Bio

Originally from Costa Rica, Gloriana Wills began her career producing, directing and editing nonfiction television and corporate materials. After graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Audiovisual Production from the University of Costa Rica, Wills became the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship to Florida State University’s Film School where she completed her MFA in Film Production. Her thesis film Historias went on to participate in film festivals in New York, Chicago, Texas and California.

Wills has worked in the Washington DC area since 2012, collaborating on both large studio productions as well as smaller independent films shot in the state. Her experience includes fiction and documentary production. Her credits as an Assistant Director in film include Apocalypse Earth, Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions and By the Grace of Bob. In her role as an editor, she recently completed editing the feature documentary A Late Style of Fire: Larry Levis American Poet, a film selected to have its world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Francisco.

As a director, Wills has worked with multiple corporate clients as well as nonprofits and universities. Her experience ranges from advertising to episodic television to feature film projects. She has filmed both in Latin America and in the U.S. with crews from multiple parts of the world.

This combination of production experiences has taken her from tropical beaches and bat-filled caves in the rainforest, to busy city streets and snowy locations in the country, and from sci-fi movies set in the distant future to spy thrillers set in the 1770s. From 2020 to 2024, Wills worked for the National Domestic Workers Alliance producing videos focused on immigrant’s and women’s rights.

Wills is currently living in Northern Virginia, working as an editor and director for NASA, where she creates bilingual video content.