
Person
Melina León
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.
Known for

¡Qué Despelote! La Película
2010

Song Without a Name
Director
Sweet Poison
Director
A 45 for the month's expenses
Director
Emigrant
Producer

The Distance of Time
Editor
Julia &
Director

Girl with a Walkman
Director
Memory of my eyes
Director
Somewhere in America
Director
Filmography
- 2021The Distance of TimeEditor
- 2020Song Without a NameDirector
- 2018Tania Cerrón: El Camino del BambúDirector
- 2018Renata Flores: Cantar, resistirDirector
- 2018Lola Apolinario: Emprender, iniciarDirector
- 2016Arena y EsterasDirector
- 2010¡Qué Despelote! La Película
- 2009El Paraíso de LiliDirector
- 2009Nabil Kanso in New YorkDirector
- 2008EmigrantProducer
- 2007Girl with a WalkmanDirector
- 2005Julia &Director
- 2004Yo creo en Santa Clausdeambulante
- 2004Memory of my eyesDirector
- 2004Somewhere in AmericaDirector
- 2003Sweet PoisonDirector
- 2000A 45 for the month's expensesDirector
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