Lav Diaz
Biography
Lav Diaz (born Lavrente Indico Diaz on 30 December 1958) is a Filipino filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on record. Although he had been making films since the late 90s Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the festival circuit until the release of his 2013 film 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.
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Also Known As
Movies (50)
Cinemartyrs
as Kristo
2025
Magellan
Director (Directing)
2025
Phantosmia
Director (Directing)
2025
Moneyslapper
as Lucas
2024
Faith
Director (Directing)
2024
Absalom Filipino
Director (Directing)
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as Poet (voice)
2024
Real Life Fiction
2024
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
as Kristo Kastrado
2024
When the Waves Are Gone
Production Design (Art)
2023
Essential Truths of the Lake
Screenplay (Writing)
2023
Taxibol
as Himself
2023
The Devil of Comparisons
as Priest
2022
A Tale of Filipino Violence
Screenplay (Writing)
2022
History of Ha
Director (Directing)
2021
Atravesando el campo
as Lav Diaz
2021
Life in 24 Frames a Second
as Self
2021
Genus Pan
Director (Directing)
2020
Liminal
Director of Photography (Camera)
2020
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
Director (Directing)
2020
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
as Sound Recorder
2019
Mañanita
Writer (Writing)
2019
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
as Himself
2019
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
Executive Producer (Production)
2019
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
Director (Directing)
2019
The Halt
Director (Directing)
2019
Journey
Director (Directing)
2019
A Short History of a Few Bad Things
Songs (Sound)
2018
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
Director (Directing)
2018
Season of the Devil
Director (Directing)
2018
Lily
as Drunk Man
2016
The Woman Who Left
Director (Directing)
2016
Singing in Graveyards
as Paul
2016
The Day Before the End
Writer (Writing)
2016
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Producer (Production)
2016
Death in the Land of Encantos
Director (Directing)
2015
Salvage
as Nilalang
2015
The Last Pinoy Action King
as Himself
2015
Wake (Subic)
Music (Sound)
2015
Fragment
Director (Directing)
2015
Salamat sa Alaala
as Himself
2015
Lorna
2014
Storm Children, Book One
Director (Directing)
2014
From What Is Before
Director (Directing)
2014
Echoserang Frog
2014
Norte, The End of History
Director (Directing)
2014
Alamat ni China Doll
Screenplay (Writing)
2013
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Director (Directing)
2013
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director (Directing)
2013
Colossal
as Shaman
2012