Directing
Orlando J. Torres
Place of birth
Puerto Rico
Known for
Directing
Credits
6 titles
Orlando is a Puerto Rican director, writer and editor based in Brooklyn. In 2011, he was a co-recipient of the Raul Julia Scholarship by the Puerto Rico Film Commission to study an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing at Columbia University. His shorts have been awarded in Croatia, England, Israel and Spain. Among these, The Least Worst Man was acquired and distributed by HBO in 2018. His most recent short film, The Department of All Things Lost & Found, premiered at the New York Short Film Festival in 2022. He is currently developing his first feature film as writer/director, Un lugar de agua, which was workshopped in the prestigious CineQuaNon screenwriting lab in Mexico.
Known for
16 years-old Inés takes a ride with Seba, Lucía, and Marcos and learns that in order to gain perspective, innocence must be lost.
Revolt
2013
On the day of his best friend’s wedding, Richard, a cynical and detached 30 year-old man, must come to terms, once and for all, with an event from his past that has left him broken and unable to move on.
The Least Worst Man
2016
NRBased on the short story by renowned Puerto Rican author Luis Negron, La Edwin tells the story of Johnny, a happy-go-lucky, colorful gay man, who seems to spends his days from gossip to gossip. On this particular afternoon, he recounts through a phone conversation the heartbreak story of Edwin, a mutual friend.
La Edwin
2012
NRWei tries to retrieve her wireless earphones lost on the airplane. To her surprise, the Department of All Things Lost and Found miraculously recovers them. But it doesn’t stop there. As her temporary cat sitting turns into months of jobless, aimless limbo, she keeps receiving lost items from the department, and each one seems to bring back a piece of forgotten memory.
The Department of All Things Lost & Found
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Behind the camera
16 years-old Inés takes a ride with Seba, Lucía, and Marcos and learns that in order to gain perspective, innocence must be lost.
Revolt
2013
On the day of his best friend’s wedding, Richard, a cynical and detached 30 year-old man, must come to terms, once and for all, with an event from his past that has left him broken and unable to move on.
The Least Worst Man
2016
On the day of his best friend’s wedding, Richard, a cynical and detached 30 year-old man, must come to terms, once and for all, with an event from his past that has left him broken and unable to move on.
The Least Worst Man
2016
NRBased on the short story by renowned Puerto Rican author Luis Negron, La Edwin tells the story of Johnny, a happy-go-lucky, colorful gay man, who seems to spends his days from gossip to gossip. On this particular afternoon, he recounts through a phone conversation the heartbreak story of Edwin, a mutual friend.
La Edwin
2012
NRWei tries to retrieve her wireless earphones lost on the airplane. To her surprise, the Department of All Things Lost and Found miraculously recovers them. But it doesn’t stop there. As her temporary cat sitting turns into months of jobless, aimless limbo, she keeps receiving lost items from the department, and each one seems to bring back a piece of forgotten memory.
The Department of All Things Lost & Found
—
NRWei tries to retrieve her wireless earphones lost on the airplane. To her surprise, the Department of All Things Lost and Found miraculously recovers them. But it doesn’t stop there. As her temporary cat sitting turns into months of jobless, aimless limbo, she keeps receiving lost items from the department, and each one seems to bring back a piece of forgotten memory.
The Department of All Things Lost & Found
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