Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1958-12-30 (Age: 68)
Place of Birth
Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
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.
Filmography (32)
Del Mundo
2025
Cinemartyrs
2025
Moneyslapper
2024
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
2024
Real Life Fiction
2024
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
2024
Taxibol
2023The Devil of Comparisons
2022
Atravesando el campo
2021
Life in 24 Frames a Second
2021
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
2019
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
2019
Lily
2016
Singing in Graveyards
2016
