José Luis Torres Leiva
Director · Actor · WriterJosé Luis Torres Leiva (born 1975, Chile) is a film director, editor, and screenwriter. He has made a considerable number of short films and independent videos. The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (2008) was his first feature film. Supported by the Hubert Bals Fund (HBF), it was nominated for a Tiger Award and won the FIPRESCI Award at IFFR in 2008. Summertime has also been supported by the HBF and had its premiere at the Venice film festival in 2011.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR36
When Clouds Hide the Shadow
2025
Director
Under the Sky Shelter
2022
Script Supervisor
Alicia Dreams of a Lighthouse
2021
Director
Against all the evils of the world
2021
Director
Winter: Images of Contemporary Chilean Architecture
2020
Director
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes
2019
Director
About Things That Happened to Me
2018
Director
- Ana's Dream
Ana's Dream
2017
Director
Nada pertenece a la memoria
2017
Director
All the Letters that I Never Sent
2017
Director
The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home
2016
Director
- Los soñadores
Los soñadores
2016
Director
Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabras
2015
Director
- See and Listen
See and Listen
2014
Director
11 Habitaciones en Antártica
2013
Director
What Is This Story and How Does It End?
2013
Director
- Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz
Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz
2012
Director
The Little White Doves
2011
Director
Verano
2011
Director
Lucia
2011
Assistant Director
- Three Weeks Later
Three Weeks Later
2010
Director
Un minuto de silencio
2010
Director
- Primer día de invierno
Primer día de invierno
2010
Director
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain
2008
Director
- Trance
Trance
2008
Director
- The Time that Rests
The Time that Rests
2007
Director
- Women Workers Leaving the Factory
Women Workers Leaving the Factory
2005
Director
El mal
2004
Director
Empezando de cero
2004
Director
Los ojos abiertos
2004
Director
No tengo nada que decir
2003
Director
- No Place in Anywhere
No Place in Anywhere
2003
Director
Confesiones de un caballo suicida
2002
Director
- Intermediate
Intermediate
Director
- Nocturnal. Leo Quinteros
Nocturnal. Leo Quinteros
Director
- The Arm of Sandow
The Arm of Sandow
Director
WRITER23
When Clouds Hide the Shadow
2025
Writer
Against all the evils of the world
2021
Screenplay
Ni juntos, ni solos
2020
Script Consultant
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes
2019
Writer
Perros sin cola
2019
Script Consultant
About Things That Happened to Me
2018
Writer
Enigma
2018
Script Consultant
- Ana's Dream
Ana's Dream
2017
Writer
Nada pertenece a la memoria
2017
Writer
All the Letters that I Never Sent
2017
Screenplay
Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabras
2015
Screenplay
Land and Shade
2015
Script Consultant
Verano
2011
Screenplay
- Primer día de invierno
Primer día de invierno
2010
Writer
Un minuto de silencio
2010
Writer
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain
2008
Writer
- Trance
Trance
2008
Screenplay
- The Time that Rests
The Time that Rests
2007
Writer
- Women Workers Leaving the Factory
Women Workers Leaving the Factory
2005
Writer
Los ojos abiertos
2004
Writer
Empezando de cero
2004
Writer
- No Place in Anywhere
No Place in Anywhere
2003
Writer
Confesiones de un caballo suicida
2002
Writer
PRODUCER6
EDITOR24
When Clouds Hide the Shadow
2025
Editor
A Dark Light
2024
Editor
Against all the evils of the world
2021
Editor
The Guru
2019
Editorial Consultant
Perros sin cola
2019
Editor
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes
2019
Editor
About Things That Happened to Me
2018
Editor
- Ana's Dream
Ana's Dream
2017
Editor
Absence
2017
Editor
Nada pertenece a la memoria
2017
Editor
All the Letters that I Never Sent
2017
Editor
The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home
2016
Editor
Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabras
2015
Editor
Aurora
2014
Editor
11 Habitaciones en Antártica
2013
Editor
Thursday Till Sunday
2012
Other
Verano
2011
Editor
Lucia
2011
Editor
- Trance
Trance
2008
Editor
- The Time that Rests
The Time that Rests
2007
Editor
- Women Workers Leaving the Factory
Women Workers Leaving the Factory
2005
Editor
El mal
2004
Editor
- No Place in Anywhere
No Place in Anywhere
2003
Editor
No tengo nada que decir
2003
Editor
CINEMATOGRAPHER8
Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabras
2015
Director of Photography
11 Habitaciones en Antártica
2013
Director of Photography, Camera Operator
Candelaria
2013
Director of Photography
- Trance
Trance
2008
Director of Photography
- The Time that Rests
The Time that Rests
2007
Director of Photography
El mal
2004
Director of Photography
- No Place in Anywhere
No Place in Anywhere
2003
Director of Photography
No tengo nada que decir
2003
Director of Photography
