
Juan Pablo Sallato M. is a Chilean director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founder of Villano Producciones. He directed Red Eyes (2010), one of the most-watched documentaries in Chilean cinema, and the series Libre (2021, Journalism Excellence Award), The Culture of Sex (2015), and Addicted to the Horn (2013, Altazor Award for Best Direction). He also produced dramas such as Zamudio: Lost in the Night (2015) and The Hunt (2018–2022). The Red Hangar (2026), selected at Berlinale Perspectives, is his first fiction feature.