Alejandro de los Rios is an award-winning Cuban-Venezuelan writer and filmmaker who has worked with the New Orleans Saints & Pelicans, Warner Brothers, MGM, HBO, A&E Networks, Netflix, ESPN, NFL Network and FOX Sports. He was selected to La Selva’s 2021 Film Accelerator program under the mentorship of acclaimed director Werner Herzog. His documentary short film “Different Mardi Gras” premiered at the 2021 New Orleans Film Festival and “Distant Mardi Gras” premiered at the 2020 New Orleans Film Festival. He also directed "A Champion's Journey," a feature-length documentary on New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees. He won ‘Best Editing’ & ‘Best Sound Design’ at the 2015 New Orleans 48 Hour Film Fest. He directed and starred in the short film “Jalapeño Andretti,” which premiered at the 2017 Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival.