---
name: "Lila Neugebauer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lila-neugebauer"
fi1m_id: "lila-neugebauer"
imdb_id: "nm10244091"
tmdb_id: 2289991
wikidata_id: "Q54326277"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T14:25:35.910401+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lila Neugebauer

## Identity

Lila Neugebauer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lila-neugebauer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lila-neugebauer
- **IMDb ID:** nm10244091
- **TMDB ID:** 2289991
- **Wikidata ID:** Q54326277
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Neugebauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54326277, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10244091/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2289991

Director. Born 1 January 1985 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1985, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Bekah Brunstetter](https://film.one/person/bekah-brunstetter.md), [Colin McKenna](https://film.one/person/colin-mckenna.md), [Molly Smith Metzler](https://film.one/person/molly-smith-metzler.md), [Quyen Tran](https://film.one/person/quyen-tran.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Neugebauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54326277, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10244091/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2289991

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Maid*](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) (79), [*Sirens*](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md) (75), [*The Beast in Me*](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md) (67)

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## Fi1m on Lila Neugebauer

> Lila Neugebauer gives actors time to make one another uncomfortable, and we value her restraint. Her screen work is less persuasive when a familiar story asks that careful attention to sustain it for too long.

*The Beast in Me* (2025) works best when Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are testing one another. Lila Neugebauer's patient attention to actors suits these encounters, and we value her ability to make a conversation uncomfortable. Antonio Campos and Tyne Rafaeli also direct the series, so its successes and frustrations should not all be assigned to her. But its preference for psychological unease over a brisk investigation fits her wider interest in intimate character studies.

Her theatre work helps explain the attention to people in a room together. In *The Wolves* (2017), the strength lay in ensemble playing and the precise timing of complex group scenes. Her first feature, *Causeway* (2022), starring Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry, carried that interest into a more intimate character study. *Appropriate* (2023), by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, continued the stage work with clarity and restraint. Across these works, she seems more interested in how performers respond to each other than in giving us something conspicuous to admire.

Lyle Vincent's cinematography gives the encounters in *The Beast in Me* a horror-film unease. We felt uneasy watching Danes and Rhys test each other, because the uncertainty about Nile makes their exchanges feel dangerous. Loren Weeks's production design supplies a glossy finish, which is handsome but makes the threat feel too comfortably packaged. The atmosphere holds while the two leads are testing one another. When their relationship stops developing, the care taken over the presentation becomes less persuasive.

At eight parts, the series keeps Danes and Rhys circling long after the writing has run short of things to say. Their performances still make it worth considering for anyone drawn to psychological thrillers, but the direction cannot supply the missing developments.

## Biography

Lila Neugebauer is an American theatre, film and television director. She was born in New York City in 1985 and studied at Yale University.

She established herself directing off-Broadway productions including Sarah DeLappe's *The Wolves* (2017) and made her Broadway debut in 2018 with a revival of Kenneth Lonergan's *The Waverly Gallery*. Subsequent stage work includes Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's *Appropriate* (2023) and a revival of Anton Chekhov's *Uncle Vanya* (2024).

Her screen credits include directing the feature *Causeway* (2022) and episodes of series such as *Maid* (2021), *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021–2022), *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023), *Sirens* (2025) and *The Beast in Me* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sirens* (2025), Fi1m 75, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md)
- *The Beast in Me* (2025), Fi1m 67, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Maid* (2021), Fi1m 79, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Not Suitable for Work* (2026), series, Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Beast in Me* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-beast-in-me.md)
- *Sirens* (2025), series, Director — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/sirens.md)
- *The Last Thing He Told Me* (2023), series, Director
- *Causeway* (2022), Executive Producer, Director
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Director
- *Maid* (2021), series, Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)
- *The Wolves* (2021), Director
- *This Is Our Youth* (2020), Director
- *Room 104* (2017), series, Director

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