Jillian Mayer
Directing
Biography
Jillian Mayer is a visual performance artist and filmmaker. She was born in Miami and is based there today. Mayer's video works and performances have been displayed at galleries and museums internationally and film festivals such as SXSW and Sundance.
Known For
The Girlfriend Experience
Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.
Everything Beautiful Is Far Away
On an isolated desert planet, a man who is looking for parts to repair his robotic companion teams up with a young woman searching for an imaginary lake.
Hot Beach Babe Aims to Please
Jillian Mayer takes a walk on the beach. As she enters the camera’s frame, a swarm of cursors follow and stalk her as she moves.
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
A true story behind the notorious Miami face-eating cannibal and how the Miami Heat won the NBA title in 2012 despite one of their star players being an interstellar prince who was called away to do battle with evil foes bent on finally making the Internet completely useless.
I Am Your Grandma
An autobiographical video diary log recorded by Jillian Mayer for her unborn grandchildren.
Dead Mall
A modern retelling of the Minotaur myth set in a desolate Downtown Miami mall.
#PostModem
A comedic satirical sci-fi pop-musical based on the theories of Ray Kurzweil and other futurists. It’s the story of two Miami girls and how they deal with the technological singularity, as told through a series of cinematic tweets.
Scenic Jogging
Woman chasing projected images of typical screensavers such as idyllic meadows and mountainscapes. These images are embellished by design programs to be more attractive to appeal to our primal desire to be outside rather than in front of a computer or in ugly urban landscapes. Even if she were to ever catch up her object of desire, she will find it never existed in the first place, and she has been chasing the unattainable.
Filmography
as The Creature
as Susan (voice)
as Boat Girl (uncredited)
as Jillian the Evil Space Witch
as Grandma