Join us for the Teen Producer Project’s Fall Showcase and Masterclass with Leah de Leon! 

Starting at 10:00am Leah de Leon will lead a STUDENTS ONLY Masterclass for current students and alumni of the Media Art Center San Diego’s educational programs including the current Teen Producers Project..

Following the Masterclass at 11:00am, family and friends of the participating Teen Producers and the general public are invited to the Fall Premiere of a series of narrative and documentary shorts created by the Teen Producers Project! Each short film will conclude with a post-screening discussion with filmmakers moderated by teaching artists and project organizers, Hope Butner and Alara Jones. Local Producer and Filmmaker, Leah de Leon, will stay after the Masterclass and participate in post-screening discussions! 

Leah de Leon is an award-winning Filipina-American Documentary Producer and Director based in San Diego, CA. Her recent short documentary, ‘We Are Like Waves’, was released with The Los Angeles Times. Other credits include producing works for The BBC, VICE, PBS, and 60 Second Docs. She is the Co-Founder of Sundoc Studios, a San Diego based production company, where she creates branded and original documentary films. Leah holds a B.F.A. in News and Documentary from Chapman University and was a Nikon Storytellers Scholarship recipient. Leah is a proud member of Brown Girls Doc Mafia, A-Doc, and The Documentary Producers Alliance.

Divided into Intro and Advanced levels, Teen Producers Project is an opportunity for students ages 13-18 to dive headfirst into the fundamentals of filmmaking, working closely with media arts professionals to produce their own short films over the course of 12 weeks.

Interested in the next edition of the Teen Producers Project January 25 – April 19 2025?

Follow this link to learn more and register for the Project: 

Teen Producers Project – Spring 2025

This Masterclass and year-round filmmaker education programs are made possible with funding from NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS and CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL; a part of our non-profit’s FRONTERA FILMMAKER initiative.