Alejandro Montoya Marin was born in Laredo Texas and raised in Mexico (Merida and Monterrey). Since a very young age, he has been interested in film. Alejandro went to school for marketing and then attended Vancouver Film School in Canada where he specialized in Directing. He later moved to Albuquerque to join the growing film industry.
His narrative work includes: Intrepido (2009), The Princess and the Musician (2013), The Joneses (2014), Low/Fi (2015), Monday (2016), and Leslie (2017). His films have screened in numerous film festivals including the Cannes Film Festival, Raindance, The Napa Valley Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and many more. In addition to narrative film, Alejandro also has an intense love for music and has directed many music vídeos. He has directed for Sleigh Bells, Chikita Violenta, Motopony, Grimlin, and Stem Ivory.
Most recently, Alejandro appeared on the El Rey Network-produced documentary show, REBEL WITHOUT A CREW: THE SERIES. With a budget of only $7000 and 14 days of shooting time, Alejandro was able to adapt his award-winning short film, MONDAY, into a feature film. The movie premiered at special screening during the 2018 SXSW FESTIVAL and most recently was screened to a sold-out audience at the SOHO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. The film is currently on the film festival circuit and continues to pile up rave reviews. Alejandro is now currently working on both his second and third feature film projects.
Lisa Lucas, is a professional writer/producer/actor.
She graduated from Bowdoin College with a degree in French Literature and Theater Arts.
For the last 25 years, Lisa has produced, written and developed over 36 TV series which include the popular ABC series The Bachelor, Work of Art on Bravo and the Emmy winning My 1st Time on NBC. She has also produced several award winning feature documentaries with Silver Bullet Productions including, A Thousand Voices, which debuted on PBS in 2015 as well as the Emmy nominated Defending The Fire, in 2017 and The Power of Place, currently in production and slated to premiere in 2021.
In addition to her partnership in LikeMinds, Lisa was a part of the Santa Fe University of Art & Design Film School academic community for 4 years where she taught Advanced Production and Finance, Indie Film 101 as well as History of Women in Cinema courses.
She is also the newly elected President of New Mexico Women in Film (2020), hosts and writes a weekly podcast with fellow film critic and writer/producer, Belle Allen as the Front Row Divas on youtube and just recently began a fb LIVE cooking series with co-host Debrianna Mansini called #coronakitchen
Davey Thompson is an actor, stunt double and stunt coordinator who has appeared in Feature Films and Television shows such as:
Westworld (2016-2020),
Lethal Weapon (2016-2019),
Arrested Development (2003- ),
Lucifer (2015), and more.
He is an experienced stunt/race driver, pilot/flight instructor, equestrian, mechanic, scuba diver, and surfer. In 2004 he received an Emmy for his role on a PSA for the City of Los Angeles.
“When No One Believes In you, that’s when you have to believe in yourself, even more” (Edgar, K. 2017)
Emmy Award winner, Celebrity Hairstylist and Fashion Designer Kenneth “K-Bobby” Edgar grew up in Jamaica, in a family where his father, a typical Jamaican male of that era, was appalled that his son showed early interest in women’s fashion. Fortunately, K-Bobby’s mother was a forward-thinker, believing that her son’s obvious clothing talent was a gift that should be appreciated and developed, encouraged his interest. Starting at the unbelievable age of 12, K-Bobby quickly became a seasoned designer and dressmaker in his village, sewing gowns for brides, bride’s maids, beauty queens, graduations and balls.
He realized his gifts were real and rare and, wanting to augment his natural abilities with more formal training, at the age of 17 he enrolled at Madame Francois’s School of Fashion in Kingston. K-Bobby earned an Emmy in 1995 for his work as hair stylist for the 1994 CBS mini-series, “The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All”.
K-bobby’s designs have been photographed by many of the top fashion photographers, with designs featured in issues of several popular magazines.
Bianca Mitchell is a 15-year old “Chicana” from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She attends the Albuquerque Media Arts Collaborative Charter School and is a dual credit college student. She is currently pursuing her A.A. in Film Studies at CNM Central New Mexico Community College. Bianca has worked as a crew member and/or acted in multiple independent films and web series, interned as a broadcast crew member for the New Mexico Ice Wolves, is an artist, and designs her own jewelry.
Most recently, Bianca was interviewed for the The New York Times for an article on The Queen’s Gambit series and its influence on women, young and old, to take up chess. https://nyti.ms/33ZNuZo
Bianca is representing the youth’s perspective and bringing fresh eyes to judging the film finalists.