Alesia Glidewell

Alesia Toyoko Glidewell, also known as Z, is a Los Angeles based director of Japanese/Brazilian/European descent who spent her formative years living in Saudi Arabia, Mexico City, Peru, Brazil, Hawaii, Boston, Florida and more. Glidewell began her career in the film industry as a voice over/motion capture artist, actor and audio mixer. In Seattle, she began making her own sci-fi and dramedy shorts and capturing the attention of audiences and producers. Simultaneously, she gained a reputation as an effective and passionate producer/director of music videos, shorts, industrial videos and commercials.

During a two year stint running a branded content channel for Studio71, Glidewell took the New Media space by storm, ushering the channel towards becoming the #1 most organically viewed branded beauty channel in the world with upwards of 80 million views. Her creative strategy, execution and ability to bring in and successfully collaborate with top tier influencers yielded many hit original comedy series, scripted and non.

Glidewell is known for cinematic styles that service story and for her dedication to unearthing the truth in every character and performance. Her filming efficiency and cross-genre versatility stems from her varied experience in this industry, as an unscripted, multicam director/showrunner in new media, a commercial and branded content director trusted by some of the largest brands in the world (Major League Baseball, AT&T, Honda, Estee Lauder) and as a development executive and freelance creative ideator.

She's had the pleasure of working with: Stephen Curry, Storm Reid, Lilly Singh, Mark Boone Junior, Lili Taylor, Sadie Sink, Kelly Reilly, Max Martini, Paige O'Hara, Bobby Moynihan, Charles Shotwell, James Duvall, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Ronald Acuna Junior (Atlanta Braves), Colleen Ballinger, Melissa Villasenor, Grace Helbig, Rebecca Black, Mamrie Hart, Hannah Hart, Lindsey Stirling, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Dodgers and Padres - as well as stakeholders from Paramount Players, Netflix, Sony, Studio71, Lucasfilm, MGM, Astronauts Wanted, Viacom, Facebook Watch, Go90, Top Gun 2, Jungle Cruise, Disney Parks, The Witcher, Old Guard, Army of the Dead, Extraction, Top Class.