Alicia Arinella
President & CEO
For the past twelve years, Alicia has worked in various aspects of Film and Theatrical production. Her credits include: stage management for regional and New York theater, publicity and promotional work for Fine Line Features and New Line Cinema, editing and production coordinating for terraNOVA Collective, Asset Pictures and cineBlast!, associate producing for Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Noggin and Granada Kids, and producing projects for Little Airplane Productions, Playhouse Disney, New York Stage and Film, terraNOVA Collective, Our Time Theatre Company and the Naked Angels Theater Company. Alicia founded On the Leesh Productions in 1999 with her documentary, Interval.

With On the Leesh, Alicia has been happy to produce the first work for many new writers including: Justin Spitzer of NBC’s The Office, Jenna Bans of ABC’s Desperate HousewivesPrivate Practice and Grey’s Anatomy and producing the directorial debuts of acclaimed New York theater writers and directors: Lucie Tiberghien, Michael Mastro and Sex and the City writer, Liz Tuccillo. Alicia has produced eleven short films screening at over 30 film festivals worldwide including: Cannes, Sarasota, Atlanta, Nantucket, Durango Independent, LA Comedy Fest, Miami Short Film Festival and San Francisco Independent. Awards: The Muse: A Girl’s Delicious Daydream About a Dangerous Man – 2nd place Short Film Experimental, 2006 Indie Gathering. With OTL, Alicia has also produced a number of theater projects including: the Naked Angels Issues Project: DemocracyHelp Me Help MyselfOur Time Theatre Company’s 3rd Annual BenefitSIN: A New Fashioned Spectacle of Legendary Vice, and Masquerade: calypso and home with terraNOVA Collective. Alicia is the editor of Table for ThreeDenimThe Things We KnowFor BellyKung Pow Wow,Milestone and the hit web-series The In-Betweens of Holly MaloneIn the Can and The Sexually. As a director, Alicia worked on the short films, Table for Three and Kung Pow Wow. She has directed most of the episodes of the popular web-series, The In-Betweens of Holly Malone, as well as all of the episodes for the web-series In the Can and The Sexually. For the stage, Alicia has directed the one-woman show Belly and has most recently produced and co-directed the feature film, For Belly, with Matt Rashid. 

Alicia’s latest undertaking is entitled What You Can Do. She serves as the project’s Executive Producer, Director, Director of Photography and Editor.  What You Can Do tackles the world's most pressing social and environmental concerns and shows viewers what can be done to help in one minute of time. Videos feature a different social issue and show viewers what they can do about it even if they only have one minute of time to give. The series aired on PBS affiliates WNET including WLIW, THIRTEEN and NJTV. What You Can Do was nominated for Best Educational Series at the inaugural IAWTV Awards, won an award of merit at the 2012 Accolade Competition and won Best Documentary Series and Best Song at the 2012 LA Webfest.

Alicia has taught a number of guest classes on producing at the New School and has appeared on various panels about film. She has been interviewed by: Variety, Craine’s NY, New York Moves, Nytheatre.com, G4TechTV in Canada, Videography Magazine, WWSB ABC7, Tampa Bay Media Talk, Actorslife.com, The Barry Z Show, WVOX radio in New York, Web Series Magazine and The Worcester Telegram and Gazette. 

Alicia is available for guest panels and guest classes. For more information, email: info@ontheleesh.com