- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- January 1, 1982
- Place of Birth
- Mexico City, Mexico
Lila Avilés
Lila Avilés Solís (born 1982; Mexico City) is a film director, screenwriter, producer and actress who received widespread acclaim for her first feature film, La camarista (The Chambermaid, 2018), the first movie chosen to represent Mexico at the Academy Awards and the Goyas in 2020. Lila Avilés studied Performing Arts and Stage Direction, as well as Film Script. Before venturing into film directing, she was an actress in television series such as El Pantera (2006), Fugas del destino (2010) and Desenado profundo (2010). She debuted as a filmmaker with the short film Deja vu in 2016. Her first feature film, La Camarista, premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival. With this film, Avilés won the Ariel Award for first feature, as well as the nomination for Best Director. The film also won the Mexican Feature Film Eye at the 2019 Morelia International Film Festival. In Septe…
Filmography
movieMúsicas
2025 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
movieTótem
2023 · Director, Writer, Casting, Producer
movieEye Two Times Mouth
2023 · Director, Writer
movieThe Chambermaid
2019 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieNena
2017 · Director of Photography, Editor, Writer
movieBonitas
2017 · Director
movieLand of Nod
2016
tvDrunk History El Lado Borroso De La Historia
2016
movieDéjà Vu
2016 · Writer, Director, Editor, Producer
movieReconstrucción
2016 · Director
movieLa fertilidad de la tierra
2016 · Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
movieShe's Ramona
2015 · Sofía
movieLimerencia
2015 · , Director
movieAlice in Marialand
2014 · Woman at the Bar
The Time Remaining
movieThe Time Remaining
2014
Pacientes
tvPacientes
2012
movieSuda
2012
movieCaminando las noches
2012 · Ema
Drenaje Profundo
tvDrenaje Profundo
2010
tvPrófugas del Destino
2010
tvEl Pantera
2007
Cábula
movieCábula
— · Director