CONTACT: studio.lilleth@gmail.com
Representation - Theatre
Carstensen & Oegel International
Antje Oegel / oegel@cointernational.de
LILLETH directs, choreographs, and designs surrealist film, immersive experiences, and experimental opera-theater-dance-music that aims to transport you into a multi-sensory, dream or nightmare.
On film, Lilleth choreographed and co-created Every Step is a Prayer, distributed by NOWNESS, and awarded Official Selection at Palm Springs International Short Fest (2022) and Official Selection at Holly Shorts Film Festival (2022) among others. Lilleth co-directed Born With An Extra Rib, produced and presented by The Kitchen NY, and awarded Queer Art New Work Prize (2022) and Translatinos Festival (2023), among others. Lilleth also worked as assistant to director Glenn Kaino on Hoops, Hopes, and Dreams (Sundance 2025).
Lilleth is an MFA Candidate at The University of Southern California, in Film and Television Production (Directing track, with secondary focus fields in virtual production and production design). Lilleth was awarded the 2025 Virtual Production Thesis, as writer and director of ELIXIR, a surrealist sci-fi horror short, to premiere in May 2026. Lilleth was awarded the Ganek Immersive Studio Prize in Spring 2025 for which they wrote and directed a live-action horror short in Virtual Reality, ELEVATOR, to be experienced on the Apple Vision Pro. Lilleth has also had the opportunity to direct music videos and commercials all of which will premiere, alongside the rest of their new work on film in Spring 2026.
LILLETH’s live performance direction has been shown at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall with The New York Philharmonic, The Getty Museum, The Geffen Contemporary at The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, The Kitchen NY, Little Island NY, Superblue, Abrons Art Center, Berghain (CTM Festival, Berlin), Center for Performance Research, The Bushwick Starr, DAAD Galarie Berlin, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Ars Nova, and National Sawdust, among others.
LILLETH trained with directors André Gregory, Ivo Van Hove, Lila Neugebauer, Diane Paulus, Niegel Smith, 600 Highwaymen, and Keneza Schall, among others, on projects at The Louvre, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Park Avenue Armory, St. Ann’s Warehouse, and The Holland Festival, among others. Lilleth was awarded 2023 Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Performance Research.
LILLETH received their bachelors degree in Clinical Research Psychology at Harvard University, with a minor in Dramatic Arts.
