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Lav Diaz
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer, Actor, Composer, Additional CreditsBorn December 30, 1958 (67 years)
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 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.
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.
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Lav Diaz Filmography
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| 2025 | Magellan · as Screenplay |
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| 2023 | Essential Truths of the Lake · as Screenplay |
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| 2022 | A Tale of Filipino Violence · as Screenplay |
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| 2016 | The Woman Who Left · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery · as Screenplay |
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| 2013 | Norte, the End of History · as Screenplay |
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| 2012 | Florentina Hubaldo, CTE · as Screenplay |
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| 2011 | Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution · as Screenplay |
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| 2004 | Evolution of a Filipino Family · as Screenplay |
| 2001 | Batang West Side · as Screenplay |
| 1999 | Burger Boy's · as Screenplay |
| 1999 | Naked Under the Moon · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion · as Screenplay |
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| 2018 | Season of the Devil · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | The Woman Who Left · as Co-Producer |
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| 2024 | Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust · as Poet (voice) |
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| 2016 | Singing in Graveyards · as Paul |
| 2015 | Salvage · as Nilalang |
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| 2011 | Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution · as Guitarist |
| 2009 | Independencia · as Townspeople |
| 2009 | Manila · as Director |
| 2007 | Death in the Land of Encantos · as Interviewer |
| 2019 | The Halt · as Composer |
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| 2007 | Death in the Land of Encantos · as Composer |
| 2023 | Taxibol · as Himself |
| 2025 | Magellan · as Production Design |
| 2025 | Magellan · as Director Of Photography |
| 2025 | Magellan · as Production Designer |
| 2024 | Phantosmia · as Production Design |
| 2024 | Phantosmia · as Cinematographer |
| 2023 | Essential Truths of the Lake · as Cinematographer |
| 2022 | When the Waves Are Gone · as Production Design |
| 2022 | A Tale of Filipino Violence · as Production Design |
| 2022 | A Tale of Filipino Violence · as Cinematographer |
| 2021 | History of Ha · as Production Design |
| 2021 | History of Ha · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | Genus Pan · as Director Of Photography |
| 2020 | Liminal · as Director Of Photography |
| 2019 | The Halt · as Production Design |
| 2019 | The Halt · as Director Of Photography |
| 2018 | A Short History of a Few Bad Things · as Songs |
| 2016 | The Woman Who Left · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | Storm Children: Book One · as Cinematographer |
| 2014 | From What Is Before · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Prologue to the Great Desaparecido · as Director Of Photography |
| 2013 | Venice 70: Future Reloaded · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget · as Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Florentina Hubaldo, CTE · as Cinematographer |
| 2012 | Florentina Hubaldo, CTE · as Sound |
| 2011 | Century of Birthing · as Cinematographer |
| 2011 | Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution · as Director Of Photography |
| 2008 | Melancholia · as Cinematographer |
| 2007 | Death in the Land of Encantos · as Cinematographer |
| 2002 | Hesus, rebolusyunaryo · as Story |
| 2001 | Batang West Side · as Line Producer |