Director
Lila Avilés
44 years · Mexico City, Mexico · 15 films
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 September 2019, the Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences chose The Camerista as Mexico's representative for the 34th edition of the Goya Awards and the 92nd edition of the Academy Awards.
Best known for
Filmography 15
Músicas
2025 · Director, Writer
Tótem
2023 · Director, Writer
On Kanopy
Eye Two Times Mouth
2023 · Director, Writer
The Chambermaid
2019 · Writer, Director
On Kanopy
Nena
2017 · Cinematography, Director
Bonitas
2017 · Director
Land of Nod
2016 · Actor
Déjà Vu
2016 · Director, Writer
Reconstrucción
2016 · Director
La fertilidad de la tierra
2016 · Writer, Director
She's Ramona
2015 · Sofía
On The Roku Channel
Limerencia
2015 · Actor, Director
Alice in Marialand
2014 · Woman at the Bar
Suda
2012 · Actor
Caminando las noches
2012 · Ema