Lorena Padilla has an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, which she completed as a Fulbright scholar. She wrote scripts for television series and feature films from Mexico, the country to which she returned after living in five countries, ten cities and twenty-three different apartments for more than ten years. His most recent work has been writing films and series for Fábula, and a drama series for Viacom directed by Julia Solomonoff. His debut feature "Martinez", which he wrote and directed, participated in Script Station/Berlinale Talents, Torino Film Lab, CineQuaNonLab and received support from IMCINE, Tribeca Film Institute, Filma Jalisco and Austin Film Society. "Martinez" won the Hecho en Jalisco award at the Guadalajara Film Festival and was nominated at the 66th edition of the Ariel Awards for Best First Film. "Martinez" has also participated in more than a dozen international festivals, including the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Calgary International Film Festival, the Santander International Film Festival and the Glasgow International Film Festival.
During 2023, Lorena directed the series "Valiendo Madres" for the production company Gato Grande which is now available on Amazon. She recently premiered the two episodes she directed of the popular series " Mujeres Asesinas T3" for the platform ViX, and is currently writing her second feature film.
