leopard at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival as well as a nomination for the Asian Film Award for Best Director, 2016's A L…
Filmography
movieDel Mundo
2025
movieCinemartyrs
2025 · Kristo
movieMagellan
2025 · Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Production Designer
moviePhantosmia
2025 · Director, Cinematography, Writer, Production Design, Editor
movieMoneyslapper
2024 · Lucas
movieFaith
2024 · Director
Absalom Filipino
movieAbsalom Filipino
2024 · Director
movieSchirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024 · Poet (voice)
movieReal Life Fiction
2024
movieRizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024 · Kristo Kastrado
movieWhen the Waves Are Gone
2023 · Production Design, Director, Writer
movieEssential Truths of the Lake
2023 · Screenplay, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Director
movieTaxibol
2023 · Himself
The Devil of Comparisons
movieThe Devil of Comparisons
2022 · Priest
movieA Tale of Filipino Violence
2022 · Screenplay, Production Design, Editor, Director
movieHistory of Ha
2021 · Director of Photography, Writer, Production Design, Editor
movieAtravesando el campo
2021 · Lav Diaz
movieLife in 24 Frames a Second
2021 · Self
movieGenus Pan
2020 · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
movieLiminal
2020 · Director of Photography
movieHimala: A Dialectic for Our Times
2020 · Director
movieBlockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
2019 · Sound Recorder, Sound Recordist, Director of Photography
movieMañanita
2019 · Writer
movieHabambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
2019 · Himself
movieThe Oceans Are the Real Continents
2019 · Music, Executive Producer
movie30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
2019 · Director
movieThe Halt
2019 · Director of Photography, Editor, Writer, Production Design
movieJourney
2019 · Director, Screenplay
movieAve
2018 · Original Story
movieA Short History of a Few Bad Things
2018 · Songs
movieThe Boy Who Chose the Earth
2018 · Director, Writer
movieSeason of the Devil
2018 · Writer, Director, Editor, Music
movieLily
2016 · Drunk Man
movieThe Woman Who Left
2016 · Director, Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor, Co-Producer
movieSinging in Graveyards
2016 · Paul
movieThe Day Before the End
2016 · Writer, Director
movieA Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
2016 · Producer, Director, Screenplay, Editor
movieDeath in the Land of Encantos
2015 · Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
movieSalvage
2015 · Nilalang
movieThe Last Pinoy Action King
2015 · Himself
movieWake (Subic)
2015 · Music
movieFragment
2015 · Director, Writer
Salamat sa Alaala
movieSalamat sa Alaala
2015 · Himself
movieLorna
2014
movieStorm Children
2014 · Director, Cinematography, Editor
movieFrom What Is Before
2014 · Editor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
movieEchoserang Frog
2014
movieNorte, the End of History
2014 · Screenplay, Editor, Director
movieAlamat ni China Doll
2013 · Screenplay
moviePrologue to the Great Desaparecido
2013 · Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
movieVenice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer
movieColossal
2012 · Shaman
movieInvestigation on the Night That Won't Forget
2012 · Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematography
movieJingle lang ang Pahina
2012
movieFlorentina Hubaldo, CTE
2012 · Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography, Sound
The Great Cinema Party
movieThe Great Cinema Party
2012
movieJeonju Digital Project 2012
2012
movieCentury of Birthing
2011 · Director, Writer, Music, Editor, Cinematography
movieElegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
2011 · Guitarist (Uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
movieReturn to Manila: Filipino Cinema
2010 · himself
movieIndependencia
2010 · Townspeople
moviePhilippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement
2010 · Himself
movieButterflies Have No Memory
2009 · Writer, Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieManila Skies
2009
movieManila
2009 · Director
moviePurgatorio
2009 · Director
movieMelancholia
2008 · Editor, Writer, Director, Cinematography
tvDeath in the Land of Encantos
2007 · Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Editor, Creator
Green Rocking Chair
movieGreen Rocking Chair
2007
movieHeremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
2006 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieImage Nation
2006 · Writer, Director
movieTodo Todo Teros
2006 · Himself
movieEvolution of a Filipino Family
2004 · Screenplay, Director, Editor, Story, Producer, Cinematography
movieHeadless
2004
movieJesus the Revolutionary
2002 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieBatang West Side
2001 · Screenplay, Director
movieNaked Under the Moon
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieBurger Boys
1999 · Director, Screenplay
movieSerafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
1998 · Director, Screenplay
movieGalvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita
1993 · Screenplay
movieDaddy Goon
1991 · Screenplay
movieGood Friend, Evil Enemy
1991 · Screenplay
movieThe Caretaker
1989 · Story
The Sacrifice
movieThe Sacrifice
— · Pilo
Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
movieUntitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
— · Director, Writer
movieKawalan
— · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer
Beatriz, La Mujer
movieBeatriz, La Mujer
— · Director
Heremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island
movieHeremias: Book Two – The Legend of The Invisible Island
— · Director
movieHenrico's Farm
— · Director, Writer
movieAng Araw ng Itim na Nazareno
— · Director
An Amazon
movieAn Amazon
— · Director
movieBeatriz, The Wife
— · Director, Writer
The Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
movieThe Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
— · Director, Writer