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Synopsis
DEMO-LITION is about an aspiring rapper and his hard-working wife who struggle to make ends meet a decade into their marriage; meanwhile their future hangs in the balance of important call from a record label.
Bio
Alesia is an LA based director of Japanese/Brazilian descent who spent her formative years in Saudi Arabia, Latin America and across the U.S. Her background spans across audio, VO & MoCap for games, physical production and VFX producing.
With the deft ability to handle original formats in both the scripted and unscripted space, Alesia has series and pilot directed over a dozen original branded campaigns & digital series. This includes campaigns for Honda, Major League Baseball, Sprint, The Estée Lauder Corporation and more. Her debut feature as a writer/director, Look at Me -- with Mark Boone Junior and James Duval, was picked up for distribution by Gravitas in 2011. Alesia showran & directed the first unscripted series for MGM on Facebook Watch, plus produced & directed marketing content for Paramount Pictures for the 2019 horror film Eli. Additionally, Alesia concepts marketing series, stunts & activations for agencies, recently working on Top Gun 2, Jungle Cruise & countless Netflix NX releases. The feature she creative produced & delivered for Astronauts Wanted, A Trip to Unicorn Island won the Streamy for Best Feature Film in 2016 & had over 3B social media impressions upon it’s premiere.
Alesia is in the Sony TV Diverse Directors Program (2019), a recipient of the Superlounge Diversity Award for Commercial Directing (2018), was a SH//FT VR Scholar (2017) & is a Board Delegate of the Producer’s Guild New Media Council.
Screening History
Pan African Film Festival 2024
Awards History
Let's Make It! Screenwriting Contest 2021 - Screenwriting Award
Nashville International Film Festival 2020 - Golden Nib Best "Short" Short
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival 2020 - Best Short Screenplay
Rome Independent Prisma Awards 2020 - Best Short Screenplay Semi Finalist
Apeiron Films Screenplay Competition 2020 - Official Selection for Best Short
Credits
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