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Lav Diaz

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  • Director
  • Editor
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Lav Diaz in Season of the Devil (2018)
Lav Diaz was born on 30 December 1958 in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. He is a writer and director, known for Season of the Devil (2018), The Woman Who Left (2016) and From What Is Before (2014).
BornDecember 30, 1958
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BornDecember 30, 1958
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    • Awards
      • 61 wins & 121 nominations total

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    Known for

    Noel Sto. Domingo in Season of the Devil (2018)
    Season of the Devil
    6.8
    • Writer
    • 2018
    Charo Santos-Concio in The Woman Who Left (2016)
    The Woman Who Left
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2016
    From What Is Before (2014)
    From What Is Before
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 2014
    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE (2012)
    Florentina Hubaldo, CTE
    7.4
    • Writer
    • 2012

    Credits

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    Writer



    • Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
      • Writer
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Kawalan
      • Writer
      • Post-production
    • Henrico's Farm
      • Writer
      • Post-production



    • Gael García Bernal in Magellan (2025)
      Magellan
      6.2
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Janine Gutierrez in Phantosmia (2024)
      Phantosmia
      6.7
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Shaina Magdayao in Essential Truths of the Lake (2023)
      Essential Truths of the Lake
      6.0
      • Writer
      • 2023
    • John Lloyd Cruz in When the Waves Are Gone (2022)
      When the Waves Are Gone
      6.9
      • writer
      • 2022
    • Agot Isidro and Hazel Orencio in A Tale of Filipino Violence (2022)
      A Tale of Filipino Violence
      5.1
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • History of Ha (2021)
      History of Ha
      6.1
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, and Don Melvin Boongaling in Genus Pan (2020)
      Genus Pan
      6.3
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Bela Padilla in Mañanita (2019)
      Mañanita
      4.8
      • story
      • screenplay
      • 2019
    • 30 (+) films pour la 30ème
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Quennie Lyne Demoral in Masla a papanok (2018)
      Masla a papanok
      • story
      • 2018
    • Lakbayan (2018)
      Lakbayan
      3.9
      • screenplay (segment "Hugaw/Dirt")
      • 2018
    • The Boy Who Chose the Earth
      6.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Noel Sto. Domingo in Season of the Devil (2018)
      Season of the Devil
      6.8
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Charo Santos-Concio in The Woman Who Left (2016)
      The Woman Who Left
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 2016
    • The Day Before the End (2016)
      The Day Before the End
      6.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016

    Director



    • Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
      • director
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Kawalan
      • Director
      • Post-production
    • Henrico's Farm
      • Director
      • Post-production
    • An Amazon
      • Director
      • Pre-production



    • Gael García Bernal in Magellan (2025)
      Magellan
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Janine Gutierrez in Phantosmia (2024)
      Phantosmia
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Shaina Magdayao in Essential Truths of the Lake (2023)
      Essential Truths of the Lake
      6.0
      • Director
      • 2023
    • John Lloyd Cruz in When the Waves Are Gone (2022)
      When the Waves Are Gone
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Agot Isidro and Hazel Orencio in A Tale of Filipino Violence (2022)
      A Tale of Filipino Violence
      5.1
      • Director
      • 2022
    • History of Ha (2021)
      History of Ha
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Liminal (2020)
      Liminal
      5.5
      • Director (segment "The World is Cold")
      • 2020
    • Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, and Don Melvin Boongaling in Genus Pan (2020)
      Genus Pan
      6.3
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Shaina Magdayao in Himala: isang dayalektika ng ating panahon (2020)
      Himala: isang dayalektika ng ating panahon
      5.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2020
    • 30 (+) films pour la 30ème
      • Director (segment "Marta")
      • 2019
    • Piolo Pascual in The Halt (2019)
      The Halt
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Lakbayan (2018)
      Lakbayan
      3.9
      • Director (segment "Hugaw/Dirt")
      • 2018
    • The Boy Who Chose the Earth
      6.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Noel Sto. Domingo in Season of the Devil (2018)
      Season of the Devil
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Charo Santos-Concio in The Woman Who Left (2016)
      The Woman Who Left
      7.1
      • Director
      • 2016

    Editor



    • Let Us Through, Dear Ancestors
      • editor
      • Completed
      • 2026
    • Kawalan
      • Editor
      • Post-production
    • Henrico's Farm
      • Editor
      • Post-production



    • Gael García Bernal in Magellan (2025)
      Magellan
      6.2
      • Editor
      • 2025
    • Janine Gutierrez in Phantosmia (2024)
      Phantosmia
      6.7
      • Editor
      • 2024
    • Shaina Magdayao in Essential Truths of the Lake (2023)
      Essential Truths of the Lake
      6.0
      • Editor
      • 2023
    • Agot Isidro and Hazel Orencio in A Tale of Filipino Violence (2022)
      A Tale of Filipino Violence
      5.1
      • Editor
      • 2022
    • History of Ha (2021)
      History of Ha
      6.1
      • Editor
      • 2021
    • Nanding Josef, Bart Guingona, and Don Melvin Boongaling in Genus Pan (2020)
      Genus Pan
      6.3
      • Editor
      • 2020
    • 30 (+) films pour la 30ème
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Piolo Pascual in The Halt (2019)
      The Halt
      6.7
      • Editor
      • 2019
    • Lakbayan (2018)
      Lakbayan
      3.9
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • The Boy Who Chose the Earth
      6.0
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Noel Sto. Domingo in Season of the Devil (2018)
      Season of the Devil
      6.8
      • Editor
      • 2018
    • Charo Santos-Concio in The Woman Who Left (2016)
      The Woman Who Left
      7.1
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • Piolo Pascual and John Lloyd Cruz in A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (2016)
      A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
      7.3
      • Editor
      • 2016
    • From What Is Before (2014)
      From What Is Before
      7.6
      • Editor
      • 2014
    • Prologue to the Great Desaparecido (2013)
      Prologue to the Great Desaparecido
      6.1
      Short
      • Editor
      • 2013

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    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Laurente Diaz
    • Born
      • December 30, 1958
      • Datu Paglas, Maguindanao, Mindanao, Philippines

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Member of the International Jury at the 37th Mostra Internacional de São Paulo in 2013.
    • Quotes
      We're labeled 'the slow cinema' but it's not slow cinema, it's cinema. I don't know why ... every time we discourse on cinema we always focus on the length. (...) It's cinema, it's just like poetry, just like music, just like painting where it's free, whether it's a small canvas or it's a big canvas, it's the same...[2016]
    • Trademarks
        Often makes his films in black and white.

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