Lav Diaz
Born: 1958-12-30 in Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Known For: Directing
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors ... (Director)
2025
- Magellan ... (Screenplay)
- Del Mundo
- Phantosmia ... (Director)
- Cinemartyrs as Kristo
2024
- Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust as Poet (voice)
- Absalom Filipino ... (Director)
- Faith ... (Director)
- Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Kristo Kastrado
- Real Life Fiction
- Moneyslapper as Lucas
2023
- When the Waves Are Gone ... (Production Design)
- Taxibol as Himself
- Essential Truths of the Lake ... (Screenplay)
2022
- A Tale of Filipino Violence ... (Screenplay)
- The Devil of Comparisons as Priest
2021
- Life in 24 Frames a Second as Self
- Atravesando el campo as Lav Diaz
- History of Ha ... (Director of Photography)
2020
- Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times ... (Director)
- Liminal ... (Director of Photography)
- Genus Pan ... (Director)
2019
- 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille ... (Director)
- Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema as Himself
- Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town as Sound Recorder
- Mañanita ... (Writer)
- The Halt ... (Director of Photography)
- The Oceans Are the Real Continents ... (Music)
- Journey ... (Director)
2018
- Season of the Devil ... (Writer)
- The Boy Who Chose the Earth ... (Director)
- Ave ... (Original Story)
- A Short History of a Few Bad Things ... (Songs)
2016
- Lily as Drunk Man
- The Woman Who Left ... (Director)
- A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery ... (Producer)
- The Day Before the End ... (Writer)
- Singing in Graveyards as Paul
2015
- Death in the Land of Encantos ... (Director)
- Wake (Subic) ... (Music)
- The Last Pinoy Action King as Himself
- Salamat sa Alaala as Himself
- Salvage as Nilalang
- Fragment ... (Director)
2014
- Norte, the End of History ... (Screenplay)
- Storm Children ... (Director)
- From What Is Before ... (Editor)
- Echoserang Frog as Himself
- Lorna as Rocky
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Alamat ni China Doll ... (Screenplay)
- Prologue to the Great Desaparecido ... (Director)
2012
- Jeonju Digital Project 2012
- Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget ... (Writer)
- The Great Cinema Party
- Jingle lang ang Pahina
- Florentina Hubaldo, CTE ... (Screenplay)
- Colossal as Shaman
2011
- Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution as Guitarist (Uncredited)
- Century of Birthing ... (Director)
2010
- Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema as himself
- Independencia as Townspeople
- Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Himself
2009
- Purgatorio ... (Director)
- Manila as Director
- Butterflies Have No Memory ... (Writer)
- Manila Skies
2008
- Melancholia ... (Editor)
2007
- Death in the Land of Encantos ... (Director)
- Green Rocking Chair
2006
- Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess ... (Director)
- Image Nation ... (Writer)
- Todo Todo Teros as Himself
2004
- Evolution of a Filipino Family ... (Screenplay)
- Headless
2002
- Jesus the Revolutionary ... (Director)
2001
- Batang West Side ... (Screenplay)
1999
- Naked Under the Moon ... (Director)
- Burger Boys ... (Director)
1998
- Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion ... (Director)
1993
- Galvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita ... (Screenplay)
1991
- Good Friend, Evil Enemy ... (Screenplay)
- Daddy Goon ... (Screenplay)
1989
- The Caretaker ... (Story)