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Leslie Von Pless

Leslie Von Pless is a freelance videographer, photographer and editor. As the WMC’s video production consultant, she shoots and edits promo videos, media reels and web clips. She is also the media training videographer, event photographer, and maintains the WMC’s video and photo archives. Before coming on as a consultant, she was an intern at the WMC.

Von Pless also works as a videographer and editor with Raptive Media and films concerts and events at Jazz at Lincoln Center. She is a member of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, the Central New York Art Guild and the Cooperstown Art Association. She has been awarded several honors for her photography collections and individual prints, exhibiting widely in Upstate New York galleries.

In the past, Von Pless has worked in news and documentary video production on both web-based platforms and at local TV stations. She holds a BS in Communications: TV & Digital Film Production from SUNY Fredonia, where she also played NCAA Women’s Lacrosse. She is now vice president of the Brooklyn Women’s Rugby Football Club.

Recent Posts by Leslie Von Pless

Julie Foudy: A Woman Making History

March 12, 2010 – 1:18 pm

30 Women Making HistoryIn recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history.  Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]

Alexis McCombs: A Woman Making History

March 3, 2010 – 4:44 pm

30 Women Making History
In recognition of the 30th anniversary of Women’s History Month, Women’s Media Center is profiling 30 extraordinary women making history.  Our goal is to raise $10,000 to support WMC Exclusives — every dollar raised will go directly toward hiring women writers to comment on major news stories and report topics often neglected [...]

Breaking the Glass Grandstand in Women’s Sports

February 26, 2010 – 4:48 pm

As the 2010 Winter Olympic games come to a close, we head into college basketball’s March Madness – the end-all, be-all of NCAA championships. While U.S. Skier Lindsay Vonn’s medal wins in Vancouver and Serena Williams’ victory at the Australian Open have made international headlines, triumphs in women’s team sports are still virtually unheard of [...]

Just Not Married: Fighting for Equality on Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2010 – 1:50 pm

Photo Essay by Leslie Von Pless
Lesbian and gay male couples are ready to step up their protest with creative new tactics—witness the action this morning in New York and see what lies ahead for marriage equality in 2010.
In 2009, the fight for marriage equality gained more U.S. victories in one year than over the previous [...]

Speaking of the big game…Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!

February 3, 2010 – 3:34 pm

Almost 100 million Americans will watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, to see the top two men’s football teams go head to head for one of the most coveted championship titles in the nation. Perhaps the least surprising part of the game is that the only women participating will be ever-more-minimally-clothed cheerleaders on the sidelines.
Besides [...]

Supreme Court Bans Video Coverage to Protect Prop 8 Supporters

January 13, 2010 – 5:03 pm

Now in my twenties, I, like most young LGBT folks, spent my adolescent years searching far and wide for accurate, respectful, role-model-worthy representations of LGBT people in the media. It was – and still is – pretty slim pickings. So when I heard that the current trial on California’s Prop 8 ruling, which began on [...]