José María Avilés

Born in Ecuador in 1988, he studied at Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires and later took part in the Laboratoria de Cine led by Martín Rejtman and Andrés di Tella. He has worked across several forms, building a career that includes directing, editing, and writing.

Festival and industry profiles describe him as a filmmaker and editor, and note that he worked as an editor on Alba (2016) before going on to make his own films. Those same sources present him as a creative figure whose work has circulated beyond Ecuador, especially through film festivals.

Because reliable public sources found here focus mainly on his film work, fewer biographical details are easy to confirm with confidence. Even so, the available record shows a multidisciplinary artist whose storytelling spans cinema and writing.