Natalia Leite

Natalia Leite
Born	São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation	Writer, director, actress, artist
Years active	2006–present

Natalia Leite is a Brazilian-born writer, director, actress, and artist. Her feature film debut Bare premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 and was released in US theaters by IFC and by Paramount Pictures. She is a frequent contributor to Vice Media and a co-creator of the web series Be Here Nowish. Her second feature film, M.F.A., premiered at SXSW in 2017 and was nominated for a Grand Jury Award.

Leite was born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute.

In 2006, Leite moved to New York City where she began writing, directing, and producing her own microbudget short films, which have screened in festivals internationally and began her career showcasing drawings, photography, and art films in galleries.

Leite has directed documentaries for Vice Media, including the show Every Woman, where she lived and worked as a stripper in a truck-stop in New Mexico, which she discovered while location scouting for Bare.

Leite co-created and starred in the web-series Be Here Nowish along with Alexandra Roxo. The show is about two sexually progressive NY gals who ditch their downandout lives for LA in search of a spiritual awakening. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014 to positive reviews and is currently in its second season.

Frequently collaborating with Kyp Malone, Leite starred in the music video "Million Miles" for TV On The Radio. Malone then went on to create the original score for the feature film Bare. Leite has been a guest panelist at New York Women in Film and Television, Apple Store Talks, and Independent Filmmaker Conference.

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