Noé Valladares is a Salvadoran graduate of the Centro Nacional de Artes de El Salvador (CENAR) with film studies in Cuba. He worked at the National Dramatic Center of Spain and taught at the Royal School of Dramatic Art in Madrid, Spain. Noé served as assistant director to Chilean filmmaker Miguel Littin on the film Sandino, and as a production assistant on Walker, directed by English filmmaker Alex Cox. He was also assistant director on the feature film El Espectro de la Guerra by Nicaraguan filmmaker Ramiro Lacayo.

Noé Valladares is the Director of the Salvadoran Association of Film and Television (ASCINE) and a teacher at the Mónica Herrera School. He has written and directed several short films, as well as written numerous film scripts. Currently, he serves as Director of the Mesoamerican Video School (EVM) at ACISAM. The Journey is his debut feature film as a director.