Directing
Lav Diaz
EN, TL, ES, PT cinema · 96 credits
Born
30 December 1958 (age 67)
Birthplace
Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Also known as 라브 디아즈 · 라브 디아스
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 Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery competing for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and winning the Alfred Bauer Prize, and 2016's The Woman Who Left competing at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and winning the Golden Lion.
Known for
Filmography
Untitled Kapag Wala Nang Mga Alon sequel
Untitled When the Waves Are Gone sequel
Director, Writer
Kawalan
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
Henrico's Farm
Director, Writer
An Amazon
An Amazon
Director
Beatriz, The Wife
Director, Writer
An Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
An Entry Into the Sadness of a Portuguese Woman
Director, Writer
Noli Me Tángere
Noli Me Tángere
Director, Writer
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
Director, Production Design, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography
Cinemartyrs
as Kristo
Magellan
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor, Production Designer, Production Design
Phantosmia
Director, Cinematography, Editor, Production Design, Story, Screenplay
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as Poet (voice)
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
as Kristo Kastrado
Moneyslapper
as Lucas
Faith
Director
Taxibol
as Himself
When the Waves Are Gone
Production Design, Director, Writer, Editor
Essential Truths of the Lake
Screenplay, Cinematography, Editor, Writer, Director
A Tale of Filipino Violence
Screenplay, Production Design, Editor, Director
Atravesando el campo
as Lav Diaz
History of Ha
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor, Production Design
Liminal
Director of Photography, Director
Genus Pan
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
as Sound Recorder, Director of Photography, Sound Recordist
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
Executive Producer, Music
Journey
Director, Screenplay
The Halt
Director, Writer, Editor, Production Design, Director of Photography
Mañanita
Writer
Season of the Devil
Director, Writer, Music, Editor
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
Director, Writer
Ave
Original Story
Lily
as Drunk Man
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Producer, Director, Editor, Screenplay
The Day Before the End
Writer, Director
The Woman Who Left
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Cinematography, Co-Producer
The Last Pinoy Action King
as Himself
Salvage
as Nilalang
Death in the Land of Encantos
Director, Cinematography, Writer, Editor
Fragment
Director, Writer
Echoserang Frog
as Himself
Lorna
as Rocky
Norte, the End of History
Director, Screenplay, Editor
From What Is Before
Director, Editor, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Storm Children
Director, Cinematography, Editor
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Alamat ni China Doll
Screenplay
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Colossal
as Shaman
Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget
Writer, Director, Editor, Cinematography
Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
Director, Screenplay, Producer, Cinematography, Editor, Sound
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
as Guitarist (Uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Editor, Director of Photography
Century of Birthing
Director, Writer, Music, Editor, Cinematography
Independencia
as Townspeople
Retour à Manille: Le cinéma Philippin
2010
Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema
as himself
Manila
as Director
Butterflies Have No Memory
Director, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Editor
Purgatorio
Director
Visitors
Director
Melancholia
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Todo Todo Teros
as Himself
Image Nation
Writer, Director
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
Director, Editor, Writer
Headless
Actor
Evolution of a Filipino Family
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Editor, Cinematography
Jesus the Revolutionary
Director, Story, Screenplay
Batang West Side
Director, Screenplay
Burger Boys
Director, Screenplay
Naked Under the Moon
Director, Screenplay
Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion
Director, Screenplay
Good Friend, Evil Enemy
Screenplay
Daddy Goon
Screenplay
