
Reese Carmen Villella
Directing
Biography
Reese Carmen Villella is an American writer and director. She has directed the short films "Boy Mom" (2025), "Glutton" (2025), and "Helene" (2026). She previously interned in the script department of Saturday Night Live during its 50th season. Influenced by the New French Extremity, Villella’s work often explores queer and female-centric narratives, with a focus on body horror.
Known For

Years after surviving a traumatic assault, a sexually repressed woman's attempt at intimacy with her boyfriend triggers a grotesque transformation.
Helene

Ms. Bird was a major Hollywood star in her prime. Now a four-time divorcé who hasn’t worked in years, she attempts to claw her way back into the limelight, leveraging her ill son.
Boy Mom

As her paranoia, OCD, and graphic nightmares eat away at her, Molly grows suspicious that her partner, Lou, might be a cannibal.
Glutton

In an underground cult for women, two members must decide whether to stay or leave and what that means for their relationship to each other and their safety in the outside world.
The Diana Society
An ambitious high school student strives for "Best Delegate" at a model UN conference.
The Delegate

A trio of twenty-something roommates (and an ex-boyfriend) navigate heartbreak, friendship, and messy mistakes together.
Girl Failure
When Maya returns home to California and reunites with an old friend, Roque, she finds herself caught between two worlds when Roque forces her to attend an art exhibit.
Girl Without Nature

When Frida is invited to a party by her ex, Chav, she is confronted by heartbreak, which forces her to see the love triangle she is entangled in.