Directed credits
30
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Lav Diaz
Directing
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Directed movies: 29Directed series: 1All crew credits: 56
TMDB ID: 1051381
IMDb ID: nm0225010
Known for: Directing
Born: December 30, 1958
Age: 67
Place of birth: Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1989 - 2025
Years active: 37
Average TMDB rating: 7.26
Wikidata: Q129619
Also known as
라브 디아즈 • 라브 디아스
Frequent jobs
Director (27)Director of Photography (3)Screenplay (11)Writer (6)Editor (2)Music (2)Producer (1)Production Design (1)Songs (1)Sound Recordist (1)
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.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Lav Diaz.
Phantosmia
Director
2025 Movie
Faith
Director
2024 Movie
7.0
History of Ha
Director of Photography
2021 Movie
5.6
Genus Pan
Director
2020 Movie
5.7
Liminal
Director of Photography
2020 Movie
5.0
Himala: A Dialectic for Our Times
Director
2020 Movie
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
Director
2019 Movie
6.3
The Halt
Director of Photography
2019 Movie
Journey
Director
2019 Movie
8.0
The Boy Who Chose the Earth
Director
2018 Movie
7.0
The Woman Who Left
Director
2016 Movie
7.9
Death in the Land of Encantos
Director
2015 Movie
Fragment
Director
2015 Movie
7.5
Storm Children, Book One
Director
2014 Movie
6.2
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
Director
2013 Movie
4.9
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013 Movie
7.6
Century of Birthing
Director
2011 Movie
6.4
Elegy to the Visitor From the Revolution
Director
2011 Movie
5.0
Visitors
Director
2009 Movie
Purgatorio
Director
2009 Movie
7.9
Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess
Director
2006 Movie
5.2
Jesus the Revolutionary
Director
2002 Movie
5.7
Naked Under the Moon
Director
1999 Movie
5.5
Burger Boys
Director
1999 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Lav Diaz.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Lav Diaz.
7.2
Melancholia
Editor
2008 Movie
5.0
Mañanita
Writer
2019 Movie
8.0
Headless
2004 Movie
5.0
Lily
as Drunk Man
2016 Movie
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
as Himself
2019 Movie
4.9
Magellan
Screenplay
2025 Movie
Phantosmia
Director
2025 Movie
The Caretaker
Story
1989 Movie
4.9
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Director
2013 Movie
5.8
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as Poet (voice)
2024 Movie
7.4
Norte, the End of History
Screenplay
2014 Movie
30th anniversaire of FIDMarseille
Director
2019 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Lav Diaz.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Lav Diaz.
4.9
Magellan
Screenplay
2025 Movie
7.0
When the Waves Are Gone
Production Design
2023 Movie
6.5
Essential Truths of the Lake
Screenplay
2023 Movie
A Tale of Filipino Violence
Screenplay
2022 Movie
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
Sound Recordist
2019 Movie
5.0
Mañanita
Writer
2019 Movie
7.2
The Oceans Are the Real Continents
Music
2019 Movie
A Short History of a Few Bad Things
Songs
2018 Movie
5.9
Season of the Devil
Writer
2018 Movie
6.6
The Day Before the End
Writer
2016 Movie
7.7
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
Producer
2016 Movie
6.0
Wake (Subic)
Music
2015 Movie
7.9
From What Is Before
Editor
2014 Movie
7.4
Norte, the End of History
Screenplay
2014 Movie
8.0
Alamat ni China Doll
Screenplay
2013 Movie
5.9
Investigation on The Night That Won't Forget
Writer
2012 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Lav Diaz.
Del Mundo
2025 Movie
Cinemartyrs
as Kristo
2025 Movie
Moneyslapper
as Lucas
2024 Movie
5.8
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust
as Poet (voice)
2024 Movie
Real Life Fiction
2024 Movie
Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge
as Kristo Kastrado
2024 Movie
2.0
Taxibol
as Himself
2023 Movie
The Devil of Comparisons
as Priest
2022 Movie
Atravesando el campo
as Lav Diaz
2021 Movie
Life in 24 Frames a Second
as Self
2021 Movie
Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town
as Sound Recorder
2019 Movie
Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema
as Himself
2019 Movie