1958 - Today
Lavrente Indico Diaz (born December 30, 1958) is a Filipino independent filmmaker and former film critic. He is frequently known as one of the key members of the slow cinema movement, and has made several of the longest narrative films on record. Diaz is one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Filipino filmmakers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lav Diaz has received more than 375,404 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lav Diaz is the 1,342nd most popular film director (down from 1,196th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Philippines (down from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Filipino Film Director.
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Among film directors, Lav Diaz ranks 1,342 out of 1,581. Before him are Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Robert Schwentke, Gillian Armstrong, Gaston Kaboré, Bent Hamer, and Stuart Baird. After him are Pavel Chukhray, Ole Bornedal, David Mackenzie, Geoffrey Unsworth, Andrea Arnold, and Brett Ratner.
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 1,336
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 1,337
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 1,338
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 1,339
1956 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 1,340
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.09
Rank: 1,341
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 1,342
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 1,343
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 1,344
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 1,345
1914 - 1978
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 1,346
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 1,347
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 1,348
Among people born in 1958, Lav Diaz ranks 362. Before him are Sean Michaels, Luc Luycx, Robert Kagan, Mychael Danna, Luiz Carlos Ferreira, and David C. Jewitt. After him are Michael Landau, Predrag Pašić, Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Bart Conner, John Metgod, and John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute.
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 356
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.18
Rank: 357
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 358
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 359
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 360
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 361
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 362
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 363
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 364
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 365
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 366
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 367
1958 - 2021
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 368
Among people born in Philippines, Lav Diaz ranks 56 out of 126. Before him are Jose Tomas Sanchez (1920), Leon O. Chua (1936), Francisco Guilledo (1901), Reggie Lee (1975), Jose Maria Sison (1939), and Tony Settember (1926). After him are Pedro Calungsod (1654), Nur Misuari (1939), James Cooke Brown (1921), Gaudencio Rosales (1932), Aileen Baviera (1959), and Wenceslao Padilla (1949).
1920 - 2012
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 50
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.08
Rank: 51
1901 - 1925
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 52
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 53
1939 - 2022
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 54
1926 - 2014
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 55
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 56
1654 - 1672
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 57
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 58
1921 - 2000
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 59
1932 - Present
HPI: 41.05
Rank: 60
1959 - 2020
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 61
1949 - 2018
HPI: 40.53
Rank: 62
Among film directors born in Philippines, Lav Diaz ranks 2. Before him are Brian Yuzna (1949). After him are Lino Brocka (1939) and Brillante Mendoza (1960).
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 1
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 2
1939 - 1991
HPI: 37.67
Rank: 3
1960 - Present
HPI: 34.75
Rank: 4