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.
2025When Clouds Hide the ShadowMovieDirector · Writer · Editor
2024A Dark LightMovieEditor
2022Under the Sky ShelterMovieScript Supervisor
2021Alicia Dreams of a LighthouseMovieDirector
2021Against all the evils of the worldMovieDirector · Screenplay · Editor
2020Winter: Images of Contemporary Chilean ArchitectureMovieDirector
2020Ni juntos, ni solosMovieScript Consultant
2019Death Will Come and Shall Have Your EyesMovieDirector · Editor · Writer2019Perros sin colaMovieEditor · Script Consultant
2019The GuruMovieEditorial Consultant
2018About Things That Happened to MeMovieWriter · Director · Editor
2018EnigmaMovieScript Consultant2017AbsenceMovieEditor
2017ReyMovieDevelopment Producer
2017Nada pertenece a la memoriaMovieEditor · Director · Writer
2017All the Letters that I Never SentMovieScreenplay · Director · Editor
2016Como me da la gana IIMovieas Self
2016The Winds Know That I'm Coming Back HomeMovieDirector · Editor
2015Adios amigo mío, sin gestos, sin palabrasMovieDirector · Editor · Director of Photography · Screenplay
2015Land and ShadeMovieScript Consultant
2014AuroraMovieEditor · Art Direction
2014Tea TimeMovieThanks
201311 Habitaciones en AntárticaMovieDirector · Editor · Director of Photography · Camera Operator
2013The FutureMovieThanks
2013What Is This Story and How Does It End?MovieDirector
2013CandelariaMovieDirector of Photography
2012Thursday Till SundayMovieOther2012By the FireMovieOther
2011VeranoMovieDirector · Screenplay · Editor
2011The Little White DovesMovieDirector2011LuciaMovieAssistant Director · Producer · Editor2010OcasoMovieThanks
2010Un minuto de silencioMovieWriter · Director
2008The Sky, the Earth and the RainMovieDirector · Writer
2004El malMovieDirector · Editor · Director of Photography
2004Empezando de ceroMovieDirector · Cinematography · Writer
2004Los ojos abiertosMovieWriter · Director
2003No tengo nada que decirMovieDirector · Director of Photography · Editor
2002Confesiones de un caballo suicidaMovieCinematography · Writer · Director
—"Ways to get into heaven"MovieProduction Supervisor