Leah Meyerhoff
Encyclopedia
Leah Meyerhoff is a Student Academy Award nominated director
, producer
and screenwriter
. Her films have screened in over 200 film festivals worldwide and won over a dozen international awards.
and attended Berkeley High School. She graduated with Honors from Brown University
with a Bachelor’s degree in Art
-Semiotics
and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Film at New York University
.
While at NYU, Leah directed Twitch
, a short film portraying a young girl's irrational fear that her mother's disability is contagious. Twitch
kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival
and becoming a finalist in the Student Academy Awards
. It has since screened in over 200 film festivals, won a dozen awards, and was picked up for distribution by PBS, Hulu
, iTunes
and the Independent Film Channel
.
Leah has since completed several music videos and commercials, including Team Queen
, a Planet Out finalist which aired on LOGO
, Eternal Flame
, which was in rotation on MTV Europe
, and Like Our Fathers, which is currently in post-production.
Leah has received press coverage from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Film Threat
, The Boston Globe, Flavorpill, The San Francisco Chronicle
and numerous other publications. Leah was also profiled in the docu-drama series Film School, directed by Nanette Burstein
(The Kid Stays in the Picture
) which continues to air on IFC
.
In addition, Leah has taught directing and editing courses at New York University
, The New York Film Academy
, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been a programmer for several film festivals and was recently a member of the HollyShorts and Slamdance Film Festival
narrative juries.
Leah lives in New York City
where she is working on her first feature film Unicorns.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
. Her films have screened in over 200 film festivals worldwide and won over a dozen international awards.
Biography
Leah Meyerhoff was born in San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
and attended Berkeley High School. She graduated with Honors from Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
with a Bachelor’s degree in Art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
-Semiotics
Semiotics
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes , indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication...
and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Film at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
While at NYU, Leah directed Twitch
Twitch (film)
Twitch is a Student Academy Award nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff.Twitch kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and going on to screen in over 200 film festivals worldwide...
, a short film portraying a young girl's irrational fear that her mother's disability is contagious. Twitch
Twitch (film)
Twitch is a Student Academy Award nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff.Twitch kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and going on to screen in over 200 film festivals worldwide...
kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
As a year-round organization, Slamdance serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in the film industry; it is also the only major film festival fully programmed by filmmakers. Slamdance counts among its alumni many notable writers and directors who first gained notice at the...
and becoming a finalist in the Student Academy Awards
Student Academy Awards
The Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June...
. It has since screened in over 200 film festivals, won a dozen awards, and was picked up for distribution by PBS, Hulu
Hulu
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, iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and the Independent Film Channel
Independent Film Channel
The Independent Film Channel is an American cable TV network that airs independent film and related programming. IFC programming includes commercially interrupted feature-length films, original documentaries, shorts, animated series, original series, acquired series, and content exclusively for...
.
Leah has since completed several music videos and commercials, including Team Queen
Team Queen
Team Queen is a music video for Triple Creme directed by Leah Meyerhoff.A Planet Out Award finalist, Team Queen is a gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling music video for the queer post-punk band Triple Creme starring the best of New York burlesque...
, a Planet Out finalist which aired on LOGO
Logo (TV channel)
Logo is an American digital cable television channel owned by Viacom's MTV Networks division. Launched in June 2005, the channel's programs are geared towards the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community...
, Eternal Flame
Eternal Flame (video)
Eternal Flame is a music video for Joan As Police Woman directed by Leah Meyerhoff and currently airing on MTV Europe.-Synopsis:Welcome to a world where mermaids dance with octopi, fire breathers rule the night, and the Statue of Liberty knows how to sing. Girls are buried up to their necks in sand...
, which was in rotation on MTV Europe
MTV Europe
MTV Europe is a pan-European 24-hour entertainment cable and digital television network launched on August 1, 1987. Initially, the channel served all regions within Europe being one of the very few channels that targeted the entire European continent...
, and Like Our Fathers, which is currently in post-production.
Leah has received press coverage from The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter, Film Threat
Film Threat
Film Threat is a former print magazine and, now, webzine which focuses primarily on independent film, although it also reviews DVDs of mainstream films and Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André...
, The Boston Globe, Flavorpill, The San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
and numerous other publications. Leah was also profiled in the docu-drama series Film School, directed by Nanette Burstein
Nanette Burstein
Nanette Burstein is an American film and television director. Burstein has produced, directed, and co-directed many documentaries which have won her many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary and the Sundance Special Jury Prize for Documentary.-Life and...
(The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Kid Stays in the Picture
The Kid Stays in the Picture is the name of a 1994 autobiography by film producer Robert Evans. It is also the name of a 2002 film adaptation of the book directed by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen and released by Focus Features and USA Pictures...
) which continues to air on IFC
Independent Film Channel
The Independent Film Channel is an American cable TV network that airs independent film and related programming. IFC programming includes commercially interrupted feature-length films, original documentaries, shorts, animated series, original series, acquired series, and content exclusively for...
.
In addition, Leah has taught directing and editing courses at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
, The New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy - School of Film and Acting is a film school andacting school based in New York City, Universal City, California, USA and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. NYFA offers short-term film-making and acting courses, as well as one- and two-year conservatory and Master of Fine Arts...
, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has been a programmer for several film festivals and was recently a member of the HollyShorts and Slamdance Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
As a year-round organization, Slamdance serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in the film industry; it is also the only major film festival fully programmed by filmmakers. Slamdance counts among its alumni many notable writers and directors who first gained notice at the...
narrative juries.
Leah lives in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
where she is working on her first feature film Unicorns.
Filmography
- Unicorns (2012)
- Like Our Fathers (2011)
- Eternal FlameEternal Flame (video)Eternal Flame is a music video for Joan As Police Woman directed by Leah Meyerhoff and currently airing on MTV Europe.-Synopsis:Welcome to a world where mermaids dance with octopi, fire breathers rule the night, and the Statue of Liberty knows how to sing. Girls are buried up to their necks in sand...
(2007) - The Heist (2006)
- Team QueenTeam QueenTeam Queen is a music video for Triple Creme directed by Leah Meyerhoff.A Planet Out Award finalist, Team Queen is a gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling music video for the queer post-punk band Triple Creme starring the best of New York burlesque...
(2006) - TwitchTwitch (film)Twitch is a Student Academy Award nominated short film directed by Leah Meyerhoff.Twitch kicked off the film festival circuit by winning a Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance and going on to screen in over 200 film festivals worldwide...
(2005) - Packaged Goods (2003)
- Neurotica (2002)
- Wonderfluff Sandwiches (2001)
Twitch Awards
- Student Academy AwardsStudent Academy AwardsThe Student Academy Awards is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual competition for college and university filmmakers. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973. Since 1975, the awards have been given annually, usually in June...
— Finalist - SlamdanceSlamdanceSlamdance may refer to:* Mosh, a form of dance associated with punk rock and other musical genres* Slamdance Film Festival, an annual event featuring the work of independent filmmakers...
— Honorable Mention - Avignon Film FestivalAvignon Film FestivalAvignon Film Festival is also known as the Rencontres Cinématographiques Franco-Américain d'Avignon. The festival used to be called the French/American Film Workshop.The festival took place in Avignon, France every year and was devoted to promoting Film...
— Best American Short - Rhode Island International Film FestivalRhode Island International Film FestivalFlickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival takes place every year in Providence and Newport, Rhode Island as well as satellite locations throughout the state. Started in 1997, the Festival is produced by Flickers, the Newport Film/Video Society & Arts Collaborative, a 501 non-profit...
— Honorable Mention - Golden Star Shorts Fest — Best of Fest
- Golden Star Shorts Fest — Best Narrative Short
- Brooklyn International Disability Film Festival — Best Short
- Scottsdale International Film Festival — Best Student Short
- West Chester Film Festival — Best Female Director
- Berkeley Film Festival — Grand Festival Award
- Rebel Film Festival — Best Experimental Short
- Brown Emerging Filmmakers — Best Drama
- Ole Muddy Film Festival — First Place
- Harry M. Warner Film Festival — Third Place
- Sound Space — Post Award
- Calgary International Film FestivalCalgary International Film FestivalThe Calgary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Calgary, Alberta, Canada for ten days in late September and early October...
— Honorable Mention - California Independent Film Festival — Best Mini Short Nominee
- Swansea Bay Film Festival — Best Drama Nominee
- Pawky Little Film Contest — Finalist
- Trenton Film Festival — Best Actress Nominee
Team Queen Awards
- Planet Out — Finalist
- Fort Worth LGBT Film Festival — Best Music Video
- Out Music Awards — Best Music Video Nominee
- San Diego Women Film Festival — Judge's Award
- Pill AwardsPill AwardsThe Pill Awards are an annual awards ceremony held in New York City. Organized by Public-access television cable TV television show ADD-TV, the awards honor artists in the LGBT community and are the brain child of cinematographer and editor George Lyter....
— Best Music Video Nominee - Gaffers Film Festival — Best Music Video
- Rebel Film Festival — Best Music Video
- Micro Cine Fest — Best Music Video
- Evil City Film Fest — Best Music Video
Unicorns Awards
- Independent Feature Project — Emerging Narrative Filmmaker Grant
- Sundance InstituteSundance InstituteSundance Institute is a non-profit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981 that actively advances the work of filmmakers and storytellers worldwide...
— Screenwriter Lab Finalist - Austin Film FestivalAustin Film FestivalThe Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...
— Screenplay Second Rounder - Global Art Film Festival — Best Screenplay
- All Access Screenwriting Competition — Quarter Finalist
- Great Lakes Scriptwriting Competition — Finalist
- Real Women Script Competition — Finalist
External links
- official site
- Brown University Alumni