Alejandro de Leon

Alejandro De Leon earned his MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory in 2010 He coproduced his first feature Electrick Children in 2011 The film premiered at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival and SXSW It was screened at AFI Fest BAFICI and other international festivals De Leon was Executive Producer on Night Moves directed by acclaimed filmmaker Kelly Reichardt The film was featured at the 2013 Venice Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival and BFI London Film Festival and won the Grand Prize at the Deauville Film Festival It received both domestic and international theatrical releases In 2014 he coproduced Big Significant Things which premiered at SXSW He also worked as a production manager on Jim Mickles Cold in July and the Spanish feature Little Galicia De Leon has produced and lineproduced over a dozen short films including The Strange Thing About the Johnsons and Munchausen written and directed by Ari Aster These films were official selections at festivals such as the New York Film Festival Fantastic Fest and Slamdance He also lineproduced two Student Academy Award winners Thief Gold 2011 and Narcocorrido Silver 2012 His commercial credits include work for AMEX Wendys Toyota Kenzo Reebok and Boost Mobile as well as music videos produced in collaboration with companies like mssng peces CAVIAR Pulse Films Parana Films AF Photo and iD Magazine