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Alejandro de Leon

Alejandro de Leon

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Alejandro De Leon graduated with an MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory in 2010. In 2011, De Leon co-produced his first feature Electrick Children. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival and US premiere at SXSW, as well as playing AFI Fest, BAFICI and various other festivals. De Leon was an Executive Producer on Night Moves by critically acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt. The film screened at festivals worldwide, including the 2013 Venice Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London, and won top honors/Grand Prize at the 2013 Deauville film festival in France. The film enjoyed domestic and international theatrical releases. In 2014 he co-produced the film Big Significant Things, which world premiere at the SXSW film festival. Additionally he has production managed on the Jim Mickle directed film Cold In July, and the Spanish film Little Galicia. De Leon has produced and line-produced over 12 shorts films including The Strange Thing About The Johnsons and Munchausen (both written and directed by Ari Aster) which were official selections in various prestigious film festivals such as the New York Film Festival, Fantastic Fest and Slamdance. He has also line produced two Student Academy Award winners: Thief (Gold-2011) and Narcocorrido (Silver-2012), and he has produced commercials for brands such as AMEX, Wendy’s, Toyota, Kenzo, Reebok, Boost Mobile as well as music videos for companies such as m ss ng p eces, CAVIAR Content, Pulse Films, Parana Films, AF Photo, i-D Magazine.

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Alejandro de Leon

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The Devil Below

The Devil Below

Producer

A group of four amateur adventurers who specialize in exploring remote and forsaken places pay a visit to Shookum Hills, a town in the remote Appalachian Mountains which was abandoned decades ago due to a mysterious coal mine fire.

The Girlfriend Game

The Girlfriend Game

Producer

An erotic thriller about a twisted game a couple plays at bars, until one night, things get out of hand. The story takes us onto a nightmarish, psychosexual journey, and gradually, the true nature of their relationship comes to light.

Their Fall Our All

Their Fall Our All

Producer

This dreamlike fusion of political thriller and science-fiction fantasia is set to original music by Beyoncé.

Unit Production Manager

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

Executive Producer

The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.

Producer

A mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. Unfortunately, she goes too far.

Electrick Children

Electrick Children

Producer

Rachel is a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, and finds glorious rock & roll thereupon. Weeks later, Rachel realizes a miracle has occurred - and the cassette tape must have something to do with it. She leaves her family and runs away to the closest city: Las Vegas. There she searches for the singer of the band on the cassette tape.

The Soldier Game

The Soldier Game

Henri Tedas

Antoine, a boy living in Northern France at the outbreak of World War II, takes on the challenge of defending the family home after his father is drafted and sent to the Maginot Line. With the aid of his accomplices, war veteran Grandpa and imaginary friend Napoleon, Antoine digs trenches and stands guard by an old cannon in the front yard. Tensions mount just as the Nazis break through the Maginot Line, and the invading troops pass in front of the family home.

Kolgaan, Collector of Keys

A neurotic middle-aged man's trip (to visit his mother) is delayed indefinitely when his keys are mysteriously taken from his door. He is subsequently haunted by an increasingly sinister chain of upsetting events.

Producer

A neurotic middle-aged man's trip (to visit his mother) is delayed indefinitely when his keys are mysteriously taken from his door. He is subsequently haunted by an increasingly sinister chain of upsetting events.

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

Producer

A dark domestic melodrama about the ties that bind and the ties that really bind.