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About Leigh Blake

Leigh has been aligning celebrity influence with pressing social issues creating maximum impact for over 30 years. She has won awards for her films, events, campaigns and courage. 

She is a pioneer, producing events, creating campaigns, making award winning film and tv, and developing amazing projects that reflect her interest in the future – and the best of the past.

She likes creating philanthropic initiatives and her current baby, Fundamom, is a guaranteed income project in India.

Film and TV productions

Blood Brother, Executive Producer 2013

  • Won International Documentary Association Humanitarian Award 2013
  • Won Atlanta Film Festival Audience Award, 2013
  • Won Best Feature Documentary Film Festival, 2013
  • Won Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, 2013
  • Nominated Featured Documentary, Camerimage, 2013
  • Nominated Most Valuable Documentary of the Year, Cinema for Peace Awards, 2013
  • Won Audience Awards, Heartland Film Festival, 2013
  • Won 2nd Place Audience Award, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, 2013
  • Won Audience Award, Kansas International Film Festival, 2013
  • Won Best Documentary, Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards), 2013
  • Nominated Best Editing, Milano International Film Festival Awards (MIFF Awards), 2013
  • Won St. Louis Film Critics’ Joe Pollack Award, St. Louis International Film Festival, 2013
  • Won Audience Award, Sundance Film Festival, 2013
  • Won Grand Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival, 2013
  • Won Audience Award, Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, 2013

 

We Are Together, Executive Producer 2007

  • Won Audience Award, Amnesty International Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Youth Jury Award, Amnesty International Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Audience Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, 2006
  • Won First Appearance Award, Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival, 2006
  • Nominated Best Documentary, Chicago International Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Audience Award, Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Music Documentary Award, International Documentary Association, 2007
  • Won Rudolf Vrba Award, Prague One World Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Special Jury Award, Prague One World Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Youth Jury Award, Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 2007
  • Won Audience Award, Tribeca Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Best New Documentary Flimmaker, Tribeca Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Special Mention, Tribeca Film Festival, 2007
  • Won Best Documentary, Whistler Film Festival, 2007

 

KIDS, Associate Producer 1995

  • Nominated Cannes Film Festival, 1995
  • Won Best Debut Performance, Independent Spirit Award, 1996
  • Nominated Best First Feature, Independent Spirit Award, 1996 
  •  Nominated Best Screenplay, Independent Spirit Award, 1996

 

Red Hot + Blue, Producer

  • Nominated for Primetime Emmy 1991                   
  • Numerous Awards Both US and Europe

 

Red Hot + Dance, Producer 1992

  • Numerous Awards both US and Europe

 

Red Hot + Cool, Executive Producer 1993

  • Time Magazine Album and TV Production of the Year

 

Alicia In Africa, Producer 2008

  • First Documentary Film Free online

 

Keep A Child Alive with Alicia Keys, Producer 2011

  • Nominated for Emmy