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Lillie Gardner is a writer and director from Minnesota who tells heartfelt stories about girls and women defying expectations.
Latest Work
Listen to “The Princess,” the latest episode Lillie wrote for Wondery’s Whose Amazing Life? Kids & Family podcast.
You’ve Been Selected, a cheeky horror short about phone addiction that Lillie co-wrote and co-directed with Megen Musegades, will premiere at Twin Cities Film Fest this October.
Concept art illustration by Jane Gardner
Allegra Sparkle’s Guide to the Great Composers
Lillie’s Austin Film Festival-winning kids series aims to provide an inclusive and entertaining history of classical music to the next generation.
Starring Nicole Weber
Vegan Please
Lillie’s comedy web series is about a people-pleasing vegan in Minnesota who falls in love with a butcher. Episodes 3 and 4 were filmed in September 2026 and are currently in post-production!
Calendar
September 29 - November 3, 2026
The Loft Literary Center
Zoom
October 10 and October 17, 2026
Class: Crafting Story in Personal Essay
The Loft Literary Center
Zoom
October 23, 2026
You’ve Been Selected film premiere
Twin Cities Film Fest
St. Louis Park, MN
October 29 - November 1, 2026
Austin Film Festival (Semifinalist script: Safe with Me)
Austin, Texas
June 2027
Screenwriting Fellow
Vermont Studio Center Residency
Johnson, Vermont
Notes & Coaching Services
“Asking Lillie to review my writing has become a de facto part of my process.”
An in-demand notes-giver and writing coach, Lillie is passionate about working with writers of prose and screenplays to help them persist in making their most impactful work.
Stay in Touch
Lillie writes Wild Minds — her monthly blog about the creative process — and a quarterly newsletter with writing life updates, fun things to check out, and her starlet cat Ava Gardner.
