
Person
Niles Atallah
Directing · California, USA
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.
Known for
The Island
2014

Animalia Paradoxa
Director

Beast
Post Production Supervisor

Lucia
Director

The Wolf House
Producer

Merrimundi
Director
Trance
Director of Photography

Candelaria
Director of Photography

El Tamagochi Escarlata
Associate Producer

Nocturno de Chile
Director
Filmography
- 2025El Tamagochi EscarlataAssociate Producer
- 2025MerrimundiDirector
- 2025Still NatureCamera Operator
- 2024Animalia ParadoxaDirector
- 2023The BonesDirector of Photography
- 2023VitanuovaDirector
- 2022Family CoupPhoto Retouching
- 2022Burial: Subterranean LightDirector
- 2022BeastPost Production Supervisor
- 2020Las mujeres de mi casaEditorial Consultant
- 2019Archivos del estallidoDirector
- 2019LemebelDirector of Photography
- 2019Fragmentum Cinema: DreamsDirector
- 2018The Wolf HouseProducer
- 2018About the DeadThanks
- 2017ReyDirector
- 2017La Isla de los Pájaros SombraDirector of Photography
- 2016Como me da la gana IISelf
- 2014See and ListenDirector of Photography
- 2014The Island
- 2013CandelariaDirector of Photography
- 2011Quiero entrarDirector of Photography
- 2011LuciaDirector
- 2010Primer día de inviernoCinematography
- 2008TranceDirector of Photography
- 2008LuisDirector
- 2007Nocturno de ChileDirector
- 2007The Black PimpernelContinuity
- 2007LucíaDirector
- —The Fire DollDirector
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