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Natalia Leite (born 1985-84) is a Brazilian filmmaker, actress, and artist. She is best known for feature film BARE, starring Dianna Agron (Glee) and Paz De La Huerta (Boardwalk Empire) which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 and was released theatrically by IFC in the US and by Paramount Pictures in the UK. Her web series Be ­Here ­Nowish, which she wrote, directed, produced and acted in along with Alexandra Roxo, is currently in it's second season.

Early life:

Leite was born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to Brazilian & Uruguayan parents. She moved to San Francisco at the age of 18 to study at the San Francisco Art Institute and began her career showcasing her drawings, photography, and art films in galleries. Early Work:

Leite moved to New York in 2006, where she began writing/directing her own micro­budget short films, which have screened in festivals internationally.

Career:

Natalia co-owns the production company Purple Milk with Alexandra Roxo which was founded in 2013. Together they created the comedy series Be Here Nowish, documentaries for Vice Media, and also directed commercials. Additionally, Leite has written and directed a feature film “Bare” and music videos for TV On The Radio and Mas Ysa, and short films.

Be­Here­Nowish is a comedy web show about two sexually progressive NY gals who ditch their down­ and­ out lives for LA in search of a spiritual awakening.The show features Karley Sciortino, Ry Russo­Young, Kyp Malone, Brett Gelman, Janicza Bravo, Adam Carpentar, Mel Shimkovitz, Baron Vaugh, and David Call. It premiered with the Tribeca Film Festival N.O.W in 2014 to positive reviews. Be Here Nowish has been featured in Wall St Journal, The New Yorker, Vogue, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, New York Magazine, and more. The show is currently in it’s second season and being released on Vimeo.

Every Woman is a Vice documentary co­directed and created by Leite and Alexandra Roxo. In it’s pilot episode, Life as a Truck Stop Stripper, the two pose as strippers at a truck stop in Moriarty, New Mexico. While there, they learn about how life is for the women who work there, directly from interactions with the women as well as through full on experience.

Bare:

Leite’s directorial debut feature film, Bare, stars Dianna Agron, Paz de la Huerta, Chris Zylka, and Louisa Krause. Bare premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015 to positive reviews and was bought shortly after by IFC for domestic theatrical distribution and by Myriad for international. It was released in the US theatrical on October 30th, 2015. Bare tells the story of a young girl in Nevada (Dianna Agron) who becomes romantically involved with a female drifter (Paz De La Huerta) who introduces her to a life of stripping, drugs, and psychedelic experience, and teaches her what happens when real life catches up with dark fantasy. natalialeite.com