Biography
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.
Filmography
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Crew
Crew Credits
The Ladder
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
The Ladder
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2025
the fix
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
the fix
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2023
The Ladder
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2022
The Ladder
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2022
Fiber Optics
Role: Associate Producer
MOVIE • 2022
Fiber Optics
Role: Graphic Designer
MOVIE • 2022
Valor & Sacrifice
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2021
Valor & Sacrifice
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2021
Valor & Sacrifice
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2021
40 Nickels
Role: Production Assistant
MOVIE • 2021
The Laramie Project
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2020
The Laramie Project
Role: Director of Photography
MOVIE • 2020
Mikey
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2020
Mikey
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2020
Mikey
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2020
Wannabe
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2019
Wannabe
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2019
Wannabe
Role: Editor
MOVIE • 2019