Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
35 films, 1 show


Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia
2020 · 2h · US
Chronicling the life of Lay'n Pipe, a 47 foot TopGun Cigarette speedboat, from its conception through the end of human civilization. It's not just a speedboat ride, it's a Miami adventure.


Kaiju Bunraku
2017 · 13m · US
The Japanese art of bunraku puppetry dramatizes the existential crisis of a despondent denizen of a Kaiju-infested region of Japan; a rigorous theatrical tradition soaked in profound absurdism.


Hot Beach Babe Aims to Please
2014 · 1m · US
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.


#PostModem
2013 · 15m · US
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.


Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke
2012 · 10m
A modern Miami adaptation of the 1962 French short film "La Jetee", the film recounts Luke's (Uncle Luke, legendary rapper from the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew) rise to fame as he changes the face of hip-hop and fights for first amendment rights, and later as he ushers Miami into a golden era of peace and prosperity as Mayor. Everything changes when a nuclear meltdown at Turkey Point Power Plant turns Miami into a radioactive wasteland filled with mutants, and Luke is the only survivor left unscathed.


I Am Your Grandma
2011 · 1m · US
An autobiographical video diary log recorded by Jillian Mayer for her unborn grandchildren.


Scenic Jogging
2010 · 1m
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.