Christopher Murray was born in Santiago, Chile in 1985. His debut feature film, Manuel de Ribera, was presented at the Festival of Rotterdam in 2010. In 2014, he made the collective documentary Propaganda, which was awarded the Jury’s Prize at Visions du Réel, and in 2016 El Cristo Ciego was presented at the Venice Film Festival. In 2019 he was co-director of the documentary Dios, which won the George Reinhart Youth Jury Prize at Visions du Réel. Sorcery had its world première at Sundance FF 2023.