LESLEY ELIZONDO
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Lesley Elizondo

Los Angeles, CA

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Los Angeles based Chicana filmmaker
Lesley Elizondo is a Mexican American director of photography and cinematography educator born and raised in Los Angeles. 

In 2019, Lesley’s DP work with the activist group “Ya Basta” was featured in a week-long video installation on Sacramento and Washington DC’s capitol buildings. Her cinematography has also been featured in the Senorita Cinema Film Festival in Houston, the Pride Arts Center Film Festival in Chicago, the Stella Adler Academy Hollywood Short and Sweet Film Festival in LA, and the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase in St. Louis. On Youtube, “Pa Delante” has over 96 thousand views and “MacBeth” has over 3.6 thousand views. 

Lesley’s awards include the Women In Film Loreen Arbus Cinematography Fellowship, the Antonio David Blanco Cinematography Fellowship, the NHFA Fellowship, the Dorothy Arzner Memorial Fund, and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Grant. Because of her work, Lesley has been invited to attend the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts annual Gala and Pitch Session in Washington DC for the last three consecutive years.  

As a cinematographer, she has lensed narrative, serial, documentary, theatrical, protests, live events, music and commercial projects. Lesley completed a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematography from UCLA and two Bachelor of Arts Degrees from the California State University of Long Beach; one in Narrative Film Directing and the other in Spanish Literature. 

Most recently, she completed the cinematography on the documentary “Basta,” the pilot “Salem High,” and is currently doing research for “Intern Reaper,” a Taiwanese short film to be shot in 2021.

Lesley teaches cinematography at the New York Film Academy and at UCLA Extension.
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Director | Writer
Lesley Elizondo is a Mexican American director, cinematographer and educator born and raised in Los Angeles.

As a first generation art scholar and filmmaker, Lesley writes, directs, and shoots stories based within the Mexican, the Latino and the American experience. She looks to bridge the duality of her heritage through translating the intricacies of life through image making that explore themes of injustice, loss, and love.

As a director, she has lensed eight narrative shorts, an experimental piece, and multiple documentaries, live and commercial projects. In 2020, Lesley’s latest documentary "Basta" won the Best Documentary Award at the Official Latino Film and Arts Festival.


Lesley completed a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematography from UCLA and two Bachelor of Arts Degrees
from the California State University of Long Beach; one in Narrative Film Directing and the other in Spanish Literature. 

Projects

Pa Delante

Musical Artist: Ivan Ortega
Directed by: Kayden Phoenix

MacBeth and Lady MacBeth

Directed by Cowen Angus Bailey

Memories: Jose de Jesus

Written, Directed and Produced by Lesley Elizondo
Derived from the Cinematographic Thesis, UCLA 2018 
Thesis Research

Romeo and Julio

Adapted by Eric Glawe. Directed by Lesley Elizondo.
Romeo and Julio Page

Illusions of Love

Illusion of Love - WIP cut from Kara Reddy on Vimeo.

Written and Directed by Kara Reddy ​

LA 143

Directed by Sergio Monserrate

Helen by Euripides



An Uber Tale

Written and Directed by Lynelle White
An Uber Tale on IMDB

Retrograde 

Written and Directed by Michael Thomas
Retrograde on IMDB

The Beach Trip

Written and Directed by Hanadi Elyan
The Beach Trip on IMDB

The Glass Menagerie 

UCLA Spring 2018 Thesis. Directed by Ying Yan
UCLA TheaTre

Secret Sauce

SwagLife Productions 

Feed

Written and Directed by Kara Reddy 

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