Leah Shore

Agent

• Alexander Creatives
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Education

Equipment

My Equipment/Kit: Fabrication- scenery, painting, sculpting, puppets, miniatures etc., Mac/Pc computers, Various carpentery skills- power tools, saws, sodering, glues, resins, molds galore and more!

I can use: Nikon Cameras- Various, Mac/Pc Computers, Canon Dlsr, Various Carpentery Skills- Power Tools, Saws, Sodering, Glues, Resins, Molds Galore And More!, Fabrication- Scenery, Painting, Sculpting, Puppets, Miniatures Etc.

About me

Leah is a Director, Filmmaker and Artist, working in Comedy, Genre and Drama. Her work explores the mediums of both live action, and animation, in which she loves both equally. She has been fortunate to have her films shown at film festivals, museums, and galleries worldwide. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazines “25 New Faces in Independent Film”, and has been written about in publications such as VICE, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Nowness, Indiewire, Filmmaker Magazine, and Talkhouse Film, etc. Her film, OLD MAN is currently on The Criterion Collection playing before the film Easy Rider.

Leah has been decorated with multiple Vimeo Staff Picks, spoken on panels/colleges, and has also been a guest judge at Film Festivals such as SXSW, New Orleans FF, Slamdance, Ottawa International Animation FF, and more. She now writes and directs narrative films, branded content, and commercials. Clients include: Comedy Central, [AS], Giphy, MTV, truTV, Nike, Vice, Viceland, CNBC, FOX ADHD, Sesame Street, Jash, Google, Dominos, Entertainment Weekly and more.

On her free time she enjoys cooking elaborate meals, specifically making ice cream, and attempting to play her Theremin.

*SELECT AWARDS & FESTIVALS
-Criterion Collection
-Sundance Film Festival
-First Place Imagine Science Film Competition
-First Place Best Short Sidewalk Film Festival
-First Place Experimental Shorts Film Festival
-First Place Best Fiction Short Film Ricon Intl. Film Festival
-Audience Award Rhode Island Intl. Film Festival
-Honorable Mention Indie Memphis
-Vimeo Best of Directors Staff Picks
-Vimeo Staff Pick
-Giphy Film Festival
-Student Academy Award Nominee
-SXSW
-Tribeca
-Comic-Con
-IFC
-Rooftop Films
-PBS
-Maryland Film Festival
-USA FF
-Raindance
-LA FF
-Cucalorus Film Festival
-Finalist Ovation TV Next Revolutionary Film Director
Additional information:
One of Filmmaker Magazines “25 New Faces In Independent Film 2013”
VICE Shorts Corner OLD MAN Interview 2015
VIMEO STAFF PICK: OLD MAN 2015, I Love You So Much 2014
VIMEO BEST OF DIRECTORS STAFF PICKS 2015 at SXSW
The Atlantic Editors Pick: OLD MAN 2015
IFC screening of 5 short films from ‘25 New Faces In Film’ 2013
IFC screening of “I Love You So Much” (On the road series Slamdance 2014)
Rincon International Film Festival First Place Best Narrative Short Film
Tacoma Film Festival for ‘25 New Faces In Film’ 2013
Ottawa International Animation Film Festival- Competition and best of Ottawa 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
SXSW Film Festival- 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015
USA Film Festival- Competition/visiting artist and honorable mention award 2010, 2013, 2014
Cucularous Film Festival 2013, 2014
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2013
Maryland Film Festival 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
Spike and Mikes Sick and Twisted Film Festival 2011, 2012, 2015
Chicago International Film Festival 2012, 2013, 2014
Starz Denver International Film Festival 2012, 2013, 2015
Brooklyn Film Festival Audience Award: Best Animation 2012
ASIFA East Awards Third Place Best Experimental 2012
First Place Best Animation at UFVA NextFrame Touring Festival of International student film and video 2009
Filmmaker of Excellence Award at Canada International Film Festival
MEATWAFFLE Inducted In Sundance Collection At The UCLA Film Archive 2013
Official Selection SUNDANCE 2010
Nominee for Student Academy Awards 2010
Finalist at Ovation TV Next Revolutionary Film Directors Contest 2010
First Place Best Student Reel OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2009
Official Selection at the London International Animation Festival 2009, 2010, 2013
Official Selection SLAMDANCE 2010, 2013

License & Passport

Skills

Secondary Job Title	Content Producer
Job Titles	Props Assistant / Support, Makeup Designer, Make-up Artist (Assistant), Costume Designer, Sound Operator / Engineer, Sound Mixer / Recordist, Sound Editor, Sound Designer, Sound Assistant, Music Director, Composer, Dubbing Editor / Mixer, Art Director, Props Master, Set Decorator, Prop Maker, Make-up Artist, Art Dept Assistant, Set Artist / Designer, Art Dept Stylist, Carpenter, Content Producer, Talent Booker, Chaperone / Driver, Floor Staff, Teacher, Post Production Assistant, Script Editor, Animator, Visual Effects (VFX) Artist, Animation Producer, Post-Production Coordinator, Post-Production Management / Support, Compositor, Colorist, Graphics Artist / Graphic Designer, Motion Graphic Designer, Concept Artist, Copywriter / Copy Editor, Storyboard Artist, Screenwriter, Script Writer, Writer, Video Editor, Script Reader, Director, Producer, Line Producer, Production Assistant (PA), Studio Producer / Director, Showrunner, Production Designer, Production Support, Researcher, Camera Operator, Cinematographer, Photographer, Retoucher
Years in industry	6+ years