Olivia Luz Perillo (b. 1993, Lafayette, LA) is a documentary photographer, filmmaker, producer, collage artist, colorist, and archivist whose work continues on themes of cultural storytelling, regional music, social justice, ancestral healing, and the natural world primarily between South Louisiana and the American Southwest. Her stylistic approach with color, light, and composition in each medium serve as a portal through space and time in repose.

Olivia co-founded Honest Art in 2018, a women-led production company based in South Louisiana, and has served as director, producer, cinematographer, editor, colorist, and graphic designer on a variety of projects between documentaries and music videos through 2025. Both Olivia’s and Honest Art’s work have been well received and recognized internationally with supporters such as Chanel, Lana Del Rey, HarperCollins, The New York Times, The Marshall Project, Panavision, Lafayette Travel, Country Roads Magazine, and Southern Screen.

Awards:

2025 Best Louisiana Film, 20th Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival - co-directing + editing + coloring + graphic design, Across the Quiet
2023 Louisiana Film Prize - coloring, The Candy Lady
2023 Get Ready Grant from The Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
2023 ArtSpark Grant from the Acadiana Center for the Arts and Lafayette Economic Development Authority - post-production, Boscoyo Fleaux
2023 ArtSpark Grant from the Acadiana Center for the Arts and Lafayette Economic Development Authority - producing, Traitement
2019 Panavision New Filmmaker’s Grant - co-directing + producing, Intention
2019 CREATELouisiana French Culture Film Grant - co-directing + producing, Intention