José Luis Torres Leiva
Chile

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.

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When Clouds Hide the Shadow (2024)
Director | Writer | Editor
A Dark Light (2024)
Editor
Alicia Dreams of a Lighthouse (2021)
Director
Winter: Images of Contemporary Chilean Architecture (2020)
Director
Ni juntos, ni solos (2020)
Script Consultant
Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes (2019)
Director | Writer | Editor
Perros sin cola (2019)
Editor | Script Consultant
About Things That Happened to Me (2018)
Director | Writer | Editor
Enigma (2018)
Script Consultant
Absence (2017)
Editor
Rey (2017)
Development Producer
Ana's Dream (2017)
Director | Writer | Editor
Los soñadores (2016)
Director
Land and Shade (2015)
Script Consultant
Aurora (2014)
Art Direction | Editor
11 Habitaciones en Antártica (2013)
Director | Camera Operator | Director of Photography | Editor
The Future (2013)
Thanks
By the Fire (2012)
Other
Thursday Till Sunday (2012)
Other
Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz (2012)
Director
Verano (2011)
Director | Screenplay | Editor
Lucia (2011)
Producer | Assistant Director | Editor
Ocaso (2010)
Thanks
Tres semanas después (2010)
Director
Primer día de invierno (2010)
Director | Writer
The Sky, the Earth and the Rain (2008)
Director | Writer
Trance (2008)
Director | Director of Photography | Editor | Producer | Screenplay
The Time that Rests (2007)
Director | Writer | Producer | Director of Photography | Editor
Women Workers Leaving the Factory (2005)
Director | Writer | Editor
El mal (2004)
Director | Director of Photography | Editor
Los ojos abiertos (2004)
Director | Writer
Empezando de cero (2004)
Director | Writer | Cinematography
No tengo nada que decir (2003)
Director | Director of Photography | Editor
Confesiones de un caballo suicida (2002)
Director | Writer | Cinematography