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Khavn

Known For
Directing
Born
December 23, 1973 in Quezon City, Philippines
Active Years
1996–2026 (31 Years)
Total Credits
191 credits in database
Directing Born Dec 23, 1973 Quezon City, Philippines 191 credits
191
Total Credits
1996–2026
31 Years Career Span
5
Vault Titles
4
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Khavn works in directing. Born December 23, 1973 in Quezon City, Philippines. Archytele tracks 191 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.

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Known for

Film

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2016
Film

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2016
Film

Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember

2016

Marriage Toxin

2026

The Gryphon

2023

Frequent co-stars

Dido De La Paz 1 shared title
Marti San Juan 1 shared title
Robin Palmes 1 shared title
Bing Austria 1 shared title

Career timeline

Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod
Bomba BernalBomba Bernal · DirectorBomba Bernal · EditorBomba Bernal · WriterCar Aircon Electrical Autocartoons · Music
Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of RevengeRizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge · DirectorRizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge · ProducerRizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge · MusicRizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge · Screenplay
Love Is a Dog from Hell · DirectorNitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) · TranslatorNitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) · DirectorNational Anarchist: Lino Brocka · ProducerNational Anarchist: Lino Brocka · Director
2Bayani · Original Music ComposerThe Devil of Comparisons · DirectorKluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937 · Director
Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni · ProducerGunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni · MusicGunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni · WriterGunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni · DirectorGunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni · Cinematography
KULOB34 · DirectorKULOB34 · WriterKULOB34 · CinematographyKULOB34 · ProducerMr. Duck-Egg · Director
Bamboo Dogs · DirectorBamboo Dogs · ProducerBamboo Dogs · ScreenplayBamboo Dogs · Production DesignBamboo Dogs · Original Music Composer
Balangiga: Howling Wilderness · ScreenplayBalangiga: Howling Wilderness · StoryBalangiga: Howling Wilderness · DirectorBalangiga: Howling Wilderness · ProducerBalangiga: Howling Wilderness · Music
Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an EmberAlipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember · DirectorAlipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember · WriterFilipiniana · DirectorFilipiniana · Writer
Desaparadiso · DirectorDesaparadiso · WriterAn Exploration of Self: No Filter · Music
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a WhoreRuined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore · DirectorRuined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore · ScreenplayRuined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore · Original Music ComposerEsoterica: Manila
Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro · Director
EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek · ProducerEDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek · MusicEDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek · DirectorEDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek · WriterRuined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore · Director
Illogical Patterns of a Logical ParallelismIllogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism · ProducerBreather · DirectorBreather · WriterBreather · Producer
Mondomanila · MusicMondomanila · DirectorMondomanila · ScreenplayMondomanila · ProducerSon of God · Director
I Am The Drowning Sea · DirectorI Am The Drowning Sea · MusicThe Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro · DirectorOur Daily Bread · DirectorNamamasko Po · Director
Years When I Was a Child OutsideYears When I Was a Child Outside · MusicManila in the Fangs of Darkness · DirectorManila in the Fangs of Darkness · WriterUltimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero · Director
Three Days of Darkness · DirectorThree Days of Darkness · WriterThree Days of Darkness · MusicBy The Suez Canal · DirectorThe Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One · Director
Vampire of Quezon City · DirectorVampire of Quezon City · ScreenplayVampire of Quezon City · ProducerTodo Todo Teros · MusicOpen Letter to All the Terrorists in the World · Director
The Family That Eats SoilThe Family That Eats Soil · DirectorThe Family That Eats Soil · WriterA Short Film About the Indio Nacional · MusicThree Days Of Darkness Zero · Director
Headless · DirectorHeadless · WriterMondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata · DirectorMondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata · Writer
Barong Brothers · Director
Greaseman · DirectorGreaseman · Writer
The Twelve · DirectorThe Twelve · WriterThe Twelve · Producer
Kamias: Memory of Forgetting · Director
Amen · DirectorAmen · Writer
1/4 Day In A Life · Director
Memory of Dawn · Director

Full Filmography

191 titles
  • Die Liebe stört der kalte Tod (2026) as Self
  • Bomba Bernal (2025) as Self
  • Bomba Bernal (2025) Director
  • Bomba Bernal (2025) Editor
  • Bomba Bernal (2025) Writer
  • Car Aircon Electrical Autocartoons (2025) Music
  • Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024) as Father Agaton Damaso
  • Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024) Director
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  • Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024) Producer
  • Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024) Music
  • Rizal's Makamisa: Phantasm of Revenge (2024) Screenplay
  • Makbetamaximus: Theater of Destruction (2024) Director
  • Stanislavski's Gun (2024) Director
  • Much Ado About the Future (2024) Director
  • Love Is a Dog from Hell (2023) Director
  • Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (2023) Translator
  • Nitrate: To the Ghosts of the 75 Lost Philippine Silent Films (1912-1933) (2023) Director
  • National Anarchist: Lino Brocka (2023) Producer
  • National Anarchist: Lino Brocka (2023) Director
  • Kilabot: The Seditious Dreams of Nardong Putik (2023) Director
  • 2Bayani (2022) Original Music Composer
  • The Devil of Comparisons (2022) Director
  • Kluge‘s 5th Birthday, 1937 (2022) Director
  • Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni (2021) Producer
  • Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni (2021) Music
  • Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni (2021) Writer
  • Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni (2021) Director
  • Gunam-Gunam x Guni-Guni (2021) Cinematography
  • Skylab (2021) Music
  • Orphea (2021) Director
  • Orphea (2021) Writer
  • Orphea (2021) Music
  • Orphea (2021) Executive Producer
  • How To Not Make A Film (2021) Director
  • How To Not Make A Film (2021) Cinematography
  • KULOB34 (2020) Director
  • KULOB34 (2020) Writer
  • KULOB34 (2020) Cinematography
  • KULOB34 (2020) Producer
  • Mr. Duck-Egg (2020) Director
  • Bamboo Dogs (2018) Director
  • Bamboo Dogs (2018) Producer
  • Bamboo Dogs (2018) Screenplay
  • Bamboo Dogs (2018) Production Design
  • Bamboo Dogs (2018) Original Music Composer
  • This Is Not a Lost Film (2018) Director
  • Happy Lamento (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Happy Lamento (2018) Music
  • Happy Lamento (2018) Screenplay
  • Juan Tamad Goes to the Moon (2018) Director
  • Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017) Screenplay
  • Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017) Story
  • Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017) Director
  • Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017) Producer
  • Balangiga: Howling Wilderness (2017) Music
  • Aswang 1933 (2017) Director
  • Aswang 1933 (2017) Editor
  • Aswang 1933 (2017) Sound Designer
  • Shock Me Shokoy (2017)
  • Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016)
  • Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016) Director
  • Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016) Writer
  • Filipiniana (2016) Director
  • Filipiniana (2016) Writer
  • Simulacrum Tremendum (2016) Director
  • Pilak: The Manila Film Center Invasion (2016) Director
  • Desaparadiso (2015) Director
  • Desaparadiso (2015) Writer
  • An Exploration of Self: No Filter (2015) Music
  • Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014) as The Pianist
  • Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014) Director
  • Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014) Screenplay
  • Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore (2014) Original Music Composer
  • Esoterica: Manila (2014)
  • Misericordia: The Last Mystery of Kristo Vampiro (2013) Director
  • EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (2012) Producer
  • EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (2012) Music
  • EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (2012) Director
  • EDSA XXX: Nothing Ever Changes in the Ever-Changing Republic of Ek-Ek-Ek (2012) Writer
  • Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (2012) Director
  • Ruined Heart! Another Love Story Between a Criminal and a Whore (2012) Writer
  • Solar Syokoy (2012) Director
  • Kalakala (2012) Director
  • Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism (2011)
  • Illogical Patterns of a Logical Parallelism (2011) Producer
  • Breather (2011) Director
  • Breather (2011) Writer
  • Breather (2011) Producer
  • Breather (2011) Cinematography
  • Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao (2011) Director
  • Kommander Kulas: The One and Only Concert of the Amazing Kommander Kulas and His Poor Carabao (2011) Writer
  • Zero (2011) Music
  • Kommander Kulas (2011) Director
  • Mondomanila (2010) Music
  • Mondomanila (2010) Director
  • Mondomanila (2010) Screenplay
  • Mondomanila (2010) Producer
  • Son of God (2010) Director
  • Son of God (2010) Writer
  • Son of God (2010) Producer
  • Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010) as Himself
  • Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010) Director
  • Philippine New Wave: This Is Not a Film Movement (2010) Writer
  • The Trial of Mr. Serapio (2010) Director
  • The Trial of Mr. Serapio (2010) Screenplay
  • Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) (2010) Director
  • Cameroon Love Letter (For Solo Piano) (2010) Writer
  • I Am The Drowning Sea (2009) Director
  • I Am The Drowning Sea (2009) Music
  • The Middle Mystery of Kristo Negro (2009) Director
  • Our Daily Bread (2009) Director
  • Namamasko Po (2009) Director
  • Literature (2009) Director
  • Literature (2009) Writer
  • Pamilya Kariton (2009) Director
  • Years When I Was a Child Outside (2008)
  • Years When I Was a Child Outside (2008) Music
  • Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (2008) Director
  • Manila in the Fangs of Darkness (2008) Writer
  • Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (2008) Director
  • Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (2008) Writer
  • Ultimo: Different Ways of Killing a National Hero (2008) Producer
  • Ultimo (2008) Director
  • Bahag Kings (2008)
  • Bahag Kings (2008) Director
  • Bahag Kings (2008) Writer
  • Overdosed Nightmare (2008) Director
  • The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles (2008) Director
  • The Muzzled Horse of an Engineer in Search of Mechanical Saddles (2008) Story
  • Philippine Bliss (2008) Director
  • Philippine Bliss (2008) Producer
  • Philippine Bliss (2008) Writer
  • Three Days of Darkness (2007) Director
  • Three Days of Darkness (2007) Writer
  • Three Days of Darkness (2007) Music
  • By The Suez Canal (2007) Director
  • The Profane And Senseless Passion Of Jesus Corazon Who, By The Disgrace Of God, Freezes The Heart Of The Loved One (2007) Director
  • Dead Woman in My House (2007) Director
  • The Last Gag of Buster Quizon (2007) Director
  • The Last Gag of Buster Quizon (2007) Writer
  • The Longest Moment You're Not Here (2007) Director
  • Squatterpunk (2007) Director
  • Squatterpunk (2007) Writer
  • Toxic Mango (2007) Director
  • Kristo (2007) Director
  • Vampire of Quezon City (2006) Director
  • Vampire of Quezon City (2006) Screenplay
  • Vampire of Quezon City (2006) Producer
  • Todo Todo Teros (2006) Music
  • Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World (2006) Director
  • Open Letter to All the Terrorists in the World (2006) Writer
  • Old East Side (2006) Director
  • Old East Side (2006) Writer
  • Buryong (2006) Director
  • Buryong (2006) Writer
  • Buryong (2006) Editor
  • Goodbye My Shooting Star (2006) as K.
  • Goodbye My Shooting Star (2006) Music
  • Goodbye My Shooting Star (2006) Writer
  • Goodbye My Shooting Star (2006) Director
  • Rugby Boyz (2006) Director
  • The Family That Eats Soil (2005) as Dead Man on TV
  • The Family That Eats Soil (2005) Director
  • The Family That Eats Soil (2005) Writer
  • A Short Film About the Indio Nacional (2005) Music
  • Three Days Of Darkness Zero (2005) Director
  • Three Days Of Darkness Zero (2005) Writer
  • Three Days Of Darkness Zero (2005) Editor
  • Last Take, Last Shot (2005)
  • Idol: Hero/Villain (2005) Director
  • Can & Slippers (2005) Director
  • Can & Slippers (2005) Producer
  • Can & Slippers (2005) Writer
  • Can & Slippers (2005) Music
  • Small Ali (2005) Director
  • Headless (2004) Director
  • Headless (2004) Writer
  • Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata (2004) Director
  • Mondomanila: Institusyon ng Makata (2004) Writer
  • Barong Brothers (2003) Director
  • Greaseman (2001) Director
  • Greaseman (2001) Writer
  • The Twelve (2000) Director
  • The Twelve (2000) Writer
  • The Twelve (2000) Producer
  • Kamias: Memory of Forgetting (1999) Director
  • Amen (1998) Director
  • Amen (1998) Writer
  • 1/4 Day In A Life (1997) Director
  • Memory of Dawn (1996) Director
  • Jollywood Director

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Khavn best known for?

Khavn is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016), Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016), Alipato: The Very Brief Life of an Ember (2016), Marriage Toxin (2026).

When and where was Khavn born?

Khavn was born on December 23, 1973 in Quezon City, Philippines.

How many credits does Khavn have?

Khavn has accumulated over 191 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1996 to 2026.

What is Khavn's background in cinema and television?

Khavn, originally named Khavn de la Cruz, is a very outspoken, experimental filmmaker. He has directed over 100 films, making him one of the most productive filmmakers in the Philippines, and far beyond. He also heads up Kamias Overground, an independent publishing company, and works as a composer, songwriter, pianist ...

Khavn by the numbers

191credits
191films
0TV series
1996–2026active years

Age in their best-rated roles

Full filmography (191) Born on December 23

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