Emilio Miguel Torres

Birth : 2000-05-10, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

History

Emilio Miguel Torres is a Latino-American filmmaker. He received a BFA in Film & Television Production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has written, directed, and produced short films and large scale media productions both as a student and independently. His films Valor & Sacrifice (2021) and The Ladder (2022) have screened at international film festivals and won awards such as the First Prize Kalborg Award from NYU's New Visions and Voices Film Festival as well as the Critics' Choice Award at the Sci-On Film Festival in Reno, Nevada, among other honors. His short film, the fix (2022), is touring at several film festivals across the nation. He grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska and attended high school in the Seattle-Tacoma, Washington area. Emilio now resides in Phoenix, Arizona where he produces films and media projects and is currently in development for his feature debut.

Profile

Movies

Fiber Optics

Associate Producer

A lonely claymation artist struggles with bad connection.

Fiber Optics

Graphic Designer

A lonely claymation artist struggles with bad connection.

Valor & Sacrifice

Editor

Amidst an island-wide labor strike in 1930's Puerto Rico, a passionate politician must make the decision between solidifying his legacy as the first elected governor of the territory or staying true to his morals and cause.

Valor & Sacrifice

Writer

Valor & Sacrifice

Director

40 Nickels

Production Assistant

Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?

The Laramie Project

Editor

The true story of Matthew Shepard's murder is told through the eyes of the citizens of Laramie. His death proved to be a catalyst of change for LGBTQIA+ people in our country, but we still need to continue to work on equity issues for many groups of oppressed and marginalized individuals in our country.

The Laramie Project

Director of Photography

Mikey

Editor

After a boy gets separated from his mother at a market, he encounters a strange man in the bathroom and experiences something he struggles to understand.

Mikey

Writer

After a boy gets separated from his mother at a market, he encounters a strange man in the bathroom and experiences something he struggles to understand.

Mikey

Director

After a boy gets separated from his mother at a market, he encounters a strange man in the bathroom and experiences something he struggles to understand.

Wannabe

Editor

A high school senior feels pressured to lose his virginity while at a party where he finds his crush very drunk.

Wannabe

Writer

A high school senior feels pressured to lose his virginity while at a party where he finds his crush very drunk.

Wannabe

Director

A high school senior feels pressured to lose his virginity while at a party where he finds his crush very drunk.

the fix

Writer

A less than ideal arrangement turns unexpectedly healing when a working, single mother is forced to call her absent father for a last minute babysitting request.

the fix

Director

A less than ideal arrangement turns unexpectedly healing when a working, single mother is forced to call her absent father for a last minute babysitting request.

The Ladder

Writer

In the twilight of his life, an aging Alaskan fisherman must decide between accepting old age or restarting his life with a mysterious new scientific procedure.

The Ladder

Director

In the twilight of his life, an aging Alaskan fisherman must decide between accepting old age or restarting his life with a mysterious new scientific procedure.