Lyla Mzayek is an award winning Syrian-American director. She is passionate about bridging Eastern and Western cultural barriers by exploring our shared humanity through fantastical visuals and introspective storytelling.

In 2024, she graduated with a BFA in Film Production with an emphasis in Directing at Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. She also graduated with a minor in Film Music, where she specialized in Score Composition.

Her coursework included Directing, Screenwriting, Editing, Production Design, Music Composition, Sound Design, and VFX.

Previously, Lyla studied Fine Arts at G.W. Carver Center for Arts and Technology where she studied Film, Photography, Drawing, and Painting. She was awarded several National Scholastics Gold Key Awards for her Drawings, Paintings, Photography, and Films - as well as a Gold Key Portfolio Award in Film.