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Lila Avilés
Director

Lila Avilés

1 Jan 1982Born
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Mexico City, MexicoBirthplace

Biography

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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. TBACábulaFilm: Director, Writer
  2. 2025MúsicasFilm: Director, Writer
  3. 2023TótemFilm: Director, Writer
  4. 2023Eye Two Times MouthFilm: Director, Writer
  5. 2019The ChambermaidFilm: Writer, Director
  6. 2017NenaFilm: Director, Writer
  7. 2017BonitasFilm: Director
  8. 2016Land of NodFilm
  9. 2016Drunk History El Lado Borroso De La HistoriaSeries (2 episodes)
  10. 2016Déjà VuFilm: Director, Writer
  11. 2016ReconstrucciónFilm: Director
  12. 2016La fertilidad de la tierraFilm: Writer, Director
  13. 2015She's RamonaFilm: Sofía
  14. 2015LimerenciaFilm: Director
  15. 2014Alice in MarialandFilm: Woman at the Bar
  16. 2014The Time RemainingFilm
  17. 2012PacientesSeries (2 episodes)
  18. 2012SudaFilm
  19. 2012Caminando las nochesFilm: Ema
  20. 2010Drenaje ProfundoSeries (1 episode)
  21. 2010Prófugas del DestinoSeries (1 episode)
  22. 2007El PanteraSeries (3 episodes)

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