Alexander Leontaritis
Director- Writer
Alexander has worked in the film and commercials industry going through different crew positions as a director, cinematographer, production manager and as an editor in Los Angeles, New York, Dubai, London, Athens and Nicosia. He has produced and directed feature films, TV Series, several shorts, music videos and commercials.
While he was in Los Angeles he worked as a production assistant in Hollywood Production Companies at Lawrence Bender Productions and Kadokawa Picures. In Dubai he worked in the area of producing commercials at Joy Films.
His short film “10 Minutes” got special mention in the Greek competition sector at Thessaloniki Film Festival (2008) while his first feature, an action drama movie “The Final Payoff” won the Silver Remi Award at Worldfest Houston, two Audience Awards (Cyprus International Film Festival and at the Peloponesian International Film Festival) and was distributed by Filmboy Pictures and Audiovisual in Greece.
Additionally he has worked in the media broadcast sector as a director and editor collaborating with various TV Channels in Greece and Cyprus (Greek National News Television ERT, ANT1, SKAI TV, Star Channel, Sigma Live TV), as a photographer and as a journalist at various newspapers and magazines for topics related to cinema.
He has a BA from the American College of Greece (Deree College), a certificate in Film Producing from UCLA, a certificate in Film and Television Studies from New York College and a certificate in Film Directing from Iek Akmi (Vocational Training).
“The Waiting Room” is his second feature film.