Biography
Lav Diaz is a multi-talented director, writer, producer, actor, editor, among other roles. Prior to his contribution to the Seventh Art, he graduated in Economics from the Notre Dame University in Cotabato (Philippines). Moreover, he was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, the Prince Claus Award in 2014 and the Radcliffe Fellowship of Harvard University, and he has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2017. Diaz’s filmography consists of eighteen films, many of them being honored with distinct awards: From What Is Before won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2014, A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery won the Berlinale Alfred Bauer Silver Bear in 2016 and The Woman Who Left received the Golden Lion in Venice. This list continues in 2022 with When the Waves are Gone, winner of the Venice Official Section (Out of Competition).
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Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
| 2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
| 2013 |
Venice 70: Future Reloaded |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2018 |
The Boy Who Chose the Earth |
| 2016 |
The Day Before the End |
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
| 2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
| 2008 |
Purgatorio |
Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
The Day Before the End |
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
| 2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
Editor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Essential Truths of the Lake |
| 2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
| 2021 |
History of Ha |
| 2020 |
Genus Pan |
| 2019 |
The Halt |
| 2018 |
Season of the Devil |
| 2016 |
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery |
The Woman Who Left |
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| 2013 |
Norte, the End of History |
| 2011 |
Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution |
| 2008 |
Melancholia |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
| 2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
Cinematographer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Essential Truths of the Lake |
| 2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
| 2021 |
History of Ha |
| 2020 |
Genus Pan |
Liminal |
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| 2019 |
Kaputol |
| 2016 |
The Woman Who Left |
| 2014 |
From What Is Before |
| 2011 |
Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution |
| 2009 |
Visitors |
| 2008 |
Melancholia |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2014 |
Storm Children: Book One |
| 2012 |
An Investigation on the Night That Won't Forget |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |
| 2009 |
Butterflies Have No Memories |
Production designer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
A Tale of Filipino Violence |
When the Waves Are Gone |
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| 2021 |
History of Ha |
| 2019 |
The Halt |
Composer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Genus Pan |
Liminal |
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| 2018 |
Season of the Devil |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
The Oceans Are the Real Continents |
Actor
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust |
| 2017 |
Salvage |
| 2016 |
Singing in Graveyards |
| 2015 |
Gayuma |
| 2014 |
Lorna |
| 2012 |
Colossal |
| 2011 |
Elegy to the Visitor from the Revolution |
| 2009 |
Manila Skies |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| 2006 |
Todo todo teros |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Taxibol |
| 2021 |
Life in 24 Frames a Second |
| 2015 |
In the Name of Law and Lawlessness |
The Last Pinoy Action King |
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| 2010 |
Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement |
Producer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
History of Ha |
| 2007 |
Death in the Land of Encantos |
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2019 |
30 (+) films pour la 30ème |
Sound designer
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Prologue to the Great Desaparecido |