• Home
  • Written
  • Film
  • Costume Design
  • Blog
  • Kudos
  • Bio
  • Contact
Alejandra Valera: Writer + Occasional Filmmaker
Hello! I'm a Chicago-based freelance writer and filmmaker, and all around nice person -- most of the time.
 
My experience includes:
  • Screenwriter and director for short film "Laundromat"
  • Winner: Best Writer, 2016 Chicago Horror Film Festival
  • Director, producer and art director for short film, "Harrison's Closet"
  • Director, producer and art director for short film, "A Man of Limited Emotional Means"
  • Art direction for short film, "And I Will Rise if Only to Hold You Down"
  • Columnist for Gapers Block, a Chicago-centric Web publication
  • Contributor for online publication, Apartment Therapy Family, which deals with home decor and family life.
  • Ghost blogger for several retail establishments.

My work has appeared in:
  • Chicago Horror Film Festival 
  • Los Angeles International Film Festival 
  • Louisiana Film Prize Festival
  • Hollyshorts Monthly Screenings
  • Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival
  • Chicago Parent Magazine
  • The Ann Arbor Film Festival
  • The Chicago Underground Film Festival
  • Gapers Block
  • Sync Up Conference
  • Oyez Review
  • Athens Ohio Film Festival
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
  • Womanmade Gallery
  • Estella NYC
  • Apartment Therapy Chicago

Thank you for stopping by and feel free to drop me a line with any questions. 


"Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do."  - Jean-Paul Sartre
  • Home
  • Written
  • Film
  • Costume Design
  • Blog
  • Kudos
  • Bio
  • Contact