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Niles Atallah

Niles Atallah

Director · California, USA

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Biography

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.

Directed 12

2020s

  1. 2026

    Handmade Animation

    Director

  2. 2025

    Merrimundi

    Director

  3. 2024

    Animalia Paradoxa

    Director

  4. 2023

    Vitanuova

    Director

  5. 2022

    Burial: Subterranean Light

    Director

2010s

  1. 2019

    Archivos del estallido

    Director

  2. 2017

    Rey

    Director

  3. 2011

    Lucia

    Director

2000s

  1. 2008

    Luis

    Director

  2. 2007

    Nocturno de Chile

    Director

  3. The Black Pimpernel

    Continuity

  4. Lucía

    Director

Camera 8

2020s

  1. 2025

    Merrimundi

    Director of Photography

  2. Still Nature

    Camera Operator

  3. 2023

    The Bones

    Director of Photography

  4. 2022

    Burial: Subterranean Light

    Director of Photography

2010s

  1. 2019

    Lemebel

    Director of Photography

  2. 2017

    La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra

    Director of Photography

  3. 2013

    Candelaria

    Director of Photography

  4. 2011

    Lucia

    Director of Photography

Edited 8

2020s

  1. 2025

    Merrimundi

    Editor

  2. 2024

    Animalia Paradoxa

    Editor

  3. 2023

    The Bones

    Colorist

  4. 2022

    Burial: Subterranean Light

    Editor

  5. Beast

    Colorist

    70
  6. 2020

    Las mujeres de mi casa

    Editorial Consultant

2010s

  1. 2019

    Archivos del estallido

    Editor

  2. 2017

    La Isla de los Pájaros Sombra

    Editor

Wrote 8

2020s

  1. 2026

    Handmade Animation

    Writer

  2. 2025

    Merrimundi

    Writer

  3. 2024

    Animalia Paradoxa

    Writer

  4. 2020

    Las mujeres de mi casa

    Script Consultant

2010s

  1. 2017

    Rey

    Screenplay

  2. 2011

    Lucia

    Writer

2000s

  1. 2008

    Luis

    Screenplay

  2. 2007

    Lucía

    Screenplay

Sound 4

2020s

  1. 2026

    NOIZE

    Sound Designer

  2. 2025

    Merrimundi

    Sound

  3. 2022

    Burial: Subterranean Light

    Sound Designer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Archivos del estallido

    Sound Designer

Produced 4

2020s

  1. 2025

    The Scarlet Tamagochi

    Associate Producer

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Wolf House

    Producer

    81
  2. 2017

    Rey

    Executive Producer, Researcher

  3. 2011

    Lucia

    Producer

Other crew 1

Visual effects 1

2020s

  1. 2022

    Family Coup

    Photo Retouching, Visual Effects

Art department 1

2020s

  1. 2025

    Merrimundi

    Art Direction

Appearances1

2010s

  1. 2016

    Como me da la gana II

    Self

Thanked in the credits1

2010s

  1. 2018

    About the Dead

    Thanks