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Jayden De Alba

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📽️ Filmmaker, Writer, Photographer 📸
UST 27' - BA Film Studies & Media Production Co-major

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Psychological sci-fi thriller "Synthetic" has been selected to play at the 2026 Eagan Film Festival along with horror mystery short "Locker"!

(Also on Youtube - link in bio)

🎥 Starring @dowensss and @ekko.morales

Huge thanks to our incredible crew that made any of this possible and to those who helped out in any way.

This film was a final project for FILM 298 for 2025 Fall semester of my sophomore year at @uofstthomasmn. Maybe my most stressful project yet as principal photography was officially wrapped 3 days prior to the screening. 😅

#eaganfilmfestival #jaydendealba #studentfilm #scifi by @jayden_dealba

Watch "Locker" now on YouTube!

Loosely inspired by Backrooms creepypasta and Radiohead KID A AMNESIA

(this short was shot before Backrooms film released)

Starring the incredible @noahevanactornmodel and @kreem_goat
with PA and sound recorder @shaylynnvaree

#indiehorrorfilm #backsession #backrooms #jaydendealba #studentfilm by @jayden_dealba

"Locker" is now publicly available on YouTube! (link in bio)

Here's some stills and bloopers

Poster graphic design by @ejjinaz

#backrooms #shortfilm #studentfilm #jaydendealba #horrorshort by @jayden_dealba

UST Film Screening premiere with "Locker" and "Tinder Mercies"

I had so much fun at the screening and the last couple weeks of this semester--mostly thanks to all the awesome creative people that I'm so lucky to be around and be friends with

Congrats on all the filmmakers' films and especially great job Devin for almost making everyone cry at the end with "Baggage"

Also some BTS for Tinder Mercies at the end 🎂 😄 (releasing soon)

Locker Poster graphic design: @ejjinaz

Thank you @andrew_blade_estrem for taking photos of the film screening.

#universityofstthomas #filmscreening #studentfilm #jaydendealba by @jayden_dealba

Filming "Locker" Short Mystery/Horror Film

SHORT FILM PREMIERE SCREENING: St. Thomas on Thursday, May 21st at 6pm in Schoenecker Auditorium - everyone is invited!

I had so much fun in production on this project with a great crew @shaylynnvaree @joseph.coughlin2099 and our amazing actors @noah.mueller.9.9 @kreem_goat

Now it's time for the editing grind...

#studentfilm #ust #filmproduction #jaydendealba #shortfilm by @jayden_dealba

Spring break at Merritt Island, Florida and go to see and record Artemis II launch to the moon 🚀 🔥

We got so lucky that the launch happened to coincide with our trip and learned so much about space and the various NASA space programs.

Deep Sky in IMAX was incredible and reinvigorated my childhood interest in space exploration as well as Apollo 13 (1995), the Netflix documentaries on Challenger and Apollo 11, and near-masterpiece Gravity (2013).

#artemisii #nasa #kennedyspacecenter #jaydendealba #rocketlaunch by @jayden_dealba

Atoms For Peace - Music Video

View the full video on YouTube: link in bio

Thank you @m_harper06 for your unexpectedly incredible performance.

I shot, directed, and edited this first music video assignment for DIMA 232 at the University of St. Thomas (another music video and short film coming soon).

#rolltoms #ust #universityofstthomas #jaydendealba #marquanharper #musicvideo #musicvideos #nobudgetfilmmaking #studentfilmmaker #thomyorke #atomsforpeace by @jayden_dealba

Just shot @nivranatribute concert at #pioneerplaceonfifth and got some awesome footage. Definitely go see these guys in person, the energy was unreal.

Here's a short video of highlights of the event and some BTS photos.

Audio: The Man Who Sold The World (Unplugged) & Aneurysm (Incesticide)

Pictures of me by @2turnlm

#nirvana #nirvanaband #nirvanacover #nivrana #studentfilms #ust #jaydendealba #concertvideo by @jayden_dealba

Fun day at Eagan Film Festival!

Congrats to @devinitely_losing and @coopernicus52 on their film Pen Pals, a great film about connection and the challenges of friendship in the modern world.

Also met some awesome filmmakers so check them out: @ecothedp @l_medini @teeth.irl @_mikey.vii @kaniya_jade_vfx @allardthestreet @nathaniel.urbanski @briannonn

Last festival for my short film SHUFFLED directed/shot/edited by me and starring @ekko.morales which is now public on YouTube! Link in bio.

#filmfestivals #studentfilm #ust #jaydendealba #252films #eagan #eaganfilmfestival #shuffledfilm #nobudgetfilmmaking by @jayden_dealba

Production Assistant for We're Not Fine, a mental health talk show directed by @amber_g_elias based off the podcast hosted by @drtaliajackson and @douglasljensen

One of the most fun and energetic sets I've ever been a part of. With my friend @sles1982 also as a PA.

Images of me taken by Scott and Amber.

#werenotfine #filmstudent #mentalhealth
#ust #talkshow #werenotfinepod by @jayden_dealba

One year later...

I've returned to the Minneosta fairgrounds 4H video workshop camp as an intern and loved helping youth create fun video projects and further explore their interest in filmmaking.

Can't believe it's already been a full year since I attended the camp and helped make our group's film, "Streetview". Go visit my channel (252 Films) and watch the film and see the behind the scenes process of making the film!

#streetview #studentshortfilm #studentfilm #4h #4hvideos #minneapolis #jaydendealba #mnstatefair #nobudgetfilmmaking by @jayden_dealba

First time on set with real fire 🔥😮

On set of "The Source Of Light", written/directed by @atty54

Got to be assistant director/assistant camera for the first time and had a blast on set with the awesome crew.

Video & pictures with me in them by @andrew_blade_estrem the awesome on-set BTS photographer

#studentfilm #studentfilmmaker #nobudgetfilmmaking #jaydendealba #ust #studentshortfilm by @jayden_dealba