Biography

Documentary filmmaker, scriptwriter and producer born in 1964 in Santiago, Chile. In 2000, he founded alongside Daniela Bunster The Documentary Production Company "Surreal Películas de la Realidad". He has directed and produced independent documentaries like The Desert Train (1995), Nema problema (2001), Ultraman (2004) and Kawase-san (2010), among others, all presented and awarded at major Chilean and international festivals such as FIDMarseille, IDFA, It's All True, DocumentaMadrid and Miami, among others. Leighton has created and directed 10 series and has filmed in more than 40 countries around the world. In April 2005, the VII Buenos Aires Independent Cinema Festival of Argentina (BAFICI), made a tribute and a retrospective about his audiovisual work. In Chile he has received the Altazor Prize for the Arts as 'Best Television Director in six opportunities. In 2007, the Chilean Senate awarded him with the "Medal of Honor" for his work in television, and in 2010 the Circle of Art Critics gave him the "Bicentennial Award" for his outstanding career.
- IMDb mini biography by: Surreal Películas de la realidad

Author and director of documentaries for film and television. He's known for the feature documentaries: Nema Problema (2001); El Corredor (2005) and "Kawase-san" (2010). He has developed and directed documentary series for television including "Los Patiperros", Netflix's "A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad" and "Adoptados, la historia que nos falta". He is been recognized in film festivals all over the world, including IDFA, FidMarseille and the Miami Film Festival, and has received the "Medal of Honor" awarded by the Senate of Chile, the "Bicentennial Award" given by the Circle of Art Critics and the National Award of Arts "Altazor". Since 2022 he is a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Chile.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ignacio Hernández (chilean producer and personal friend)