
Melina León
Directing
Biography
Melina León is a Peruvian director based in Lima and New York.
Known For

Peru, at the height of the political crisis of the 1980s. Georgina is a young woman from the Andes whose newborn daughter is stolen at a fake health clinic. Her desperate search for the child leads her to the headquarters of a major newspaper, where she meets Pedro Campos, a lonely journalist who takes on the investigation. Based on a true story.
Song Without a Name

Three popular radio personalities are fired and forced to rebuild their careers, while a group of prudish citizens attempt to keep them off the air permanently.
¡Qué Despelote! La Película
The tender story of two children, Lubrielito and Lucía, who undertake the task of convincing people that Santa Claus exists.
Yo creo en Santa Claus

In late 80s Peru, a precocious, rebellious schoolgirl finds that the personal truly is political.
El Paraíso de Lili
Lost dreams in New York. One lonely girl wants to do something she might regret.
Girl with a Walkman

In a dark and dreary near-future in Peru, a young androgenous man faces a future without his lover, who is struggling against an unnamed disease.