Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 30, 1958
Place of Birth
Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Credits
94 titles
Lav Diaz
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.
Known For
Filmography
Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
Director
Del Mundo
Cinemartyrs
Kristo
Magellan
Director
Phantosmia
Director
Moneyslapper
Lucas
Absalom Filipino
Director
Faith
Director
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
Poet (voice)
Real Life Fiction
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
Kristo Kastrado
When the Waves Are Gone
Production Design
Essential Truths of the Lake
Screenplay
Taxibol
Himself
The Devil of Comparisons
Priest
A Tale of Filipino Violence
Screenplay
History of Ha
Director
Atravesando el campo
Lav Diaz
Life in 24 Frames a Second
Self
Genus Pan
Director
Liminal
Director of Photography
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
Director
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
Sound Recorder
Mañanita
Writer
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
Himself
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
Executive Producer
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
Director
The Halt
Director
Journey
Director
Ave
Original Story
A Short History of a Few Bad Things
Songs
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
Director
Season of the Devil
Director
Lily
Drunk Man
The Woman Who Left
Director
Singing in Graveyards
Paul
The Day Before the End
Writer
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Producer
Death in the Land of Encantos
Director
Salvage
Nilalang
Wake (Subic)
Music
The Last Pinoy Action King
Himself
Fragment
Director
Salamat sa Alaala
Himself
Lorna
Storm Children
Director
From What Is Before
Director
Echoserang Frog
Norte, the End of History
Director
Alamat ni China Doll
Screenplay