Lav Diaz

DirectorCinematographerEditorArtProduction Dec 30 (age 67) Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines 1989–2025 (36 year career)

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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 u…

Known For

Film

Norte, the End of History

Director

Film

The Woman Who Left

Cinematography

Film

From What Is Before

Director

Film

Evolution of a Filipino Family

Cinematography

Film

Melancholia

Cinematography

Film

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

Director

Film

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

Director

Film

Batang West Side

Director

Filmography

Acting (32)

Movies (32)

Cinemartyrs

2025

as Kristo

Del Mundo

2025

Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust

as Poet (voice)

Real Life Fiction

Moneyslapper

as Lucas

Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge

2024

as Kristo Kastrado

Taxibol

2023

as Himself

2.0

The Devil of Comparisons

2022

as Priest

Atravesando el campo

2021

as Lav Diaz

Life in 24 Frames a Second

2021

as Self

Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town

2019

as Sound Recorder

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

2019

as Himself

Lily

2016

as Drunk Man

5.0

Singing in Graveyards

2016

as Paul

6.0

Salamat sa Alaala

2015

as Himself

The Last Pinoy Action King

as Himself

Salvage

as Nilalang

Lorna

Echoserang Frog

The Great Cinema Party

2012

5.5

Jeonju Digital Project 2012

2012

Jingle lang ang Pahina

Colossal

as Shaman

Independencia

as Townspeople

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

2010

as Himself

4.8

Return to Manila: Filipino Cinema

2010

as himself

Manila

as Director

Manila Skies

Green Rocking Chair

Todo Todo Teros

as Himself

Headless

The Sacrifice

as Pilo

Crew (174)

Movies (167)

Magellan

2025

Director

6.2

Magellan

2025

Director of Photography

Magellan

Editor

Magellan

Production Design

Magellan

Production Designer

Magellan

Screenplay

Phantosmia

Cinematography

Phantosmia

2025

Director

Phantosmia

2025

Editor

Phantosmia

2025

Production Design

Phantosmia

2025

Writer

Faith

2024

Director

Absalom Filipino

2024

Director

Essential Truths of the Lake

2023

Cinematography

6.5

Essential Truths of the Lake

2023

Director

6.5

Essential Truths of the Lake

2023

Editor

6.5

Essential Truths of the Lake

2023

Screenplay

6.5

Essential Truths of the Lake

2023

Writer

6.5

When the Waves Are Gone

2023

Director

7.0

When the Waves Are Gone

2023

Production Design

7.0

When the Waves Are Gone

2023

Writer

7.0

A Tale of Filipino Violence

2022

Director

A Tale of Filipino Violence

2022

Editor

A Tale of Filipino Violence

2022

Production Design

A Tale of Filipino Violence

2022

Screenplay

History of Ha

2021

Director

7.0

History of Ha

2021

Director of Photography

History of Ha

Editor

History of Ha

Production Design

History of Ha

Writer

Genus Pan

Director

Genus Pan

Director of Photography

Genus Pan

Editor

Genus Pan

Writer

Liminal

Director

Liminal

Director of Photography

5.7

Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times

Director

The Halt

Director

The Halt

Director of Photography

The Halt

Editor

The Halt

Production Design

The Halt

Writer

The Oceans Are the Real Continents

2019

Executive Producer

7.2

The Oceans Are the Real Continents

2019

Music

7.2

Journey

2019

Director

Journey

2019

Screenplay

Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town

2019

Director of Photography

Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town

2019

Sound Recordist

Mañanita

2019

Writer

5.0

30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille

2019

Director

Season of the Devil

Director

Season of the Devil

Editor

Season of the Devil

Music

Season of the Devil

Writer

A Short History of a Few Bad Things

2018

Songs

Ave

2018

Original Story

The Boy Who Chose the Earth

2018

Director

8.0

The Boy Who Chose the Earth

2018

Writer

8.0

The Day Before the End

2016

Director

6.6

The Day Before the End

Writer

The Woman Who Left

Cinematography

The Woman Who Left

Co-Producer

The Woman Who Left

Director

The Woman Who Left

Editor

The Woman Who Left

Screenplay

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Director

7.7

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Editor

7.7

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

2016

Producer

7.7

A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery

Screenplay

Wake (Subic)

Music

Death in the Land of Encantos

2015

Cinematography

7.9

Death in the Land of Encantos

2015

Director

7.9

Death in the Land of Encantos

2015

Editor

7.9

Death in the Land of Encantos

2015

Writer

7.9

Fragment

2015

Director

Fragment

2015

Writer

Storm Children, Book One

2014

Cinematography

7.5

Storm Children, Book One

2014

Director

7.5

Storm Children, Book One

2014

Editor

7.5

Norte, the End of History

2014

Director

7.4

Norte, the End of History

2014

Editor

7.4

Norte, the End of History

Screenplay

From What Is Before

Director

From What Is Before

Director of Photography

From What Is Before

Editor

From What Is Before

Producer

From What Is Before

Writer

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director

4.9

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

2013

Director of Photography

4.9

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Writer

Alamat ni China Doll

Screenplay

Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

2013

Director

6.2

Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

2013

Director of Photography

6.2

Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

2013

Editor

6.2

Prologue to the Great Desaparecido

2013

Writer

6.2

Investigation on The Night That Won't Forget

2012

Cinematography

5.9

Investigation on The Night That Won't Forget

2012

Director

5.9

Investigation on The Night That Won't Forget

2012

Editor

5.9

Investigation on The Night That Won't Forget

2012

Writer

5.9

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

2012

Cinematography

7.6

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

2012

Director

7.6

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

2012

Editor

7.6

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

2012

Producer

7.6

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

2012

Screenplay

7.6

Florentina Hubaldo, CTE

Sound

Century of Birthing

Cinematography

Century of Birthing

Director

Century of Birthing

Editor

Century of Birthing

Music

Century of Birthing

Writer

Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

2011

Director

6.4

Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

2011

Director of Photography

6.4

Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

2011

Editor

6.4

Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

Screenplay

Visitors

Director

Visitors

Writer

Butterflies Have No Memory

2009

Director

6.7

Butterflies Have No Memory

2009

Director of Photography

6.7

Butterflies Have No Memory

2009

Editor

6.7

Butterflies Have No Memory

2009

Producer

6.7

Butterflies Have No Memory

2009

Writer

6.7

Purgatorio

2009

Director

Melancholia

Cinematography

Melancholia

Director

Melancholia

Editor

Melancholia

Writer

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

2006

Director

7.9

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

2006

Editor

7.9

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

2006

Writer

7.9

Image Nation

2006

Director

Image Nation

2006

Writer