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Lesley Elizondo
Lecturer
Lesley Elizondo is a queer Chicana director, cinematographer, activist, artist, and professor who bridges her multifaceted heritage, academic knowledge and film production skills to tell stories of emotional truth, social justice, identity, loss and love. She has written and directed nine award winning short films and actively lenses narrative, documentary, commercial and activist non-profit projects.
As an adjunct lecturer, she teaches at the University of California Los Angeles, University of California Irvine, Loyola Marymount University and California State University Fullerton. She completed a Master of Fine Arts in Cinematography from UCLA.
Publications
“Basta” Documentary | Won the Best Documentary award – Official Latino Film Festival Featured at Barnard College’s Athena Film Festival and UnLonely Film Festival
“LA 143” Web Series | Featured at Los Angeles Latino Film Festival and North Hollywood Film Festival
“Memories: Jose de Jesus” | Featured Senorita Cinema Film Festival in Houston
“Romeo and Julio” | Featured Pride Arts Center Film Festival in Chicago Sheidlower, Noah
“Despite the Success of Virtual Festivals, Systemic Obstacles Still Keep Many Filmmakers out of the Industry.” Columbia Daily Spectator, Axtell, Ethan
“Balancing a Dream with Life’s Realities” CSULA University Times, 23 March 2020, Zak, David
“Warm Up with December Short Film Fest!” Pride Films and Plays, 17 Nov. 2018, Dorn, Alyssa
“Graduate Students Interpret ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with Modern, Inclusive Twist.” Daily Bruin, 24 Oct. 2017
“Fight Forward: Bringing Tuition Free Back to California’s Universities.” The Film Collaborative, 2018
“Puppet History” Lensed Season 4 which has over 100 thousand views on Youtube
Awards
Nantucket Film Festival Screenwriter Sessions Live (2021)
Best Documentary at Official Latino Film Festival (2020)
Women In Film Loreen Arbus Fellowship in Cinematography (2018),
Antonio David Blanco Fellowship (2018)
Dorothy Arzner Memorial Fund Recipient (2017)
Education
MFA, Cinematography, University of California Los Angeles
BA, Film Production: Directing, California State University of Long Beach
BA, Spanish Language and Literature, California State University of Long Beach