Lady Jill
Directing
Biography
Jill Gillespie, or Lady Jill, is a director, editor, and screenwriter, having worked in all stages of audiovisual production, from development to post-production. Goddaughter to Boca do Lixo muse Débora Munhyz and described by her as a "Mojican" filmmaker in memory of late horror master José Mojica Marins, she has a taste and sensitivity for exploring LGBTQ+ themes in genre stories, mainly horror, action, and comedy. She began her career writing for the YouTube channels "Pipocando" and "Bunka Pop" and from there, her trajectory includes the advertising agency Fósforo Filmes, the editing house Olho de Coruja, and Japanese-Brazilian distributor and production company Sato Company. Currently, she works as a Post-Producer at the renowned distributor and production company Vitrine Filmes, and is involved in parallel audiovisual projects with the production company TRANSCODED Filmes and other independent production companies, having directed the short films WAKASHU and ANGEL'S FIG, and co-directed the feature film TALES OF A WANDERING CITY GIRL. Recognized for the strong influence of Asian cinema and video games in her work, Jill's visually maximalist style is frequently compared to charged filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Brian De Palma and Nicolas Winding Refn, and she has been affectionately nicknamed by her audience as the "Brazilian Meiko Kaji". Her feature film screenplay ALL DOLLS GO TO HEAVEN received an Honorable Mention at the CABÍRIA SCREENPLAY AWARD 2025 in its very first draft.
Known For
A group of men stalk a trans woman at night, unbeknownst to them that she's the master of a martial arts dojo, and is waiting for them.
Wakashu
Kaira has a perfect first date with Agatha and wishes that day would never end. Afraid of the uncertainty of tomorrow, she finds herself trapped in a time loop of that very date — and now doesn't know how to escape.
Will We Dance Tomorrow?
Sweet and innocent Ana struggles against the dirty, perverted things in her dreams as she confronts the vampire who causes them.
Dawn of the Lesbos
When the monsters arrived, the warheads were launched. Almost a decade later, former police officer Pilar fights for survival in a devastated world, clinging to the fragments of hope she still has left, while a new purpose blossoms in her heart. Between alien creatures and men without sanity, Pilar's great conflict remains in her own head: What's the reason to keep fighting?
Warhead: The World Is No Longer Ours
A dedicated ceramist wants to succeed in her work, but art challenges her. She believes she is experiencing fully each step of the process in the best way she can since she wants to prove and reaffirm herself as artist, but she doesn’t understand what art wants to tell her. But in the end, what is art?
Piece of Art
Aline, a deaf woman, waits for her husband to come home with groceries - but as the house becomes haunted, she starts fearing that it is not her husband who's coming home.
Doppelgänger
Kiyoko, a trans woman, returns to the house where she grew up after years with the decision to reunite with her mother, Izumi, a humble Japanese teacher. During that afternoon, the house becomes a magical place as they recover their memories, even though the mother can’t yet recognize her daughter.
Musume
Eloíse is an immortal woman who wanders the streets of São Paulo registering everyday life when she finds Lola, a 26 year old photographer who's confused about her future. Together they'll find in each other a way to face the burdens of life.
Tales of a Wandering City Girl
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Noite de Jogos
Cecília, a depressed aspiring writer, comes home to spend the night with her dear friend Helena. But as she confesses her torment, her apartment becomes haunted and the two of them are preyed upon by a powerful Entity that traps them in a repeated cycle of pain.
Angel's Fig
A body dies, and a new one lives.
(Re)Born, a Self-Portrait
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