Gabe Torres
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Gabe Torres grew up in Aurora, New York, a small village on Cayuga
Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. He started making
films at age twelve when he discovered an old eight-millimeter camera
in a neighbor's closet. Soon he was cranking out numerous Super 8 films
filled with monsters, disasters and all kinds of mayhem. His early
inspirations were visual effects-driven disaster movies and horror
films. The films he made in high school mostly reflected these early
influences and resulted in epic floods, fires and monster attacks. In
the process, model ships and planes were destroyed while friends and
family perished in a flurry of blood and gore. In his senior year,
Torres made his first serious film. The visually poetic "A Short
Distance" won numerous prizes at Super 8 festivals around the country
and became the primary portfolio piece for his application to the USC
Film School.Torres was accepted to the USC Film School and moved to Los Angeles at
age 18. USC was a rich time for Torres. A kid from a small town
suddenly found himself exposed to and meeting such varied filmmakers as
Orson Welles,
Sam Peckinpah,
Don Siegel,
Sydney Pollack,
Steven Spielberg and
John Cassavetes. Among his
classmates Torres found many other impassioned young filmmakers like
himself, forming lifelong friendships that would result in
collaborations that have spanned his career.Upon graduating from USC, Torres wrote and directed the children's
adventure film
Legend of Firefly Marsh (1987),
which premiered on the fledgling Disney Channel and established his
writing and directing career. He wrote in network television for
several years as a freelancer on one-hour series, but resisted taking a
staff position for years, hoping to still write and direct films. It
was the powerful WWII drama
December (1991) that marked Torres's
feature film debut as writer and director and immediately established
him in the indie film world. Turning away from network television
writing, Torres focused on writing and developing indie features while
maintaining a career in children's television, directing such signature
shows such as
Land of the Lost (1991),
BeetleBorgs (1996)
and
ARK, the Adventures of Animal Rescue Kids (1997).With the series
Arrest & Trial (2000) and
Unsolved Mysteries (1987),
Torres entered into the new territory of reenactments, quickly becoming
one of the top directors of crime and large-scale historical
reenactments. He has directed hundreds of stylish reenactments over the
years in a wide range of genres. Many of those shows gave him the
opportunity to shoot all over the world including Eastern Europe, North
Africa and South America.Even with the busy television career, films were still Torres's
priority. He directed two widely different films during this time: the
dark character study Bartender (1997)
and the emotionally moving western
Last Stand (2003), which reunited him
with Jason London from his first
feature film, "December". "Bartender" and "Last Stand" also established
a career friendship with composer
Brian Tyler, who later scored the
intense thriller Brake (2012), which Torres
produced and directed. "Brake" also partnered Torres with producer and
friend Nathan West, whom Torres had
directed as a young actor years earlier.
Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. He started making
films at age twelve when he discovered an old eight-millimeter camera
in a neighbor's closet. Soon he was cranking out numerous Super 8 films
filled with monsters, disasters and all kinds of mayhem. His early
inspirations were visual effects-driven disaster movies and horror
films. The films he made in high school mostly reflected these early
influences and resulted in epic floods, fires and monster attacks. In
the process, model ships and planes were destroyed while friends and
family perished in a flurry of blood and gore. In his senior year,
Torres made his first serious film. The visually poetic "A Short
Distance" won numerous prizes at Super 8 festivals around the country
and became the primary portfolio piece for his application to the USC
Film School.Torres was accepted to the USC Film School and moved to Los Angeles at
age 18. USC was a rich time for Torres. A kid from a small town
suddenly found himself exposed to and meeting such varied filmmakers as
Orson Welles,
Sam Peckinpah,
Don Siegel,
Sydney Pollack,
Steven Spielberg and
John Cassavetes. Among his
classmates Torres found many other impassioned young filmmakers like
himself, forming lifelong friendships that would result in
collaborations that have spanned his career.Upon graduating from USC, Torres wrote and directed the children's
adventure film
Legend of Firefly Marsh (1987),
which premiered on the fledgling Disney Channel and established his
writing and directing career. He wrote in network television for
several years as a freelancer on one-hour series, but resisted taking a
staff position for years, hoping to still write and direct films. It
was the powerful WWII drama
December (1991) that marked Torres's
feature film debut as writer and director and immediately established
him in the indie film world. Turning away from network television
writing, Torres focused on writing and developing indie features while
maintaining a career in children's television, directing such signature
shows such as
Land of the Lost (1991),
BeetleBorgs (1996)
and
ARK, the Adventures of Animal Rescue Kids (1997).With the series
Arrest & Trial (2000) and
Unsolved Mysteries (1987),
Torres entered into the new territory of reenactments, quickly becoming
one of the top directors of crime and large-scale historical
reenactments. He has directed hundreds of stylish reenactments over the
years in a wide range of genres. Many of those shows gave him the
opportunity to shoot all over the world including Eastern Europe, North
Africa and South America.Even with the busy television career, films were still Torres's
priority. He directed two widely different films during this time: the
dark character study Bartender (1997)
and the emotionally moving western
Last Stand (2003), which reunited him
with Jason London from his first
feature film, "December". "Bartender" and "Last Stand" also established
a career friendship with composer
Brian Tyler, who later scored the
intense thriller Brake (2012), which Torres
produced and directed. "Brake" also partnered Torres with producer and
friend Nathan West, whom Torres had
directed as a young actor years earlier.