Lila Avilés

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1982-01-01 (42 years old)

Place of Birth Mexico City, Mexico

Also Known As Lila Avilés Solís

Lila Avilés

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. 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

Director

2023
Tótem

as Director

2023
2019
The Chambermaid

as Director

2017
Bonitas

as Director

2017
Nena

as Director

2016
Reconstrucción

as Director

2016
Déjà Vu

as Director

2015
Limerencia

as Director

Writer

2023
Tótem

as Writer

2023
2019
The Chambermaid

as Writer

2017
Nena

as Writer

2016
Déjà Vu

as Writer

Producer

2023
Tótem

as Casting

2023
Tótem

as Producer

2019
The Chambermaid

as Producer

2016
Déjà Vu

as Producer

Editor

2017
Nena

as Editor

2016
Déjà Vu

as Editor

Camera

2017
Nena

as Director of Photography

2016
La fertilidad de la tierra

as Director of Photography