Lora Grillo wrote and directed her first short, "Bistro" in 2018.
"Bistro" was accepted by the Love Sick Film Festival in March 2019 where it won the Audience Choice Award and was nominated for Best film, and the New Filmmakers NY Film Festival in May 2019. It also received a "Special Mention" in the 2019 London Worldwide Comedy Festival.
Lora Grillo acted in the short film "Unpresidented" directed by Jay Giampietro in 2017 and produced the short film "Elizabeth in the Park" in 2017.