Luis de Leon is a writer, filmmaker, and visual artist.

His feature screenplay, Birthmarks, was a Top 3 finalist in the 2018 Final Draft Big Break Contest. His pilot, Freedom Bail Bonds, was a quarterfinalist. Most recently, his pilot, The Muckrakers, advanced as a semifinalist in the 2019 WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab and as a quarterfinalist in 2019 BlueCat Screenplay Competition.
(He loves to write and can’t wait to tell you about his new projects.)

In his documentary work, he’s gone from spending time with Thai dissidents in Cambodian safe houses to interviewing cyber criminals and FBI agents in Romania. He edited an award-winning documentary which screened at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival and SXSW, and later moved audiences on HBO. His short documentary, The Other Side of Hacking, explored Romanian cybersecurity and premiered at the 2017 Beverly Hills Film Festival. 

Luis has an extensive background in post-production. He was a founding and active partner for 8 years at the boutique visual effects company The Molecule. He is a member of the Television Academy for his work as an on-set VFX supervisor on several films and television shows.

Luis is also a lead motion designer for the premiere ad agency, Deutsch, creating visuals for many brands including Volkswagen, Target, Snapple, Pandora, Sprint, and Taco Bell. As an art director, he directed a full CG world imagining the future of driverless cars for NatGeo's Years of Living Dangerously.

Lastly, Luis is an avid reader and traveler. He grew up splitting his time between the U.S. and Mexico and believes the best storytellers travel the path unknown.

You can contact Luis at:  hello@luisdeleon.tv