José Luis Ibáñez (18 February 1933 – 4 August 2020) was a Mexican film director and screenwriter whose screen work is closely associated with Mexico’s 1960s–1970s auteur and experimental currents. He made his film-directing debut with Las dos Elenas, a segment of the anthology feature Amor, amor, amor produced by Manuel Barbachano Ponce from a story by Carlos Fuentes, and presented through Mexico’s First Experimental Film Contest.