About Lara

Lara Hill (she/her) is a dyed-in-the-wool cinephile and filmmaker, a writer, director, and assistant director based in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is native to northern Louisiana and graduated cum laude from Louisiana Tech University with a degree in chemical engineering.

The film bug bit her early and never left her. While working as an engineer in southern Arkansas, Lara began producing, directing, and writing short films for the Louisiana Film Prize in Shreveport, Louisiana. Her film Invitation premiered as a top 20 official selection at the festival, and she wrote the screenplay for fellow Film Prize selection Promises of Snow.

She has since begun working in production in the Louisiana entertainment industry, with assistant directing credits on feature films The Dirty South, #ChadGetsTheAxe, and The Magician's Raincoat, and work on TV shows Queer Eye, Big Freedia Means Business, and The Money Game. Her work has been showcased and awarded at festivals across the United States, including Omaha Film Festival, Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival, Waco Independent Film Festival (formerly Deep in the Heart), and Arkansas Cinema Society's FILMLAND.

Jankis Media is the production banner Lara began for her filmmaking endeavors and an initiative to display her film-related writing and work. While she had a love of the movies from a young age, it was seeing Christopher Nolan’s breakout neo-noir mindbender Memento that lit her creative spark. It is this film from which Jankis Media takes its name. She’s had a lifelong passion for the movies that has only further developed into a genuine love of the form and purpose of the art of filmmaking.

Here you will find a showcase of Lara’s short films, screenplay samples, and various writings of hers on both classic and contemporary films. Lara also provides coverage and consultation on screenplays for other writers trying to bring their own stories to life. Should you be interested in hiring her to read a script for you, you can find pricing and details for coverage packages on the site.

If you are interested in producing a script, commissioning a piece or script coverage, or collaborating on a project, please reach out via email.