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Aleigh Lewis is a filmmaker/editor based in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently an editor for Weed Wars, a new series for the Discovery Channel airing in November 2011. Aleigh's background ranges from documentary to fiction to music videos to theater. In 2010 Aleigh created IRON FERN with Yelena Zhelezov, an object based video project. Upon graduating from CalArts in 2010, she spent the summer in residence at the CENTQUATRE in Paris, France. The Closest Farthest Away, a collaborative project between Cuban and American artists, premiered in Miami, Florida in March 2010 and the Havana Film Festival in December 2009. This live performance is an intersection between theater and cinema, mixing layers of video projections with live actors on stage. Read reviews here. Past awards and grants include Academy of Television Arts & Sciences internship grant (2009), Los Angeles Department Cultural Affairs grant (2010) and scholarships from the Disney family and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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