Biography

Lacielle is an award-winning director, cinematographer, and writer who sometimes takes photos. Her perspective is shaped by a life lived between languages—English, German, and Spanish—and across Asia, Europe, and North America.

“I don’t really see film, literature, or photography as separate things. They are a single, symbiotic language of expression. Whether it is in my prose, images or films, I seek visual Truth. I am drawn to the raw struggles of society and the quiet, immense strength that comes from facing difficult realities. Having navigated an abusive childhood and come out on the other side, I approach stories of trauma with deep empathy and respect. I am driven by the ‘unshowable’, the internal dialogues and subterranean shifts that define us.

I feel rooted in a language of minimalism and analogue naturalism. I value natural light and a baseline of simplicity, but I believe the work should get messy and raw when that messiness is truthful to the emotion. I am inspired by the power of what remains off-screen, the “logical illogic” of movement used to show an inner life, and the honesty of a frame that refuses perfection.”