Alejandro de Leon
Production
Biography
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.
Known For
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
Eddington
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.
Cold in July
A suburban father gets trapped in a one-sided incestuous relationship with his abusive son.
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Night Moves
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 Devil Below
A solitary hitman's new job catches a detective's attention, leading both to discover unexpected similarities between them.
Enemies
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.
Electrick Children
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.
Munchausen
An erotic thriller about a couple who play a twisted game in bars, until one night, things get out of hand. The story takes us on a nightmarish, psychosexual journey, where the true nature of their relationship comes to light.
The Girlfriend Game
This dreamlike fusion of political thriller and science-fiction fantasia is set to original music by Beyoncé.
Beyoncé - Their Fall Our All
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.