Director

Lila Avilés

January 1, 1982 · Mexico City, Mexico

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.

Often works with

Teresa Sánchez
3 titles together
Tótem, The Chambermaid, Eye Two Times Mouth
L
Lilia Ortega
2 titles together
She's Ramona, She's Ramona

Full filmography · 18

Músicas
Director and Writer
2025
Tótem
Director and Writer
20236.8
Eye Two Times Mouth
Director and Writer
2023
The Chambermaid
Writer and Director
20196.5
Nena
Director and Writer
2017
Bonitas
Director
2017
Land of Nod
cast
2016
Déjà Vu
Writer and Director
2016
La fertilidad de la tierra
Writer and Director
2016
Reconstrucción
Director
2016
She's Ramona
as Sofía
2015
Limerencia
cast and Director
2015