Julio Torres is an Emmy®-nominated, 2-time Peabody-winning, Gotham award-winning, and WGA-winning writer and comedian from El Salvador.

Most recently, Torres wrote, directed, executive produced and starred in HBO’s six-episode series Fantasmas, which premiered in June 2024. Executive produced by Dave McCary and Emma Stone via their Fruit Tree banner alongside Irony Point and 3 Arts Entertainment, the show earned two nominations at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards for Best New Scripted Series and Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series as well as a nomination for Breakthrough Comedy Series at the 2025 Gotham Television Awards. Julio also won for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series at the 2025 Gotham Television Awards. Fantasmas has also been awarded a 2025 Peabody Award in Entertainment.

Torres made his directorial feature film debut with A24’s Problemista, which premiered at SXSW in March 2023 to high praise. Torres also wrote the film and starred alongside Tilda Swinton, Isabella Rosselini, and RZA. The film, produced by Emma Stone and Dave McCary via their Fruit Tree banner, was released in March 2024 and received two nominations at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.

Torres can be seen in both seasons of his HBO series Los Espookys, which he co-created with Fred Armisen and Ana Fabrega. A Spanish-language (with English subtitles) comedy, Los Espookys follows a group of friends who run a business orchestrating fake supernatural happenings for a series of peculiar clients. Both seasons were received with critical acclaim and season two was awarded a 2023 Peabody Award in Entertainment, GLAAD Award and Dorian Award, in addition to being named one of the New York Times’ Best TV Shows of 2022.

In 2023, Torres released his first picture book, I Want to Be a Vase, from Simon & Schuster. Illustrated by animator and designer Julian Glander and inspired by Torres' first standup special, My Favorite Shapes, which was released on HBO in 2019; the book takes readers on an essential and visually stunning journey through the lives and intimate dramas of often-overlooked household appliances.

Torres received four Emmy® nominations for his work on Saturday Night Live, on which he served as a writer from 2016 to 2021. In 2023, he was recognized as an honoree in TIME Magazine’s TIME100 Next list, under the “artists” category. The annual list, inspired by the publication’s flagship, TIME100, recognizes 100 rising individuals from across industries who are shaping the future of their fields and defining the next generation of leadership.

He currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.