Leah Meyerhoff

Leah Meyerhoff (they/she) is the founder of FILM FATALES, a non-profit organization which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports a membership community of over a thousand feature filmmakers of all marginalized genders. Leah wrote and directed the narrative feature film I BELIEVE IN UNICORNS which was released theatrically after premiering at SXSW, winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival and additional awards from Woodstock Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Tribeca Film Institute, The Gotham, and the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Leah’s previous films have screened in over 200 film festivals and aired on IFC, PBS, LOGO and MTV. Leah holds a BA in Art-Semiotics from Brown University and an MFA in Directing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.