Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

December 29, 1958 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Datu Paglas, Cotabato, Philippines

Lav Diaz

Biography

Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker. He is known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, having made several of the longest narrative films on record. Although he had been making films since the late 90s Diaz didn't attract much public attention outside of the Philippines and the festival circuit until the release of his 2013 film 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.

Known For

Habambuhay: Remembering Philippine Cinema

Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement

Blockbuster Where a Giant Monster Destroys a Town

An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget

Serafin Geronimo: The Criminal of Barrio Concepcion

Heremias: Book One - The Legend of the Lizard Princess

Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution

Galvez: Hanggang Sa Dulo Ng Mundo Hahanapin Kita

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