about

writer & director

Lilian T. Mehrel is an award-winning writer & director with a visionary sense of feeling and humor.

She is the winner of the Tribeca AT&T Untold Stories Award for her debut feature, Honeyjoon, which premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival. Lilian’s films have also screened at AFI FEST, Sao Paolo (Mostra), Palm Springs, Mill Valley, Clermont-Ferrand, and the AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes. She was selected for the SFFILM Rainin Grant, the TorinoFilmLab ComedyLab, Film Independent Episodic Lab, Sloan Award, Nancy Malone Directing Award, Geri Ashur Screenwriting Award, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, CineQuaNonLab, Film Fatales Episodic Directing Shadow Workshop, TFI Labs with YouTube/Google and Warner Media, and the Sony Pictures Classics / Marcie Bloom Fellowship.

Lilian takes audiences for a ride with her stunning swirl of comedic and emotional cinema. She earned her MFA from NYU Tisch Grad Film with a PDS Fellowship, and her BA from Dartmouth with a Senior Fellowship. She has been featured in Variety, Vogue, IndieWire, and The Hollywood Reporter. She also enjoys hip hop dance.