

Niles Atallah
Director · Actor · WriterNiles Atallah lives and works in Santiago, Chile. Born in California in 1978, he is a dual citizen of both Chile and the U.S. He has a B.A. in Art from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Niles works as a writer and director in feature film, music videos, video art work, installations and short films. He also works as a director of photography and created Diluvio, a film production company in Chile. His first feature Lucía premiered at San Sebastián in 2010. Lucía was awarded the FIPRESCI Critics Prize, Prix Découverte de la Critique Française and Prix Spécial du Jury in Toulouse and Best Director at the Valdivia International Film Festival in Chile. Lucia, Luis y el Lobo, a series of two short films he co-directed with Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, totaled over 1 million online views.
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FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTOR13

Merrimundi
2025
Director

Animalia Paradoxa
2024
Director

Vitanuova
2023
Director

Burial: Subterranean Light
2022
Director

Archivos del estallido
2019
Director
- Fragmentum Cinema: Dreams
Fragmentum Cinema: Dreams
2019
Director

Rey
2017
Director

Lucia
2011
Director

Luis
2008
Director

Lucía
2007
Director

The Black Pimpernel
2007
Continuity

Nocturno de Chile
2007
Director
- The Fire Doll
The Fire Doll
Director
WRITER7
PRODUCER4
EDITOR8
CINEMATOGRAPHER11

Still Nature
2025
Camera Operator

Merrimundi
2025
Director of Photography

The Bones
2023
Director of Photography

Burial: Subterranean Light
2022
Director of Photography

Lemebel
2019
Director of Photography

La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra
2017
Director of Photography
- See and Listen
See and Listen
2014
Director of Photography

Candelaria
2013
Director of Photography
- Quiero entrar
Quiero entrar
2011
Director of Photography

Lucia
2011
Director of Photography
- Trance
Trance
2008
Director of Photography












