Niles Atallah

Directing·California, USA

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Niles Atallah lives and works in Santiago, Chile. Born in California in 1978, he is a dual citizen of both Chile and the U.S. He has a B.A. in Art from the University of California at Santa Cruz. Niles works as a writer and director in feature film, music videos, video art work, installations and short films. He also works as a director of photography and created Diluvio, a film production company in Chile. His first feature Lucía premiered at San Sebastián in 2010. Lucía was awarded the FIPRESCI Critics Prize, Prix Découverte de la Critique Française and Prix Spécial du Jury in Toulouse and Best Director at the Valdivia International Film Festival in Chile. Lucia, Luis y el Lobo, a series of two short films he co-directed with Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, totaled over 1 million online views.

Film	Credit
Merrimundi2025 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Animalia Paradoxa2024 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Bones2023 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Vitanuova2023 · Director	Director
Burial: Subterranean Light2022 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Archivos del estallido2019 · Director	Director
Lemebel2019 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
FFragmentum Cinema: Dreams2019 · Director	Director
The Wolf House2018 · Producer	Producer
Rey2017 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra2017 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Como me da la gana II2016 · Self	Self
SSee and Listen2014 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
TThe Island2014 · Actor	Actor
Candelaria2013 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
QQuiero entrar2011 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Lucia2011 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
TTrance2008 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Luis2008 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Nocturno de Chile2007 · Director	Director
Lucía2007 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
TThe Fire DollDirector	Director