About
Camila Zavala is a Peruvian writer, producer, director, and actress based in Los Angeles with an MFA in Film from Columbia University and a background in Theatre Arts and Communications. Her work spans a range of fiction, TV, branded content and theatre plays.
As a film producer and writer she has been honored to win several awards and her films have been selected in various festivals around the world including the Tribeca Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shortfest and Austin Film Festival. The last short film she wrote and produced "The Catch" -officially selected for the Tribeca Film Festival 2020- received the Katherina Otto-Bernstein Production Grant and the Bertha Tamayo Grant during the production stage as well as the Richard Brick Award for special distinction in producing.
Camila is a 2020 Sundance Creative Producing Lab and 2019 Film Independent Producing Lab Fellow for the feature film Malpelo, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and selected by Film Independent for their Fast Track Finance Market 2019, Screenwriting Lab and Directing Lab 2020.
Camila is currently developing her first feature-length film as a writer/director Tell Me How Much You Love Me, winner of the Peruvian National Production Film Fund 2023.
In addition to her experience in film, Camila has over ten years’ experience as the CEO and Founder of PLAY | Storytelling, a creative production company based in Lima, Peru dedicated to helping brands connect with their consumer through stories. She has created content for brands such as Samsung, Intel, Sura, Cadbury, P&G, Unilever, among others.
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
Peruvian National Production Film Fund Winner 2023 with feature project Tell Me How Much You Love Me.
COOFilm, España Residencia colaborativas para mujeres cineastas 2023 with feature project Tell Me How Much You Love Me.
Cine-Qua-Non Lab, México Storylines Lab 2023 with feature project Tell Me How Much You Love Me.
DAFO Ministerio de Cultura - Gobierno del Perú New Filmmakers Lab with feature project Tell Me How Much You Love Me.
Peruvian National Production Film Fund Finalist 2022 with feature project Tell Me How Much You Love Me.
IFP Week 2020 Project Forum with feature project Malpelo
Sundance Institute 2020 Creative Producing Lab Fellowship with feature project Malpelo
Film Independent 2019 Fast Track Filmmaker with feature project Malpelo
Film Independent 2019 Creative Producing Lab Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Producers Grant 2019 for feature film Malpelo
IFP Audience Award 2019 for shortfilm The Catch
Richard Brick Production Award 2019 for shortfilm The Catch
Katherina Otto-Bernstein Production Grant 2018 for shortfilm The Catch
Bertha Tamayo Production Grant 2018 for shortfilm The Catch