Lav Diaz
Directing · Writer · Music · Executive Producer
Born Dec 30, 1958 · Columbio, Sultan Kudarat, Philippines
Active 1989–present · Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Annual award ACFK
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…
Filmography
Magellan (2025) — Screenplay · Director · Director of Photography · Editor · Production Designer · Production DesignLet Us Through, Dear Ancestors (2026) — Director · ScreenplayDel Mundo (2025)Beatriz, The Wife — Director · WriterHenrico's Farm — Director · WriterNorte, the End of History (2014) — Screenplay · Editor · DirectorThe Woman Who Left (2016) — Director · Screenplay · Cinematography · Editor · Co-ProducerFrom What Is Before (2014) — Editor · Director · Writer · Director of Photography · ProducerEvolution of a Filipino Family (2004) — Screenplay · Director · Editor · Story · Producer · CinematographyMelancholia (2008) — Editor · Writer · Director · CinematographyHeremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess (2006) — Director · Editor · WriterA Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016) — Producer · Director · Screenplay · EditorBatang West Side (2001) — Screenplay · DirectorStorm Children (2014) — Director · Cinematography · EditorCentury of Birthing (2011) — Director · Writer · Music · Editor · CinematographyDeath in the Land of Encantos (2015) — Director · Writer · Cinematography · EditorDeath in the Land of Encantos (2007) — Director · Screenplay · Story · Producer · Original Music Composer · Director of Photography · Editor · CreatorFlorentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012) — Screenplay · Director · Producer · Editor · Cinematography · SoundThe Halt (2019) — Director of Photography · Editor · Director · Writer · Production DesignGalvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita (1993) — ScreenplayElegy to the Visitor From the Revolution (2011) — Guitarist (Uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography · EditorLorna (2014)When the Waves Are Gone (2023) — Production Design · Director · WriterButterflies Have No Memory (2009) — Writer · Director · Producer · Director of Photography · Editor