Jonathan De La Torre
Acting
Known For

A rag-tag group of undocumented youth – Dreamers – deliberately get detained by Border Patrol in order to infiltrate a shadowy, for-profit detention center.
The Infiltrators

A successful writer falls in love with a man he continuously meets in his dreams, distorting his sense of reality, forcing him to make an impossible decision.
Letters to Axél

When confronting a lifetime of his dying father’s toxic machismo, a man considers an alternate possibility.
Avivar

Following the death of a close uncle, siblings Guillermo, Lucia, and Nora are forced to interact with each other and their extended family during the customary nine days of a Novenario.
Así en la tierra como en el cielo

The odyssey of survival of an undocumented New York city chef and a young girl from El Salvador, after they get stranded in the deserts of southern Arizona.
The Long Walk of Carlos Guerrero

A short film about a closeted gay teenager coming out to a conservative Latino family.
Prodigal Son

A death in the family forces old friends back together where, over the course of a night, their relationship unravels into unresolved emotion.
Novena

Devoted gay son Manuel Espinoza tests an experimental brain modulation device––the Fiat Lux 5000––to reconnect with his dementia-afflicted father, triggering a violent family legacy. A Sci-Fi Drama set in the near future, FIAT LUX 5000 examines notions of Mexican Immigrant identity, caregiving and familial trauma in the face of dubious technological innovations.
Fiat Lux 5000

A Boston I.C.E. agent is forced to choose between the law and his community.