Jacquin DeLeon

Jacquin Deleon was born in Camden NJ to an African American mother and third generation Cuban father. Upon graduating high school DeLeon eventually attended Temple University in Philadelphia P.A for the broadcasting program. While there he took screen-writing classes and shot student films. Jacquin shot his first short film Nameless in 2012. After raising the money for from friends and family Deleon was able to get the "Blind Side" Quinton Aaron and "The Wire" Brandon Fobbs to star. Nameless was accepted into a number of festivals including HBFF (Hollywood Black Film Festival), UWFF (Urban World Film Festival), and took home the SFBFF (San Fransisco Film Festival)Jury Prize. In 2014 DeLeon saw his first feature film "A Girl Like Grace" completed. The film cast by Leah Butler, was able to attract the star-studded cast of Meagan Good, Garcelle Beauvais, Raven Symone, Romeo Miller, and Ryan Destiny.