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 Mexicos representative for the 34th edition of the Goya Awards and the 92nd edition of the Academy Awards