José Luis Torres Leiva

José Luis Torres Leiva

Known for

Directing

Born

January 1, 1975 (age 51)

Birthplace

Chile

Biography

José 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.

Best known work

Land and Shade
Land and Shade
2015
The Future
The Future
2013
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes
2019
Tea Time
Tea Time
2014
Thursday Till Sunday
Thursday Till Sunday
2012
Rey
Rey
2017
Aurora
Aurora
2014
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain
2008
Women Workers Leaving the Factory
Women Workers Leaving the Factory
2005
The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home
The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home
2016

Filmography

  1. TBA

    The Arm of Sandow

    Director

  2. TBA

  3. TBA

    Intermediate

    Director

  4. TBA

    "Ways to get into heaven"

    Production Supervisor

  5. 2025

    When Clouds Hide the Shadow

    Director, Writer, Editor

  6. 2024

  7. 2022

    Under the Sky Shelter

    Script Supervisor

  8. 2021

  9. 2021

    Against all the evils of the world

    Director, Screenplay, Editor

  10. 2020

  11. 2020

    Ni juntos, ni solos

    Script Consultant

  12. 2019

  13. 2019

    Perros sin cola

    Editor, Script Consultant

  14. 2019

    The Guru

    Editorial Consultant

  15. 2018

    About Things That Happened to Me

    Director, Writer, Editor

  16. 2018

    Enigma

    Script Consultant

  17. 2017

    Absence

    Editor

  18. 2017

    Rey

    Development Producer

  19. 2017

    Nada pertenece a la memoria

    Director, Writer, Editor

  20. 2017

    Ana's Dream

    Director, Writer, Editor

  21. 2017

    All the Letters that I Never Sent

    Director, Screenplay, Editor

  22. 2016

  23. 2016

  24. 2016

  25. 2015

    Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabras

    Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Editor

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