Lav Diaz

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-12-30 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Datu Paglas, Cotabato, Philippines

Lav Diaz

Biography

Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent 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...

Production

2006

Image Nation

as Writer

2019

2009

Visitors

as Director

2012

2011

2011

2025

Magellan

as Director

2025

Magellan

as Screenplay

2009

Visitors

as Writer

2008

Melancholia

as Director

2008

Melancholia

as Writer

2008

Melancholia

as Cinematography

2008

Melancholia

as Editor

2009

Butterflies Have No Memory

as Director of Photography

2014

2020

Liminal

as Director of Photography

2013

2022

A Tale of Filipino Violence

as Production Design

1999

Burger Boys

as Director

1999

Burger Boys

as Screenplay

1999

1999

2001

West Side Avenue

as Director

2001

West Side Avenue

as Screenplay

2021

History of Ha

as Director

2021

History of Ha

as Writer

2021

History of Ha

as Director of Photography

2021

History of Ha

as Editor

2021

History of Ha

as Production Design

2014

2014

2023

When the Waves Are Gone

as Production Design

1991

Daddy Goon

as Screenplay

2009

Purgatorio

as Director

2014

2006

Image Nation

as Director

2015

Wake (Subic)

as Music

2016

-

Kawalan

as Director

2016

2015

Fragment

as Director

2015

Fragment

as Writer

2016

The Woman Who Left

as Screenplay

2012

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

as Cinematography

2015

2014

Storm Children, Book One

as Cinematography

2016

2016

The Woman Who Left

as Cinematography

2016

The Woman Who Left

as Co-Producer

2011

2011

Century of Birthing

as Cinematography

-

Kawalan

as Writer

-

Kawalan

as Director of Photography

-

Kawalan

as Editor

2002

2018

2018

2018

2014

From What Is Before

as Director of Photography

-

Kawalan

as Producer

-

2023

2025

Phantosmia

as Director

2019

Journey

as Director

2025

Phantosmia

as Writer

2025

Phantosmia

as Cinematography

2025

Phantosmia

as Editor

2025

Phantosmia

as Production Design

2019

The Halt

as Director

2019

The Halt

as Writer

2019

The Halt

as Editor

2019

The Halt

as Production Design

2019

The Halt

as Director of Photography

2019

Mañanita

as Writer

-

Henrico's Farm

as Director

-

2011

2013

Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

as Director of Photography

2020

Genus Pan

as Director

2020

Liminal

as Director

2020

Genus Pan

as Writer

2020

Genus Pan

as Editor

2020

Genus Pan

as Director of Photography

2024

Faith

as Director

2024

Absalom Filipino

as Director

1989

2014

2013

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

as Director of Photography

2019

Journey

as Screenplay

-

An Amazon

as Director

2025

Magellan

as Director of Photography

2025

Magellan

as Editor

2025

Magellan

as Production Designer

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