Born in Germany to a German father and a Polish/Chilean mother, Pia Mechler studied film at the acclaimed European Film College in Denmark. After graduation, she launched her career as an actor in German, British, and US film and TV. Pia moved to NYC in 2010. She wrote, directed, and starred in the web series ALMOST SETTLED set in NYC. Her first feature as a director, EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL, premiered in 2017 at the Thessaloniki Film Festival and was a finalist at the Chelsea Film Festival.
Her short BLACK HOLE had an extensive festival run in 2024/25, with a premier at the Chelsea Film Festival and a nomination for best Comedy short at the Burbank International Film Festival among others.
Her acting credits include THE AMERICAN SAUSAGE STANDOFF alongside Ewen Bremner and Antony Starr and THE UPSIDE alongside Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston. She also portrayed Eleanor Bourg as part of the main cast on two seasons of the hit TV show DEVILS together with Patrick Dempsey, Alessandro Borghi, Malachi Kirby and Li Jun Li.
Besides that, she is a published author and a recipient of the Young Literaturforum Hessen-Thüringen award in her native country Germany. She is also the mother of a six year old child. She resides in Brooklyn, NY, and has US and German nationality.