Alejandro Mejía

Nacimiento : , Mexico

Historia

Alejandro is a lefty Mexican-born and an Emmy-nominated Cinematographer based in Brooklyn N.Y. His work has screened at Sundance, Berlinale, Tribeca, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro and Camerimage film festival, amongst others.

Películas

In the Summers
Director of Photography
On a journey that spans the formative years of their lives, two sisters navigate their loving but volatile father during their yearly summer visits to his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Hijo de monarcas
Director of Photography
Tras la muerte de su abuela un biólogo mexicano que vive en Nueva York regresa después de muchos años a su ciudad natal en Michoacán, un pueblo rodeado de bosques majestuosos donde habitan las mariposas monarca. El viaje lo obliga a enfrentar traumas pasados y a reflexionar sobre su nueva identidad híbrida, lanzándolo a una metamorfosis personal y espiritual.
Paper Geese
Cinematography
After an unsuccessful goose hunt, a young girl grapples with seeing her father in a new light.
499
Director of Photography
Upon the 500-year anniversary of the Spanish Conquest, a ghostly Conquistador arrives in modern Mexico. As he journeys toward the capital city, he remembers events from his past while encountering the testimonies of real people, the survivors of contemporary violence. History and the present begin to merge, giving nightmarish reflection on the enduring legacy of colonialism in our world today.
1056 Metres
Director of Photography
Ling needs a kidney. She crosses the 1056 metres long causeway from Malaysia to Singapore to see her younger brother who now lives there to seek this desperate favour. Will her last hope eventually save her?
306 Hollywood
Director of Photography
When two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house, they embark on a magical-realist journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind.
The Honeymoon
Director of Photography
A campy and cryptic love letter that features a new, quintessentially American take on Morse code.
Where The Shadows Fall
Director of Photography
The Man wanders a barren purgatory, seeking those he lost.
Stay Awake
Director of Photography
Brothers, a mother, songs from the seventies, Xanax, and a woman named Vicki. Stay Awake explores addiction and making sacrifices for people you love.
Asteroide
Director of Photography
Tras una crisis personal Cristina vuelve a su natal Cuernavaca después de siete años de ausencia. Sus padres ya fallecidos han dejado la casa de su infancia a su hermano mayor, Mauricio, quien la habita con su novia (Elda) veinte años menor que él. Sintiéndose desplazada, Cristina lucha por recuperar su antiguo espacio dentro de la casa y el cariño de su hermano removiendo viejos secretos y rencillas que desatarán una guerra psicológica donde el pasado y el presente no tienen límites claros.
Asteroide
Producer
Tras una crisis personal Cristina vuelve a su natal Cuernavaca después de siete años de ausencia. Sus padres ya fallecidos han dejado la casa de su infancia a su hermano mayor, Mauricio, quien la habita con su novia (Elda) veinte años menor que él. Sintiéndose desplazada, Cristina lucha por recuperar su antiguo espacio dentro de la casa y el cariño de su hermano removiendo viejos secretos y rencillas que desatarán una guerra psicológica donde el pasado y el presente no tienen límites claros.
Atl
Director of Photography
In a near future in New York City, a Mexican-American girl visits her dear friend Atl, an energy entity from outer-space trapped inside a street lamp.