Adam Leipzig

Adam Leipzig
Adam Leipzig in 2013
Bornborn circa 1958[1]
NationalityAmerican
Alma materYale University
Occupations
  • Film producer
  • Theater producer
  • Author
  • Educator
Years active1979–present
Known for
Websiteadamleipzig.com

Adam Leipzig is the CEO of Entertainment Media Partners, an American film and theatre producer and executive, as well as an author. As a former Disney executive, he supervised such films as Dead Poets Society (1989) and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989).[2] He went on to produce such films as Titus (1999), The Way Back (2010) and A Plastic Ocean (2016). While president of National Geographic Films, he acquired the international rights to March of the Penguins and created the US version, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[3] He is the author of two books on film making.

Leipzig is credited with pioneering the art of turning nature documentaries into "box office gold" by upgrading the production values and voice over narrative.[2][4][5][6]

Leipzig currently is CEO of MediaU, an online learning center in the domain of filmmaking and television.[7] Leipzig is also Founder of Cultural Daily (former Cultural Weekly), a daily digital publication and media project for participatory civic journalism.[8] He lectures in the MBA and Executive Education programs at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business.[9]

  1. ^ Michaelson, Judith (September 15, 1985). "Bill Bushnell Polishes His Dream". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ a b Thomson, Desson (July 29, 2007). "March of the Cuddly-Wuddly Documentaries". Washington Post.
  3. ^ "THE 78TH ACADEMY AWARDS in 2006". Oscars Nominations And Ceremonies In 2006. December 4, 2015.
  4. ^ Carvajal, Doreen (September 26, 2005). "Penguins help lead way in documentaries' surge French movie's success buoys filmmakers in a transformed genre". International Herald Tribune.
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  7. ^ "21st Century Skills for Today's Content Creators". MediaU.
  8. ^ "BigSpotlight: Adam Leipzig, Film Producer, Creative Leadership & Communications Expert". Big Speak. May 31, 2017.
  9. ^
    Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved December 29, 2022.