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

Film production experience includes directing, producing, cinematography, coloring, and editing alongside her creative partner, Syd Horn, under their production company, Honest Art. Their collective work has been well received and recognized internationally with their films Migration (2018) and Intention (2020), with other documentary work and music videos in the works through 2024.

Her work has been supported by Chanel, The New York Times, The Marshall Project, HarperCollins, and Country Roads Magazine, and Honest Art has been supported by Panavision, TV5Monde, Cox Communications, Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, Lafayette Travel, and Southern Screen.

Press:

2024: Acadiana Profile Magazine : Tranquil Landscapes

2024: Acadiana Lifestyle Magazine : Ancestors and Empty Spaces

2023: Country Roads Magazine : Traitement : 6 New Louisiana Documentaries

2020: Acadiana Profile Magazine : Natural Storytellers: Lafayette artists Syd Horn and Olivia Perillo make multidimensional magic

2020: The Daily Advertiser / Times of Acadiana : Olivia Perillo channels aesthetic vision, culture into films

2020: WWNO : Filmmaker Spotlight: Syd Horn and Olivia Perillo on ‘Intention’

2020: The New Orleans Advocate / The Times-Picayune : Cajun culture is the star of New Orleans French Film Festival

2020: ViaNolaVie: Lafayette filmmakers examine art, healing, French culture in ‘Intention’

2019: Country Roads Magazine : Intention

2019: KATC-TV : Acadian Cultural Center Hosts Olivia Perillo Exhibit and Film Screening

2019: KLFY-TV : #CREATELouisiana Announces Recipient for 2019 French Culture Film Grant

Awards:

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 - directing + producing, Intention
2019 CREATELouisiana French Culture Film Grant - directing + producing, Intention