About
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.
Filmography
Músicas2025 · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Tótem2023 · Director, Writer, Casting, Producer
Eye Two Times Mouth2023 · Writer, Director
The Chambermaid2019 · Writer, Director, Producer
Nena2017 · Director of Photography, Writer, Editor
Bonitas2017 · Director
Déjà Vu2016 · Writer, Editor, Director, Producer
Reconstrucción2016 · Director
La fertilidad de la tierra2016 · Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
Limerencia2015 · Director