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Leah Meyerhoff is a Director, Scriptwriter and Editor American
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.
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.
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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 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.
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Eternal Flame (music video) (2007)
, 4minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Welcome to a world where mermaids dance with octopuses, fire breathers rule the night, and the Statue of Liberty knows how to sing. Girls are buried up to their necks in sand while boys do back flips and dazzle dancers perform in a puppet show without strings. A circus-themed burlesque music video for Joan As Police Woman, Eternal Flame is the ultimate fire hazard.
Team Queen (2006)
, 4minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Julie Atlas Muz
The new girl in school is thrown into a topsy-turvy madhouse of high school hellcats. The cheerleaders are drag queens, the nerds are nymphomaniacs, the punks breathe fire, and the prom band is none other than queer post-punk phenomenon Triple Creme. Featuring the best of New York burlesque: including Murray Hill, Julie Atlas Muz, Tigger, and Scotty the Blue Bunny.
Twitch (2005)
, 10minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Rating59%
Twitch tells the story of a young girl torn between two worlds: her domestic life, where she must care for her mother who uses a wheelchair, and her escape into the emerging world of sexuality with her eager, hormone-addled boyfriend. Leah's mother plays the Mother role in an essentially autobiographical role for the filmmaker. The making of the film was a component of the IFC series Film School, chronicling the first time filmmaking efforts of four New York University graduate film school students.
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Eternal Flame (music video) (2007)
, 4minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Welcome to a world where mermaids dance with octopuses, fire breathers rule the night, and the Statue of Liberty knows how to sing. Girls are buried up to their necks in sand while boys do back flips and dazzle dancers perform in a puppet show without strings. A circus-themed burlesque music video for Joan As Police Woman, Eternal Flame is the ultimate fire hazard.
Team Queen (2006)
, 4minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Julie Atlas Muz
The new girl in school is thrown into a topsy-turvy madhouse of high school hellcats. The cheerleaders are drag queens, the nerds are nymphomaniacs, the punks breathe fire, and the prom band is none other than queer post-punk phenomenon Triple Creme. Featuring the best of New York burlesque: including Murray Hill, Julie Atlas Muz, Tigger, and Scotty the Blue Bunny.
Twitch (2005)
, 10minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Twitch tells the story of a young girl torn between two worlds: her domestic life, where she must care for her mother who uses a wheelchair, and her escape into the emerging world of sexuality with her eager, hormone-addled boyfriend. Leah's mother plays the Mother role in an essentially autobiographical role for the filmmaker. The making of the film was a component of the IFC series Film School, chronicling the first time filmmaking efforts of four New York University graduate film school students.
Editor
Team Queen (2006)
, 4minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Julie Atlas Muz
The new girl in school is thrown into a topsy-turvy madhouse of high school hellcats. The cheerleaders are drag queens, the nerds are nymphomaniacs, the punks breathe fire, and the prom band is none other than queer post-punk phenomenon Triple Creme. Featuring the best of New York burlesque: including Murray Hill, Julie Atlas Muz, Tigger, and Scotty the Blue Bunny.
Twitch (2005)
, 10minutesDirected by Leah Meyerhoff
Origin USA
Roles Editor
Rating59%
Twitch tells the story of a young girl torn between two worlds: her domestic life, where she must care for her mother who uses a wheelchair, and her escape into the emerging world of sexuality with her eager, hormone-addled boyfriend. Leah's mother plays the Mother role in an essentially autobiographical role for the filmmaker. The making of the film was a component of the IFC series Film School, chronicling the first time filmmaking efforts of four New York University graduate film school students.