Sebastián Perillo was born in Buenos Aires in 1976. He studied at the Universidad del Cine and has been producing films, mostly fiction, since 2003, with 25 feature films to his credit. In 2016, he produced, wrote, and directed Amateur, which participated in several festivals around the world and won the awards for Best Fiction Film, Best Director, and Best Actress at the 24th Mostra de Cinema Llatinoamericà de Catalunya in 2018. Las noches son de los mounstruos is his second film as a director.