Alejandro de Leon

Alejandro De Leon earned his MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory in 2010. He co-produced 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 f...

Alejandro De Leon earned his MFA in Producing from the American Film Institute Conservatory in 2010. He co-produced 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 co-produced Big Significant Things, which premiered at SXSW. He also worked as a production manager on Jim Mickle’s Cold in July and the Spanish feature Little Galicia. De Leon has produced and line-produced 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 line-produced two Student Academy Award winners: Thief (Gold, 2011) and Narcocorrido (Silver, 2012). His commercial credits include work for AMEX, Wendy’s, 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 i-D Magazine.