Leah Meyerhoff

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.

Biography

Leah Meyerhoff was born in San Francisco, California and attended Berkeley High School. She graduated with Honors from Brown University with a Bachelor's degree in Art-Semiotics and 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.