Writer / Director / Producer
abriel DiMilo is an LA-based, Brazilian-born writer-director and the creator of StoryPeer, a fast-growing platform for screenwriters that surpassed 4,500 users in July 2026.
He began his career as a Development Assistant to the legendary Robert Evans (Chinatown) and went on to write and executive produce Dangerous Methods for Lifetime. He currently has a social thriller in development with Daniel Dae Kim's 3AD (The Good Doctor) and an AI-driven sci-fi drama with Chris Lemos's Vital Pictures (The War Below).
He recently directed his debut feature, Hear Me Pray, now in post-production, a found-footage horror about a teenage girl trying to protect her grieving mother as she descends into dangerous rituals to reconnect with her dead son, in the vein of Paranormal Activity and Hereditary.
A three-time Nicholl Fellowship quarterfinalist, Gabriel likes to explore the limits of the human mind through sci-fi stories that push the edges of perception, consciousness, and control.
USA, 2022
An ambitious Hollywood assistant agrees to live in isolation with a demanding Method actor preparing for an extreme role. But as the actor's commitment intensifies, she finds herself in a life-threatening scenario where the lines between truth and fiction blur.
USA/Brazil, 2023
The "policy of hate" of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, dubbed the Trump of the Tropics, is examined by an LGBT couple who had to seek refuge in California after receiving death threats in Rio.
Brazil, 2022
After her father is arrested for embezzlement, a preppy influencer must escape the law by moving to the one property the lawyers were able to save, a ranch in the middle of nowhere.
coming soon
In active development with Vital Pictures (THE WAR BELOW).
Written and Co-directed by Gabe DiMilo
A visually stunning exploration of paradise lost, here depicted as a virtual reality treatment where a couple tries to overcome tragedy, albeit with different approaches.
Written and Co-directed by Gabe DiMilo
A haunting thriller that follows a skittish woman searching for her friend, revealing the hidden depths of despair and friendships.
