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)
- Moneyslapper as Lucas
- Faith ... (Director)
- Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge as Kristo Kastrado
- Real Life Fiction
2023
- Taxibol as Himself
- When the Waves Are Gone ... (Production Design)
- Essential Truths of the Lake ... (Screenplay)
2022
- A Tale of Filipino Violence ... (Screenplay)
- The Devil of Comparisons as Priest
2021
- Atravesando el campo as Lav Diaz
- Life in 24 Frames a Second as Self
- History of Ha ... (Director of Photography)
2020
- Liminal ... (Director of Photography)
- Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times ... (Director)
- Genus Pan ... (Director)
2019
- Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town as Sound Recorder
- 30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille ... (Director)
- Mañanita ... (Writer)
- The Halt ... (Director of Photography)
- The Oceans Are the Real Continents ... (Music)
- Journey ... (Director)
- Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema as Himself
2018
- Season of the Devil ... (Writer)
- Ave ... (Original Story)
- The Boy Who Chose the Earth ... (Director)
- A Short History of a Few Bad Things ... (Songs)
2016
- The Woman Who Left ... (Director)
- Lily as Drunk Man
- A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery ... (Producer)
- The Day Before the End ... (Writer)
- Singing in Graveyards as Paul
2015
- Wake (Subic) ... (Music)
- Death in the Land of Encantos ... (Director)
- The Last Pinoy Action King as Himself
- Salvage as Nilalang
- Salamat sa Alaala as Himself
- Fragment ... (Director)
2014
- Norte, the End of History ... (Screenplay)
- Echoserang Frog as Himself
- From What Is Before ... (Editor)
- Storm Children ... (Director)
- Lorna as Rocky
2013
- Venice 70: Future Reloaded ... (Director)
- Prologue to the Great Desaparecido ... (Director)
- Alamat ni China Doll ... (Screenplay)
2012
- Jeonju Digital Project 2012
- Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget ... (Writer)
- The Great Cinema Party
- Colossal as Shaman
- Florentina Hubaldo, CTE ... (Screenplay)
- Jingle lang ang Pahina
2011
- Century of Birthing ... (Director)
- Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution as Guitarist (Uncredited)
2010
- Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema as himself
- Independencia as Townspeople
- Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement as Himself
2009
- Manila as Director
- Purgatorio ... (Director)
- Manila Skies
- Butterflies Have No Memory ... (Writer)
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
- Burger Boys ... (Director)
- Naked Under the Moon ... (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)