All videos on this page are 100% my creation (with the exception of the Blade Runner mashup.)
To see the work I’ve done for other people, check out my Editing page.
Horror Short
I made this movie—with the help of my talented wife Ashlie— inside our apartment in April 2020, in response to Roger Corman’s Quarantine Film Festival challenge.
The Challenge: Make a movie, under two minutes, without leaving your home, using only a cell phone and available lights.
Shot on a Galaxy S10 phone. All jobs except acting were done by me.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Roger Corman Quarantine Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2020 Coney Island Film Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – New York City Quarantine Film Festival
Experimental Short
In my ongoing attempt to make sense of the world, I give you… “Fever Dreams”. This video started out being about my COVID-19 infection, but, as the world changed quickly around me, it became about much, much more.
This video—and the accompanying music, courtesy of my electronic alter-ego Grapefruit 45—were created entirely from public-domain audio samples and video footage.
Mashup
My radical re-envisioning of Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic.
I had been kicking this idea around for years. When the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, I suddenly found myself with a lot more time on my hands. This was the result.
NOTE: All media in this video is copyright of its original creators. I claim no ownership of this material.
Music Video
Music video for Jersey City-based rapper FLUFGOD.
Shot, directed, and edited by Leon Chase
Documentary
Meet Suzy Hotrod, the last original member of New York City’s Gotham Girls Roller Derby league—and one of the most well-known names in modern roller derby.
Directed by Leon Chase.
WINNER, AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD – 2019 Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Complete Cast and Credit info here.
Documentary
Fancy Feast, a self-described fat burlesque performer, sex educator, and winner of the 2016 Miss Coney Island pageant, discusses life in New York City.
Directed by Leon Chase.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2017 Coney Island Film Festival
Complete Cast and Credit info here.
Comedy Short
Written and directed by Leon Chase.
Starring Jennifer Williams and Marybess Pritchett.
Music by Régis V. Gronoff, and Bahar.
WINNER – MAVERICK AWARD – 2016 L.A. Neo Noir Fest
WINNER – BEST EDITING, BEST NOIR SHORT – 2016 Genre Celebration Festival
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2016 New York Short Film Festival
Complete award and cast info here.
Concept Trailer
Written, directed, and scored by Leon Chase.
Starring Emma S. Gordon, Linda Hill, Caitlin Zoz, Regine Mont-Louis, and Jennifer Williams.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2014 Bad Film Fest