CAST and CREW
Creative Director / Producer / Editor / Stylist
LESLIE ALEJANDRO
Director / Producer
https://www.lesliealejandro.com/
“I am extremely grateful for @indiadebeaufort giving us a space for an all women crew. The energy and support on set was incomparable. If given the chance, hire women. We won’t let you down.”
Director, producer, filmmaker, and photographer, Leslie Alejandro has spent most of her life in the entertainment industry. Her career as a professional musician started at the age of 15 and continued over the course of two decades. She then shifted her focus to publication as a partner/executive director at a celebrity and fashion digital magazine for seven years. Here she wore many hats - creative/art director, editor, and photo producer. After several years of experience on many sets, Leslie eventually found her passion for being behind the camera. From this, she decided to pursue photography full time. Her work has been featured in Vanity Fair, Variety Magazine, GQ, Men’s Health, Teen Vogue, Women’s Health, The Wrap, Nylon Magazine, etc.
Leslie’s existing obsession with film and television and her ability to story-tell through imagery, composition, and stills then led her to discover her passion in filmmaking. Her directing credits include the documentary short about surrogacy She’s Having My Baby, the short film Smile, starring Kevin Alejandro and DB Woodside, and Adult Night, in which she co-directed with Kevin Alejandro, starring Kevin Alejandro and Lesley-Ann Brandt.
Leslie has been an integral member of the Human Rights Campaign for more than a decade and actively campaigns and advocates for the inclusion, integration, and visibility of women and people of color "above and below the line" in the entertainment industry. She believes by exposing a variety of culture’s stories and experiences to the world, compassion and connection can be found.
ARIN MEYER
Director of Photography / Colorist
“The RED provides a lot of flexibility in post, which was helpful for the amount of color work we did in order to change the color of the walls.”
DANI DE JESUS
Assistant Director / Producer:
“We all just knew that we were creating something not only special, but important. And we were all willing to do whatever it took to get the message out there and see @indiadebeaufort’s creative vision come to life. Even if it meant masking up, shielding up, and wearing a pant leg on my arm and a boot on my hand!”
Dani de Jesus is an award-winning educator and facilitator from Los Angeles, CA. During her undergraduate years at UCLA, de Jesus was highly involved in organizations advocating for women’s rights. She was the co-executive director of UCLA’s 1st Annual Women’s Leadership Conference (now in its 21st year), executive co-chair of The UCLA Clothesline Project, and co-founder of the UCLA Sexual Violence Awareness Advocacy group. After graduation, de Jesus worked as the director of development at Craig Anderson Productions for six years in Culver City where she worked with incredible writers, producers, and executives to bring movies and series to the small screen. She then moved to Maui to continue storytelling and fulfill a calling to become a social studies high school teacher. Through her work with other dedicated educators and the national college-prep program AVID, Maui High School has led the state of Hawai’i to the highest percent increase in college enrollment from 2012 to 2017.
After residing in Maui for over 12 years, de Jesus relocated back to Los Angeles to pursue her passion in filmmaking. de Jesus believes in the educational power of the media, and is determined to bring forth stories that ELEVATE and ENGAGE. She feels that we have to look inside in order to create a different world. This is why television and films are so important to our individual psyche and collective evolution.
Elizabeth Yng Wong
Consulting Editor
ALEXIS NEGRETE
Grip / BTS Photography
“I’m still amazed with how much we were able to accomplish in a single day of shooting with just a group of 4 women. We spent the entire day shooting yet I left feeling energized and inspired in so many ways. So grateful to be a part of creating the video to such a powerful song and more importantly I’m grateful for the opportunity to work with incredibly talented and strong-minded WOMEN! ❤️”