José Val del Omar (Granada, October 27, 1904 – Madrid, August 4, 1982) was a Spanish photographer, film director and inventor.

He worked in the Pedagogical Missions of the Second Republic, a contemporary of Federico García Lorca, Luis Cernuda, Josep Renau, María Zambrano and other members of the so-called «Silver Age» cut short be the coup d’état of 1936, the Civil War and repression.

Val del Omar was a fervent advocate of cinema, a belief he articulated through the acronym PLAT, representing the comprehensive concept of Picto-Light-Audio-Tactile. As early as 1928, he anticipated several of his most characteristic techniques, such as «non-panoramic image overflow,» which transcended the confines of the screen, and the notion of «tactile vision.» These techniques, along with «diaphonic sound» and other explorations in the realm of sound, were employed in his Elemental Triptych of Spain, comprising «Aguaespejo Granadino» (1953–55), «Fuego en Castilla» (1958–60), and «Acariño Galaico» (1961 / 1981–82 / 1995), the last of which was completed posthumously. However, it was not until shortly before his death that his work and research—perpetually ongoing, as he often concluded his films—began to be truly appreciated and somewhat rediscovered.