José Luis Torres Leiva

Known for: Directing
Born: January 1, 1975, Chile
Movies: 33

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 Movies

5.9

Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes

2019

5.2

The Sky, the Earth and the Rain

2008

7.0

The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home

2016

4.3

Verano

2011

7.8

Como me da la gana II

2016

6.2

Lucia

2011

7.5

When Clouds Hide the Shadow

2025

The Little White Doves

2011

Confesiones de un caballo suicida

2002

El mal

2004

Filmography

2016

Como me da la gana II

Self

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	When Clouds Hide the Shadow	Director, Writer
2021	Alicia Dreams of a Lighthouse	Director
2021	Against all the evils of the world	Director, Screenplay
2020	Winter: Images of Contemporary Chilean Architecture	Director
2019	Death Will Come and Shall Have Your Eyes	Director, Writer
2018	About Things That Happened to Me	Writer, Director
2017	Nada pertenece a la memoria	Writer, Director
2017	Ana's Dream	Writer, Director
2017	All the Letters that I Never Sent	Director, Screenplay
2016	Los soñadores	Director
2016	The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back Home	Director
2015	Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabras	Director, Screenplay
2014	See and Listen	Director
2013	11 Habitaciones en Antártica	Director
2013	What Is This Story and How Does It End?	Director
2012	Copia imperfecta: para Raúl Ruiz	Director
2011	Verano	Director, Screenplay
2011	The Little White Doves	Director
2011	Lucia	Producer
2010	Three Weeks Later	Director
2010	Un minuto de silencio	Writer, Director
2010	Primer día de invierno	Writer, Director
2008	The Sky, the Earth and the Rain	Director, Writer
2008	Trance	Director, Screenplay, Producer
2007	The Time that Rests	Director, Producer, Writer
2005	Women Workers Leaving the Factory	Director, Writer
2004	El mal	Director
2004	Los ojos abiertos	Director, Writer
2004	Empezando de cero	Writer, Director
2003	No Place in Anywhere	Producer, Director, Writer
2003	No tengo nada que decir	Director
2002	Confesiones de un caballo suicida	Director, Writer

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