Melina León
Known for
Directing
Biography
Melina León is the director, co-writer, and producer of Song Without a Name (Director’s Fortnight, Cannes 2019), Peru’s submission for the Oscars. The film has premiered at over one hundred international film festivals and won more than forty awards, including Best Film at the Stockholm International Film Festival and the Montreal World Film Festival, Best Emerging Director at the Munich International Film Festival, Best Director at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and many more. She holds an MFA in Film Directing from Columbia University, New York.
Best known work
Song Without a Name
2020
¡Qué Despelote! La Película
2010
Yo creo en Santa Claus
2004
The Distance of Time
2021
El Paraíso de Lili
2009
Girl with a Walkman
2007A 45 for the month's expenses
2000Julia &
2005Memory of my eyes
2004Somewhere in America
2004Filmography
2021
The Distance of TimeEditor
2020
Song Without a NameDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
2018
2018
Renata Flores: Cantar, resistirDirector
2018
2016
Arena y EsterasDirector
2010
2009
El Paraíso de LiliDirector, Screenplay
2009
Nabil Kanso in New YorkDirector
2008
EmigrantProducer
2007
Girl with a WalkmanDirector, Screenplay
2005
Julia &Director
2004
Yo creo en Santa Clausas deambulante
2004
Memory of my eyesDirector
2004
Somewhere in AmericaDirector
2003
Sweet PoisonDirector
2000
A 45 for the month's expensesDirector