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 · ScreenplayCinemartyrs (2025) - KristoDel Mundo (2025)Henrico's Farm - Director · WriterNorte, the End of History (2014) - Screenplay · Editor · DirectorFrom What Is Before (2014) - Editor · Director · Writer · Director of Photography · ProducerThe Woman Who Left (2016) - Director · Screenplay · Cinematography · Editor · Co-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 · EditorDeath in the Land of Encantos (2015) - Director · Writer · Cinematography · EditorBatang West Side (2001) - Screenplay · DirectorStorm Children (2014) - Director · Cinematography · EditorCentury of Birthing (2011) - Director · Writer · Music · Editor · CinematographyFlorentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012) - Screenplay · Director · Producer · Editor · Cinematography · SoundDeath in the Land of Encantos (2007) - Director · Screenplay · Story · Producer · Original Music Composer · Director of Photography · Editor · CreatorThe Halt (2019) - Director of Photography · Editor · Director · Writer · Production DesignElegy to the Visitor From the Revolution (2011) - Guitarist (Uncredited) · Director · Screenplay · Director of Photography · EditorA Tale of Filipino Violence (2022) - Screenplay · Production Design · Editor · DirectorGalvez: Hanggang sa Dulo ng Mundo, Hahanapin Kita (1993) - ScreenplayWhen the Waves Are Gone (2023) - Production Design · Director · WriterLorna (2014)