Writer · Director · Editor · Essayist

Erik Avilez

film & text, from Brazil to everywhere

Directing Reel

commercial · 2026

Behind the Screens

Script supervisor and editor. Produced for Coca-Cola, distributed across 1,200+ theaters and 15,000 screens throughout the US. Winner of the Red Ribbon Award.

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short film · 2025

Welcome

Script supervisor and editor. An immigrant maid is put in an impossible situation. Winner of the Suncoast Emmy Award, 2025.

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short film · 2025

Crooner

Writer, director, and editor. A jazz-driven character drama in which music becomes the lens through which legacy and the cost of success are examined.

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From the Blog

September 2025 · Field Notes

The “Host” Diaries #1: The Idea Incubates

On generating ideas for a short film.

July 2018 · Cinema

Dead Quiet: the power of silence in modern horror films

Hush, we want to hear that thing approaching quietly.

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