SAMANTHA AVILA is a Peruvian director, screenwriter and photographer. Her work explores memory and perception through a restrained, image-driven language that moves between fiction, visual art and advertising.

She is a Berlinale Talents Buenos Aires alumna (2021) and was selected for the Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today fellowship (2025) in Los Angeles. In 2019, she founded Res, an independent production company based in Lima through which she develops both narrative and commercial projects.

Her short films include Camino (2018), POV (2019) and Puquio (2024). She is currently developing her debut feature Mother Tongue, alongside the TV series The Ship and the short film Lorenzo.

She works as an advertising director and is represented in Peru by Manzanon.