Known for Art
Samantha Avila is an art director working across the film and TV multiverse. Recent credits include Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3, Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Our Flag Means Death, The Little ThiAvila's adoration for immersive storytelling began as an imaginative young girl with a fervour for knowledge growing up in rural Colorado and Texas. Avila envisioned gallivanting beside her favourite characters from books and movies through time, space, and reality. Across the years, she has nurtured her devotion to design through a masterful cocktail of theatrical scenic painting, architecture, and filmmaking studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Avila pulls from this vast landscape of information and disciplines to sculpt each set she navigates into its final character on screen. With the vital collaboration of skilled artisans, she takes pride in creating sets of all shapes and sizes alongside them every day. At her core, Avila is always seeking the next great adventure. She currently lives out her dreams sailing the seas with pirates, hunting with dinosaurs, revolting with robots, and conjuring magic with wizards. Additional credits include Hotel Artemis, A Wrinkle in Time, Independence Day: Resurgence, and The Finest Hours. Avila currently lives in Los Angeles, travels the world, and explores the outdoors with her adventure cat, Bowen. Her latest work is Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special and Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3. Upcoming credits include Superman: Legacy.
Filmography
14 films, 1 show


Superman
2025 · 2h 10m
country: United States
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.


Megalopolis
2024 · 2h 18m
country: United States
In a futuristic New York known as New Rome, visionary architect Cesar Catilina dreams of building "Megalopolis," a utopian city that redefines society’s limits. Opposing him is the corrupt Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who clings to power and profit. Between them stands Julia, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar forces her to choose between loyalty, ambition, and the fate of humanity.


Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 · 2h 30m
country: United States
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.


Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021 · 2h 28m
country: United States
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.


The Little Things
2021 · 2h 8m
country: United States
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke's past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.


Lucy in the Sky
2019 · 2h 5m
country: United States
Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space – and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small.


Hotel Artemis
2018 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
Los Angeles, June 21st, 2028. While the streets are being torn apart by riots, the Nurse, who runs a clandestine hospital for criminals in the penthouse of the Artemis, a closed old hotel, has a rough night dealing with troublemaker clients: thieves, assassins, someone from the past and the one who owns the place and the whole city.


Dance with the One
2010 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Nate's little brother and hippie dad depend on him for literally everything, but the well-meaning, small time pot dealer Nate wants nothing more than to run away with Nikki, the love of his life, and get out of Texas.