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Emilio Miguel Torres (b. 2000)

Birthplace:
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Born:
May 10, 2000

Biography from TheMovieDB

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.

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Film Production

Associate Producer:
2022  Fiber Optics

Director:
2019  Wannabe
2020  Mikey
2021  Valor & Sacrifice
2022  Fiber Optics
2022  The Ladder
2023  the fix
2025  The Ladder

Director of Photography:
2019  Wannabe
2020  Mikey
2020  The Laramie Project
2021  Valor & Sacrifice
2022  Fiber Optics
2022  The Ladder
2023  the fix
2025  The Ladder

Editor:
2019  Wannabe
2020  Mikey
2020  The Laramie Project
2021  Valor & Sacrifice
2022  Fiber Optics
2022  The Ladder
2023  the fix
2025  The Ladder

Graphic Designer:
2019  Wannabe
2020  Mikey
2020  The Laramie Project
2021  Valor & Sacrifice
2022  Fiber Optics
2022  The Ladder
2023  the fix
2025  The Ladder

Production Assistant:
2019  Wannabe
2020  Mikey
2020  The Laramie Project
2021  40 Nickels
2021  Valor & Sacrifice
2022  Fiber Optics
2022  The Ladder
2023  the fix
2025  The Ladder

Writer:
2019  Wannabe
2020  Mikey
2020  The Laramie Project
2021  40 Nickels
2021  Valor & Sacrifice
2022  Fiber Optics
2022  The Ladder
2023  the fix
2025  The Ladder

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