Jesús Contreras trained at the Charles Chaplin Institute. Over the past decade, he has made a series of documentaries in Cajamarca, worked for two local television channels in Ayacucho between 2002 and 2004, and in 2003 directed the short film "Las almas" (The Souls), based on a popular legend. "Sin sentimiento" (Without Feeling), a Zancay Producciones production, marks his feature film debut.