About

Known credits:
20
Birthday:
2000-05-10
Place of birth:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Website:
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Emilio Miguel Torres

Overview

Emilio Miguel Torres is an award-winning Puerto Rican-Mexican American filmmaker based in Phoenix, Arizona. An NYU Tisch School of the Arts film school graduate, he has written and directed multiple short films that have screened in over 35 international film festivals, earning honors such as the First Prize Kalborg Award at the New Visions and Voices Film Festival, the Critics' Choice Award at the Sci-On Film Festival, and Best Film at the Apex Film Festival.

His debut feature film, The Ladder is a sci-fi, drama film about aging, technology, and family shot in his hometown of Ketchikan, Alaska. This fiercely independent, community-driven project is currently on the festival circuit, with selections at the Fargo Film Festival, Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Wyoming International Film Festival, and the OKCine Latino Film Festival, where it won Best First Feature Film and Best Editing. After screening at the Phoenix Film Festival as part of the U.S. Feature Competition, Torres took home the Copper Wing Award for 2025 Arizona Filmmaker of the Year.

Known for

Directing
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2023 the fix Directing Director 58
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2020 Mikey Directing Director N/A
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2019 Wannabe Directing Director N/A
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Writing
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2023 the fix Writing Writer 58
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2019 Wannabe Writing Writer N/A
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Production
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2021 40 Nickels Production Production Assistant 59
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Art
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Camera
2020 The Laramie Project Camera Director of Photography 59
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Editing
2021 Valor & Sacrifice Editing Editor N/A
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2020 The Laramie Project Editing Editor 59
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2020 Mikey Editing Editor N/A
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2019 Wannabe Editing Editor N/A
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