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Leslie Alcantar is a professional YouTube video editor. She studied film at Temple University and got her start working for MrBeast, the biggest YouTube channel in the world, after graduating. There, she learned and grew so much as an editor and content creator. She later was a junior editor for Safiya Nygaard, a popular beauty/fashion/travel YouTuber with 10 million+ subs. She has experience in editing short form and long form content, including YouTube videos, TikToks, Reels, trailers for short films, and commercials. Alcantar has also been the location sound mixer for several student films, which is where she started to delve more into the post production side of things. She was formerly the Lead Assistant Editor for MrBeast and Junior Editor for Safiya Nygaard. Currently, she is the video editor for a popular running apparel company.
Fun Facts
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Videos I've worked on have garnered over 11 billion views on YouTube
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I've worked for the number one YouTube Channel (MrBeast) in the whole world
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Videos I've worked on had petabytes of footage for only one video
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I've edited with 300+ cameras
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I've edited with 100 days worth of footage
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I was the first female Lead Assistant Editor at MrBeast, and one of the original Assistant Editors
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I changed the post production workflow for Safiya Nygaard to become more efficient.
Artist Statement
As someone that grew up with YouTube, I love being able to work in the space, and hope to keep expanding to other social media as well. I would love to work in all sorts of fields, such as Podcasts and editing for TV someday. For right now, I want to continue to edit for YouTube and Vertical creators. I even enjoy creating videos for my own pleasure in my free time. Some of my favorite creators are Mia Maples, Nick DiGiovanni, and Annika's Leaf.
From a young age, I’ve always been drawn to media. I believe film, television, and photography are such beautiful and powerful works of art and communication, and I’m truly honored to be able to play a part in it. I really like the idea of taking anything and transforming it into a new piece of art: whether it be a project started from scratch or simply changing a few things to enhance the overall project.
I want to be known for making people laugh. I work to create new stories through my edits and strive to constantly grow and learn new ways to make meaningful and beautiful stories regardless of what my position is in the process.