Director
Ernesto Díaz Espinoza
48 years · Santiago, Chile · 14 films
From Insolito Film Festival. The term "Latin American action cinema" may sound contradictory to many, even almost utopian; or at least that is how it seemed until the arrival of Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, who since his first film, "Kiltro", and throughout an extensive filmography, has given a fair place to genre cinema in our region. His cinema draws from many sources: martial arts, superheroes in "Mirageman", or exploitation flicks in "Mandrill" or "Bring me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman". But these films go beyond mere tribute; They are also due to the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of his country. A reinterpretation of certain elements closer to the Latin American feeling. This is how Díaz Espinoza's universe - one of cool criminals, fierce fighters, and women at arms - becomes one that operates under his own rules, a genre on its own. A talent worth discovering under a flurry of kicks and punches or a hail of bullets.
Best known for
Filmography 14
Diablo
2025 · Director
On Tubi TV
Fist of the Condor
2023 · Editor, Writer
On VIX
Fuerzas Especiales 2: Cabos Sueltos
2015 · Director
Santiago Violenta
2014 · Matri Guest 7, Editor
Redeemer
2014 · Director, Writer
On Plex
The Green Inferno
2014 · Editor
On Shudder
For Sale
2013 · Director
Maknum González
2013 · Detective 1, Producer
The ABCs of Death
2013 · Director
On Philo
Bring Me the Head of the Machine Gun Woman
2012 · Director, Screenplay
On Plex
Mandrill
2009 · John Colt (voice), Director
On Philo
Mirageman
2007 · Director, Screenplay
On Philo
Kiltro
2006 · Writer, Director
On Philo
El Tronador
2003 · Bob Montero, Director