Lila Avilés

Born: 1982-01-01

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.


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She's Ramona

as Sofía
Released: 2015-06-17

Ramona is fat woman with too much weight and barely any luck. She recalls a childhood filled...

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Alice in Marialand

as Woman at the Bar
Released: 2014-10-14

Tonatiuh and Maria experience a passionate and turbulent relationship. One night, in the heat of...

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Land of Nod

as uncredited
Released: 2016-07-01

A love triangle between Mateo, Nadia and Tomas. The story of a friendship, the portrait of a...

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Caminando las noches

as Ema
Released: 2012-01-01

Julian is a young vampire who tries to live a normal life.

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Suda

as uncredited
Released: 2012-01-01

To release sweat from the skin's pores as a result of existing. A production by Carmen Martínez...

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Limerencia

as uncredited
Released: 2015-01-01

short film painting in motion first part of the tetralogy of words

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Prófugas del Destino

as uncredited
First aired: 2010-09-22

Prófugas del Destino is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the Mexican television network...

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El Pantera

as uncredited
First aired: 2007-05-14

El Pantera is a Mexican television series released by Canal 5. It is based on a comic book of...

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Drunk History El Lado Borroso De La Historia

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-03-26

Tv Show Drunk History

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