<p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="arial">Leonardo Rodriguez (Leo Rod) is a filmmaker seduced by the dark beauty of horror films; born and raised in Caracas,Venezuela this fascination for the genre started at an early age after watching The Exorcist for the first time; since then a long list of films have inspired his desire of producing and directing horror movies. Among his many favorites are the Asian Films: Audition, The Ring, House of 1000 Corpses, </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: separate; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">The Grudge and the Spanish Film: The Orphanage.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; "><br></span></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="arial">Leo is the founder of La Sayona Productions, LLC; the name </font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">La Sayona was given after the Venezuelan legend about a very jealous woman who killed her husband and her mom thinking that they had a romance; w</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 15px; ">hen her mother was agonizing, gave her a spell: "You will be Sayona for ever"; since then La Sayona can't rest in peace and follows unfaithful man to seduce and then kill them.</span></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2" face="arial"> <br></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; ">Among Rod's credits are sHELL (Director/Producer), Zombie Rocker (Director/Producer), The Talisman (Producer), and he is currently in pre-production for The Wailing (Director/Producer). </span></p><div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>