Lav Diaz
Filipino film director (born 1958)
2.61body-of-work score · ranked #422 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- December 30, 1958 · Mindanao
- Nationality
- Philippines
- Work
- film director, film editor, film producer, screenwriter
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1The Woman Who LeftAng babaeng humayo
2016 · Philippines · drama
Venice Golden Lion winner 2016 · Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2017 #5
1.392 citations - 20.751 citation
- 3Norte, the End of HistoryNorte, Hangganan ng Kasaysayan
2013 · Philippines · crime
Film Comment year-end poll 2014 #15 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #98
0.482 citations
Complete filmography
All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 2004Evolution of a Filipino Family
- 2006Heremias
- 2007Death in the Land of Encantos
- 2008Melancholia
- 2009Butterflies Have No Memories
- 2009Visitors
- 2011Century of Birthing
- 2013Norte, the End of History
- 2014From What Is Before
- 2016A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery
- 2016The Woman Who Left
- 2018Season of the Devil
- 2019The Halt
- 2022When the Waves Are Gone
- 2023Essential Truths of the Lake
- 2024Henrico’s Farm
- 2025Magellan
- —Batang West Side
- —Hesus Rebolusyonaryo
- —History of Ha
- —Phantosmia
- —Serafin Geronimo