Talent Guide
Leslie Alejandro
- Discipline:Director, Producer, Writer
- Program Year:CNN Docuseries Intensive 2021
Bio
A multi-hyphenate, Leslie Alejandro found her passion for photography while she was the executive editor at the celebrity/fashion digital magazine Bello Mag. Her work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Variety, Women’s Health, etc. Alejandro turned to narrative film and joined UCLA Extension’s Director’s Program. Her documentary short “She’s Having my Baby” and short film “Adult Night” (Kevin Alejandro/Lesley-Ann Brandt) got her accepted as an official auditor for the HBOAccess Director’s Program. Alejandro recently directed the empowered women video Crack by India de Beaufort and the brown pride anthem video Gold by Ella Jay Basco, featuring Ruby Ibarra.
Current Project
WHERE YOU FROM? The Search for a Filipino-American Cultural IdentityLogline
The rise and fall of Filipino Gangs: Overshadowed by the Crips and Bloods, Filipino Americans had a defining cultural moment in 1980s/’90s Los Angeles. This series is an intimate look at how the youth of an immigrant community--the Filipino Gangs of Los Angeles--were simultaneously rebelling against the Asian “model minority” myth while struggling to create their own cultural identity as Americans.